Recent content by voganni

They would have had to keep it for several days. They wanted me to bring it back for more testing, but I found my Volt instead. Got my $500 check from Nissan yesterday! It does pay to make some noise sometimes....... :lol:

I leased my Leaf in July. 100° over here! Not the battery heater. When mine started its vampire drain, it would not stop until the battery was disconnected for a bit. Seemed like the longer the battery was unhooked, the longer it would be before the drain returned. Two months was my record. I...

I had my 2013 Leaf inspected and returned it on Jan. 6, about 6 months early. I was going to wait a little longer, but a gorgeous 2013 Volt came into my life and I couldn't pass it up. For where I live, with charging infrastructure still in the Flintstone era, the Volt is the way to go. The...

I've had my 2013 S for almost a year and a half. Intermittent vampire drain issue the whole time. Disconnecting the battery will reset it for a while, up to 2 months sometimes, then it returns. Will drain at almost an amp. I've given up on it. Dealer replaced the battery once, no joy. They want...

Well, the ongoing vampire drain issue with my 2013 Leaf S returned, 3 months after the dealer did a software upgrade and replaced the battery, (12v) which tested fine, as I knew it would. I had purchased a nice clamp-on DC ammeter and had left the car in drain mode (by not disconnecting the...

My 2013 vampire drain issue recurred in Mid April after an over 2 month hiatus. I thought my last reset with a 12 hour wait had solved the problem, but no. I lived with it until June 17 when I was able to get it to the dealer for the annual battery check, and to perform the two recalls I had...

Do you have access to a hair dryer? Or heat gun on low? That would melt the scuz out of the charge port.

All new Leafs should come with a hardwired battery tender plug, and a complimentary battery maintainer. Maybe someday I'll be able to get mine to a dealer again when it gets into it's "rampant vampire drain" mode, which generally occurs monthly. I sure wish the dealer I took it to in Edmonds, WA...

Yes, the 2013's are a completely different animal. The entire charger/inverter/dc-dc converter is now all in one unit under the bonnet. (love that British jargon!). I'm beginning to think no dealer has gotten a chance to observe one "in the act" of this condition. The dealer in Edmonds had the...

My 2013 S has been flawless for 9k miles EXCEPT for the ongoing recurring battery drain issue, documented elsewhere on this forum. I have reopened my case with Nissan, and will get it to the dealer next time it happens. A software update performed in Nov. 2013 kept it normal for 2 months, then...

The heater unit is made by Nippon Denso as I recall reading. Toyota uses the same heater in the Rav 4 EV and they have also been plagued with heater failures. As noted by another poster, there is a service bulletin and an upgraded unit, as well as separate parts available now. My 2013 S still...

Actually, you can tell when an S heater comes on by observing the segment circle around where the big tree grows. When coasting with no power, all the segments will be lit. One will go away when the heater starts. In D or if you turn the heat up more, sometimes 2 segments will go off. If I set...

One reason they're putting the hooks on the carpet to hold the mats now? That and the Toyota runaway acceleration fiasco.

On my 2013S the battery SOC on the machine matched my leaf identically. I can select 80 or 100% charge, and the machine turns off at 80% or near, but not always exactly, 100%. Once it was 92%. It does slow way down over 80%. I figure, with 3 bars remaining at the start, 1/2 hour to 80%, 45 min...

FYI I got an email today telling me that the company that bought Blink's assets has begun repairing and servicing Blink charging stations. They're called CarCharging. Good news.