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Might that be the brake pump?

(Note that this is written from Britain where the wiring and rules are different, although the physics of how electricity works is not yet under government control in any country.) A GFI (alias RCD) trips if the total leakage current goes over its threshold for its detection time. Because every...

I had somewhat similar symptoms; they were caused by a bad (probably just old!) card of CR2025 coin-cell batteries which I'd used in both keys. For the very similar e-NV200, check the battery under a 10 mA load (300 Ω resistor and a multimeter). Expect 3.0 V for a new battery and replace any...

Brake fluid absorbs water (moisture) from the air and if the water content gets too high can lead to brake failure. The replacement is schedule is every two or three years, and doesn't depend on distance driven. And on topic for this thread - mine's not technically a LEAF, but its taller...

Rapid (CHAdeMO) charging heats the traction battery, which if done a lot, isn't good for it -- but it doesn't eat the battery. Driving faster than around 50 mph also heats the battery, and you may do rather more of that. The 12V battery charges all the time when the big traction battery is in...

Reprogramming the sounds from the VSP would be much more attractive proposition than disabling it completely. That's the unit which provides the various beeps and chirps to confirm charging starts and that the car won't lock because one of the doors isn't closed, as well as the warning noise for...

It appears that Lite has not been updated for recent versions of Android, but Pro has. This means the Google Play Store filters out Lite and never offers it to you.

An additional point is that the Leaf's little reduction gear will be well out of its comfort zone with significantly larger road wheels fitted. Ideally strip it down and fit lower-ratio cogs (as for the heavier e-NV200) or fit a completely different transmission... with any adjustments needed to...

I can't speak to any of the others. but NiMH, nickel-metal hydride, is not a lithium-ion battery type at all. It has a cell voltage of about 1.2 V and is a greatly improved successor to NiCd or Nicad, nickel-cadmium: longer working life, higher capacity, and contains no toxic cadmium.

The Leaf is using IUoU charging to maintain its 12V battery. That requires a reasonably accurate temperature and current sensor (in the battery negative connector) and to monitor the voltage (done in the VCM, vehicle control module). It has two objectives and may have to compromise slightly for...

No. See reply in another thread. Please don't post the same question over and over. Please don't post the same question again and again.

Sort of, kinda, maybe. As far as I know, the LEAF and e-NV200 gearboxes fit the same motor, drive shaft connections and the fixings for the casing. There is one significant difference, though. The van has lower gearing than the car, by 10% or 15% or so (I don't remember the exact ratios). That...

I've learned from reading this thread. Thank you to the contributors. Specifically, I've learned that the 12V battery capacity (in usable ampere-hours, or A·h) may degrade much faster than the starting current it can provide (rated in CCA), with one being reduced to about 20% while the other's...

Small critter crawled into the ventilation system and died there?

At zero degrees, 12.15V is very low for the open-circuit (with no load and no charging for an hour or more) voltage. The reference voltages for a 12V lead-acid battery increase in the cold, by 38 mV/°C or 21 mV/°F relative to the nominal figures at 20°C or 68°F. That makes the "20% charged"...