Corina1231 said:
RonDawg is right. It a ripoff to pay $587 for the maintenance. Also, my dealer told me that both the brake flush and cabin filter replacement are optional. In other words, you won't get docked turning the car in at 36k miles if that work isn't done. The cabin filter replacement is recommended if you suffer from allergies, however. All I plan to do on my 3 year lease are tire rotations and I'll do that myself along with all the check this and check that's. my cost = $0. I also believe you have 30 days to cancel the maintenance contract.
Hey, I just realized you are also in san jose, ca. Me too! We should have a local leaf owners club or something.
Anyways, all is well. Surprisingly, Nissan Sunnyvale were very cordial and allowed us to cancel the maintenance plan. They also corrected the clerical error and so I'm down to $190 per month after tax and $2000 down. But I will also get back $2500 from state so, all is good.
For others on the same boat, you can purchase the plan within 6 months or 7500 miles whichever comes first and I was able to get all my money back without much hassle except for the incredibly long sales pitch by the person trying to get us to change our mind and keep it.
Its $795 + tax, but since we have VPP, they brought it down to $587 + tax. And he was saying that if you are costco member, you can get it down to $495 + tax. On one of the google groups, boardwalk nissan supposedly was offering as low as $395 + tax.
I called the Nissan service center and one of the reps told me that it cost $180 / year for premium service on the leaf. But he also said, without my prodding him that if you are leasing, you just need to get the bare minimum done which costs as less as $60/year. the tires are indeed sensitive in that if you go over the curb, since the walls are thin, it will pop and then it costs $25 to fix a puncture. And like I mentioned before, Discount tire sells tires for $70 + labor.