Leafittome said:
Yesterday my wife deviated beyond her normal route/range and found herself on the other side of the SF Bay with only two white bars remaining.
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45 minutes later, the car hadn't been charged, although plugged in, car was left on the whole time, she lost another bar(was down to two red bars when she arrived).
There are no red bars on the Available Charge Gauge, only blue and white bars. The red bars you are seeing apply only to the Battery Capacity gauge. You need to reassure yourself and your wife that all twelve Available Charge bars are safe and normal to use. There is quite a bit of reserve remaining after all 12 bars have disappeared. The car will warn you when the battery is low, and you still have 15-20 miles you can go after that, if you drive prudently. With two bars showing before power down and one after powering back up, she probably had 5-10 miles yet before even getting the low battery warning.
Was she really more than 25 miles from home before she detoured to the Nissan dealer? If not, she wouldn't have needed to stop at all.
Ray