stoneypointe
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Hi All
I have a Nissan Leaf SL 2012
I have had this car for about 3 years.
My wife drives it, great car, she loves it, we all love it.
We never had any issues, we had the battery replaced under warranty about 1 year ago and then the 12v battery got replaced recently.
Last friday the car would not start, not would it charge or drive. I was always stuck on neutral, two icons were lit on the dashboard.
I had it towed to the dealer, the replaced the 12v battery and got in my car, drove for about 1/2 a mile and noticed that the icons were still displaying on the dashboard, so I turned around and brought it back to the dealer. I put the car in park and then tried to drive it, but again it would go to neutral. They got a wrench, removed the 12v battery connector and then placed it back and the car would start and drive, but not change.
It was kind of late and the service department was closing early. I have the feeling that whoever looked at the car did not pay much attention to the icons lit on the panel and just replaced the battery.
They told me that they would have to go deep in the car to find out what is going on and that they would charge me $700 for this.
This is crazy but it is my wife's car and she really needs it so I brought it back on monday and it has been a week already and they cant figure out what the issue is. I called today (they dont call) and they told me to wait until monday because they are waiting for Nissan to let them know what the issue is. They told me that it could be the motor even though they never had to deal with a motor issue, and from what I read on some posts, it could be really really expensive to replace it unless I buy it used
I am lost. This sounds like total bull. We still owe money in this car and it is out of warranty.
At this point I dont know what to do.
Any thoughts? Did any of you have to go through something like this? Could this really be the motor or are they trying to milk me?
Thank you very much
I have a Nissan Leaf SL 2012
I have had this car for about 3 years.
My wife drives it, great car, she loves it, we all love it.
We never had any issues, we had the battery replaced under warranty about 1 year ago and then the 12v battery got replaced recently.
Last friday the car would not start, not would it charge or drive. I was always stuck on neutral, two icons were lit on the dashboard.
I had it towed to the dealer, the replaced the 12v battery and got in my car, drove for about 1/2 a mile and noticed that the icons were still displaying on the dashboard, so I turned around and brought it back to the dealer. I put the car in park and then tried to drive it, but again it would go to neutral. They got a wrench, removed the 12v battery connector and then placed it back and the car would start and drive, but not change.
It was kind of late and the service department was closing early. I have the feeling that whoever looked at the car did not pay much attention to the icons lit on the panel and just replaced the battery.
They told me that they would have to go deep in the car to find out what is going on and that they would charge me $700 for this.
This is crazy but it is my wife's car and she really needs it so I brought it back on monday and it has been a week already and they cant figure out what the issue is. I called today (they dont call) and they told me to wait until monday because they are waiting for Nissan to let them know what the issue is. They told me that it could be the motor even though they never had to deal with a motor issue, and from what I read on some posts, it could be really really expensive to replace it unless I buy it used
I am lost. This sounds like total bull. We still owe money in this car and it is out of warranty.
At this point I dont know what to do.
Any thoughts? Did any of you have to go through something like this? Could this really be the motor or are they trying to milk me?
Thank you very much