I imported a US 2013 Model S Leaf into Canada recently (almost 2 weeks) and have been enjoying it. One of the procedures requires the installation of Daylight Running Lights. First time this was done, it seemed OK until I plugged in the charger, then the headlights would stay on. All other functions seemed OK. Went back to the service station that did this and they found a different sense line, not sure which one. But shortly after, I noticed odd things happening and since I am a new owner, maybe you can tell me what I should expect as normal operation.
1. Leaf is parked, with parking brake on. Press the foot break, turn on, OK. Turn off, OK.
2. Turn the light switch on left to MIDDLE position, get warning message "WHEN PARKED, APPLY PARKING BRAKE". Parking brake is on. Turn light switch back to OFF position and message is stuck there. Step on the foot brake, get another message, "I-KEY SYSTEM FAULT", along with the parking brake message. Cannot put into DRIVE, or REVERSE. Cannot turn off the car, all dash lights on, with same messages. Can only turn off if foot brake off, and light switch in OFF position.
3. After playing around with this, it seems the I-KEY SYSTEM FAULT message stays on and does not go away, except after I have it off for a while and turn it back on. Can get rid of this message if I hit the square menu button, but it comes back on when I turn the car on again.
QUESTIONS:
1. Do you think it is something the DRL relay installation did, using a wrong sense line that is messing up the system?
2. Do you think it has nothing to do with the DLR, and is another problem? If so, what?
3. Normally, I should be able to just turn the car off regardless of the position of the light switch or the foot brake, right? Can someone confirm this, so I know this is the normal operation?
Thanks very much. Will be going back to the service station tomorrow, so would appreciate some insight. Unfortunately, did not go to a Nissan Dealer to get the DLR done in the first place, but this place said they have done many successfully...!
1. Leaf is parked, with parking brake on. Press the foot break, turn on, OK. Turn off, OK.
2. Turn the light switch on left to MIDDLE position, get warning message "WHEN PARKED, APPLY PARKING BRAKE". Parking brake is on. Turn light switch back to OFF position and message is stuck there. Step on the foot brake, get another message, "I-KEY SYSTEM FAULT", along with the parking brake message. Cannot put into DRIVE, or REVERSE. Cannot turn off the car, all dash lights on, with same messages. Can only turn off if foot brake off, and light switch in OFF position.
3. After playing around with this, it seems the I-KEY SYSTEM FAULT message stays on and does not go away, except after I have it off for a while and turn it back on. Can get rid of this message if I hit the square menu button, but it comes back on when I turn the car on again.
QUESTIONS:
1. Do you think it is something the DRL relay installation did, using a wrong sense line that is messing up the system?
2. Do you think it has nothing to do with the DLR, and is another problem? If so, what?
3. Normally, I should be able to just turn the car off regardless of the position of the light switch or the foot brake, right? Can someone confirm this, so I know this is the normal operation?
Thanks very much. Will be going back to the service station tomorrow, so would appreciate some insight. Unfortunately, did not go to a Nissan Dealer to get the DLR done in the first place, but this place said they have done many successfully...!