I am coming up on my one year "anniversary" of getting my Leaf and I had a "software update" back in March, and ever since I got that update I had this new problem.
The problem is that when you start driving the car and then let go of the accelerator, the car keeps going like you did not depress the pedal or still have the cruise control on, A- I have yet to use the cruise control on it and I am sure it is turned off, and B, not only the car keeps going after I released the pedal, depressing the brake - although slowing the car - will not re-generate the battery. Now, when the problem happens, the car keeps going but does not accelerate, but do not decelerate either, or if it does it barely do.
You know the feeling that when you depress the pedal, the car start coasting and re-gen/re-charge the battery, well that does not happens when I have that problem - The reason I know it does not re-gen is that the "DOT" meter display does not go backward, AND, since my commute is always the same, when the accelerator is in that stuck feeling, it take twice as much energy (miles) off the counter.
Sometimes the problem can last the entire commute (about 6-7 miles) sometimes it is only a couple of miles. I have not figure out how and why it suddenly go back to normal, but I now have a pattern where I can reproduce the problem almost 100% of the time.
I will make a video of that when I get a passenger that can "panned" out to see both the tachometer and my foot releasing the pedal to prove the issue.
I did go to the dealer and told them about it, but since they have been clueless from the start and still are, explaining that to them got them scratching their head and wondering what to do. Of course they could not address the problem right away - since the "Tech" dude only comes to my dealer once in a blue moon, so I have an appointment the next time the "tech" guy will be in, whenever that may be, but I was wondering if anyone else had that issue or have been experiencing similar issue since they call the Leaf back for a "software update"
Thanks
The problem is that when you start driving the car and then let go of the accelerator, the car keeps going like you did not depress the pedal or still have the cruise control on, A- I have yet to use the cruise control on it and I am sure it is turned off, and B, not only the car keeps going after I released the pedal, depressing the brake - although slowing the car - will not re-generate the battery. Now, when the problem happens, the car keeps going but does not accelerate, but do not decelerate either, or if it does it barely do.
You know the feeling that when you depress the pedal, the car start coasting and re-gen/re-charge the battery, well that does not happens when I have that problem - The reason I know it does not re-gen is that the "DOT" meter display does not go backward, AND, since my commute is always the same, when the accelerator is in that stuck feeling, it take twice as much energy (miles) off the counter.
Sometimes the problem can last the entire commute (about 6-7 miles) sometimes it is only a couple of miles. I have not figure out how and why it suddenly go back to normal, but I now have a pattern where I can reproduce the problem almost 100% of the time.
I will make a video of that when I get a passenger that can "panned" out to see both the tachometer and my foot releasing the pedal to prove the issue.
I did go to the dealer and told them about it, but since they have been clueless from the start and still are, explaining that to them got them scratching their head and wondering what to do. Of course they could not address the problem right away - since the "Tech" dude only comes to my dealer once in a blue moon, so I have an appointment the next time the "tech" guy will be in, whenever that may be, but I was wondering if anyone else had that issue or have been experiencing similar issue since they call the Leaf back for a "software update"
Thanks