We just purchased a 2011 Nissan Leaf from a used car dealer in Cincinnati. It was intended to be a gift for our daughter’s 17 th birthday.
The car has 26k miles on it and is in pristine condition. However, the battery only reads 8 bars, and when charged fully, it will display a 51 mile range. This was just fine with us...until we drove the thing off the lot, and could not even get it to the house which was 40 miles away. The range depleted rapidly, and resulted in a three hour trip... It was complete debacle. We were more than willing to replace the battery, and pay the new battery price because the car is so pristine, and could give our daughter years of use...
HOWEVER...the dealer is quoting $12k for the replacement and we just won’t pay that... are there any options anywhere? We have searched endlessly and it seems we are stuck with a lemon with no hope. Help!