DaveHanson
Active member
This is very odd. Roadside support cannot give tech support, they say, and customer satisfaction is closed until Monday. I'm hoping (and suspecting) that the extremely helpful membership of this board might offer more efficient assistance than the helpline anyway.
Have had no problems charging our 2012 SL before yesterday. At around 10:10am, wife drove leave home and reports around 50m charge remaining from the successful trickle-charge the previous night. Then around 10pm, departing company informed me that the inside lights and GPS/dash of our leaf were all on. (Wife was in a hurry to get in the house, and isn't sure if she pressed the button to disengage the car or not.) dash and the Leaf Android app report 6 miles range left and "low battery", the first such indication we've had on vehicle since purchasing it.
I move the car into the garage, plug it in, and am surprised to see that the L1 110v charger still indicates only "ready" (green blinking light), not "charging". I unplug and replug a few times, wait a few minutes, and finally the L1 charger starts working. I figure that after charging all night, it will restore around half its range, and we'll be good for daily driving today.
ETA: I could try to drive to the Blink DCQC 3 miles away and see if it takes a charge there, if that seems a good bet...?
Wake up to check the leaf, and the android app reports 17 miles of range, and "unplugged!" Huh? Go down to the garage, and find:
-car still plugged in with no sign of interruption
-blue "charging" LED light still blinking
-green LED on the charger transformer blinking "ready", i.e. not delivering a charge.
At this point I unplug and replug the car from both connectors to reassure myself that everything is securely attached. At this point, charging *does* engage, but only for a minute or so...then "ready" flashes again!
It could be that it somehow thinks it's done at 17 miles charge--although that doesn't explain why it was so slow to start charging last night.
What say you, leaf afficianados? TIA for any help you can offer!
Have had no problems charging our 2012 SL before yesterday. At around 10:10am, wife drove leave home and reports around 50m charge remaining from the successful trickle-charge the previous night. Then around 10pm, departing company informed me that the inside lights and GPS/dash of our leaf were all on. (Wife was in a hurry to get in the house, and isn't sure if she pressed the button to disengage the car or not.) dash and the Leaf Android app report 6 miles range left and "low battery", the first such indication we've had on vehicle since purchasing it.
I move the car into the garage, plug it in, and am surprised to see that the L1 110v charger still indicates only "ready" (green blinking light), not "charging". I unplug and replug a few times, wait a few minutes, and finally the L1 charger starts working. I figure that after charging all night, it will restore around half its range, and we'll be good for daily driving today.
ETA: I could try to drive to the Blink DCQC 3 miles away and see if it takes a charge there, if that seems a good bet...?
Wake up to check the leaf, and the android app reports 17 miles of range, and "unplugged!" Huh? Go down to the garage, and find:
-car still plugged in with no sign of interruption
-blue "charging" LED light still blinking
-green LED on the charger transformer blinking "ready", i.e. not delivering a charge.
At this point I unplug and replug the car from both connectors to reassure myself that everything is securely attached. At this point, charging *does* engage, but only for a minute or so...then "ready" flashes again!
It could be that it somehow thinks it's done at 17 miles charge--although that doesn't explain why it was so slow to start charging last night.
What say you, leaf afficianados? TIA for any help you can offer!