Any idea if the doc at
is authentic?
Earlier, I briefly checked at
2022 NISSAN LEAF (40 KWH BATTERY) 5 HB FWD | NHTSA and didn't see it under there.
- The first 2 battery Usage Reports are still free, for 2022 or earlier models.
- A dealership service dept. might at first try to get you to pay $80-$120 for one of those nearly-useless usage reports. Be persistent and tell them it's free for the first 2 (2022 and older models only).
- Any mention of Battery Usage Reports, free or not, are missing from '23 & newer owner's manuals.
- Looks to me & Nissan too like you don't need it going forward to keep the important warranty.
I downloaded that document on Reddit just in case I need to produce it during the long 8-year battery warranty period! Might help my potential claim.(?) They might deny a warranty claim like so many car makers try --- and succeed --- doing, daring you to go out and get a lawyer, tie up months, and go up against their argument-lawyer-machine. Stories about that pop up from time to time.
That said, yesterday, Dec. 28, 2023, I had my 2nd annual Battery Usage Report done for
free. ('22 SV+)
The dealership service advisor at first told me it will be $80 or so. I mentioned the 2-free-ones thing in the Owner's Manual (OM), and she met with her manager and told me later I was right, it is free. (A dealership will try to charge you directly because they usually get far more money than billing Nissan for warranty work.)
I think Nissan might be just honoring their wording in the OM, although the Battery Usage Report mention is now missing from any Leaf OM newer than '22 models.
I don't want to pay for these in the future, won't do them any more, so I will lean on Nissan deciding they aren't completely necessary from now on.
I'll simply let the "Check Engine" light or some malfunction "thrown OBD code", so to speak, on the dashboard alert me to a future possible problem, as Nissan has designed it, if and when it happens.
And LeafSpy checks of course, maybe documented once a year.