Dave, You remind me of the type of individual who would say the rape of a woman was deserved, because she was wearing certain revealing clothing. Or the guy who was robbed at the ATM deserved it because he was using it after dark. There will always be twisted people out there that blame the victims. OK, to make Dave satisfied, I will state the obvious for him. Yes, I screwed up. Hell yes I did. If I could Monday Morning Quarterback as Dave proudly does, yes, of course I would have but my personal life aside and raced down to Nissan on Easter Sunday, and demanded the security guard state a sworn statement that I was there on march 27th seeking a battery test. If I knew the leaf department even existed then, I would have called them and left a message on there voicemail stating name, number, VIN, etc. Again Dave, I think everyone who read any of my posts would agree I screwed up. Did I ever state I did things correctly? No, I stated often I was 5 days late getting to counter. But why is it your goal to be against me Dave? What the hell did I do, but share my story to help others not screw up? Are you angry that I might be able to focus others on going about the final months of their 5 year limit differently? That's my goal at this point. at first I was seeking advcie, now I encourage everyone to be aware that Nissan has no sympathy to their Leaf owners stuck with the weak lemon batteries. So be aware that there is a high chance your battery will drop to that 8th bar, so don't baby that battery as you near the last months! I had no knowledge of any battery voltages to watch, etc., until coming to this helpful forum. I never knew about Leaf Spy until after the 8 bar drop, and the denial by Nissan. (Wait, let me make Dave happy again, I admit I screwed up on arriving 4 working days after deadline.) I didn't even have the purchase date in my head! Dave seems to keep bringing up my mistake of having 7 years as the deadline in my head initially (More blaming the victim) As I told Nissan, I have a life to live, I am not a slave to a damn dashboard, not a slave to upcoming deadlines or mileages. My focus is on my life, my family, (have you any siblings Dave, with disabling MS and psychological problems that erupt each holiday? You have no idea Dave...) I don't even normally drive that car. My wife does, but when I glanced at the dash that day I was off, it clicked...wait that's the 8 bar drop! I had never been to any forum previous to that! I then saw I had 43,000 miles. I knew I was well within the 60,000 mile warranty period. I thought I had plenty of time. Again to make Dave happy, I made a HUGE mistake by letting my brain think it was 7 years on the time limit. Wow how dumb I was Dave to confuse the existing battery failure 7 year warranty, with the battery capacity 5 year warranty. Guess what Dave, the second Nissan dealer that I went to that day is located in Concord Ca. I spoke to a service guy there named Shayne Shelton. After I told him that Walnut Creek told me I was 5 days late, You know what Shayne told me? "No, you are not late. You still qualify to have it replaced" He showed me the print out. It showed one battery capacity warranty was no longer on BOLD lettering (capacity warranty), yet the Electric Vehicle Lithion-Ion battery warranty was still active! He said "We just did one of these replacements. Don't worry, you're good still. We need to test your car battery though, then we notify Nissan Leaf dept. They then ship the battery to us, because we cant just order it ourselves. They have to do it after we test your battery" I was so relieved. I thought great OK lets test it! He then went on to tell me the shop delay due to epoxy coating the floors until April 12th, etc. I said that's fine, Ill be here on the 12th then , what time? I can get here at 8:30 AM after dropping son off at school. That's fine. He then logged me in. I asked for the print out on the warranty info, and he gave it to me saying here you can have this because we have it all in the computer anyhow. Great, see you next week. Guess what Dave this service technician was completely wrong, and made the exact mistake in dates that I made! I guess this service tech is as dumb as I was. Later, I called a Nissan Dealer across the Bay (At Petaluma Nissan?) and spoke to a knowledgeable woman there in service that had her facts straight. She clarified the difference in the two battery warranties. One was the capacity warranty, the other was complete battery failure, like as if a cell burned up Two different things. She enlightened me on how strict the Nissan Leaf Dept. is. She said its like moving gold from a bank to get them to send a replacement battery out. There is a test, forms, confirmations, approvals, then the battery is finally shipped from another state, etc. She also stated they are not lenient down there. and warned me what to expect. I then called Leaf Dept. and went through all the discussions with Chris I stated in earlier posts, where he confirmed that what Shayne Shelton at Concord Nissan stated to me was not true. the 7 year warranty certainly did not apply. That,s it for me on this subject, until the next BS post from Dave condemning me for not being more focused on Nissan battery facts and dates, then on my family and life.