Hi,
I've noticed a problem with my 2014 Leaf (54k miles) and I wonder if it might be the diff.
Driving along 'straight' is fine - no noises etc. The problem comes with low-speed cornering, where you get a very clear feeling that one of the front wheels (usually the one that has the longest 'arc' to transcribe when going round corners) slips - particularly in the wet, it feels like the car just doesn't want to go round the corner and would prefer to carry on straight!
Looking at the tyres, the outer part of the front tyres are noticeably more worn than the inner parts.
I've had the tracking etc checked and all is spot on.
I've tried jacking the car up and putting it into drive with the wheels in the air - interestingly the passenger front wheel spins and the driver side does not. If you manually jam the passenger side wheel, the drivers' one does then turn. If you put the vehicle in park, and turn one wheel forward, the other does turn fairly freely backwards so that part of things does seem to work as expected.
I don't think the problem is driveshafts, because I can't see how that would make the skidding happen - though I can see how it might make clacking noises.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be very welcome!
David
I've noticed a problem with my 2014 Leaf (54k miles) and I wonder if it might be the diff.
Driving along 'straight' is fine - no noises etc. The problem comes with low-speed cornering, where you get a very clear feeling that one of the front wheels (usually the one that has the longest 'arc' to transcribe when going round corners) slips - particularly in the wet, it feels like the car just doesn't want to go round the corner and would prefer to carry on straight!
Looking at the tyres, the outer part of the front tyres are noticeably more worn than the inner parts.
I've had the tracking etc checked and all is spot on.
I've tried jacking the car up and putting it into drive with the wheels in the air - interestingly the passenger front wheel spins and the driver side does not. If you manually jam the passenger side wheel, the drivers' one does then turn. If you put the vehicle in park, and turn one wheel forward, the other does turn fairly freely backwards so that part of things does seem to work as expected.
I don't think the problem is driveshafts, because I can't see how that would make the skidding happen - though I can see how it might make clacking noises.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be very welcome!
David