Has anyone had a problem charging at Nissan Dealerships?
A few months ago, I got into it at Surf City Nissan. They had non-Leaf cars parked next to the charging stations. When I asked if they could move the car, so I could charge, they refused. I was down to a few miles of charge left and luckily was able to make it to Connell Nissan who let me charge without an incident. I wrote a letter to Green Car Reports and got over 2500 hits, many from Leaf owners who were outraged that a Leaf owner would be turned away. By the way, a rep from Surf City Nissan wrote on the reply that it was just a misunderstanding and of course they welcome Leaf drivers to stops and charge. Trust me, there was no misunderstanding.
Nissan wrote to me and said their dealerships are independent contractors and they can't require them to allow Leaf drivers to charge up. If that's true, why does our GPS systems direct us to the nearest Nissan Dealers when our battery charge is low? That makes no sense.
I think the Leaf is going to be a hard sell beyond the first early adopters. Truth is, Nissan needs all of us to be very supportive of the car and especially the build up and ease of charging stations. The Leaf will certainly be a big bust if the general public thinks they're not going to be treated with open arms at Nissan dealers across the country.
Has anyone else had a problem with charging at Nissan Dealers?
A few months ago, I got into it at Surf City Nissan. They had non-Leaf cars parked next to the charging stations. When I asked if they could move the car, so I could charge, they refused. I was down to a few miles of charge left and luckily was able to make it to Connell Nissan who let me charge without an incident. I wrote a letter to Green Car Reports and got over 2500 hits, many from Leaf owners who were outraged that a Leaf owner would be turned away. By the way, a rep from Surf City Nissan wrote on the reply that it was just a misunderstanding and of course they welcome Leaf drivers to stops and charge. Trust me, there was no misunderstanding.
Nissan wrote to me and said their dealerships are independent contractors and they can't require them to allow Leaf drivers to charge up. If that's true, why does our GPS systems direct us to the nearest Nissan Dealers when our battery charge is low? That makes no sense.
I think the Leaf is going to be a hard sell beyond the first early adopters. Truth is, Nissan needs all of us to be very supportive of the car and especially the build up and ease of charging stations. The Leaf will certainly be a big bust if the general public thinks they're not going to be treated with open arms at Nissan dealers across the country.
Has anyone else had a problem with charging at Nissan Dealers?