Recall R24B2: Battery State of Charge

[Ndp1234]

New recall issued. I personally haven’t had issues with my battery, but I’ve been seeing others on this forum with battery health issues. Not sure if this will help or if this is another problem?

BATTERY SOC​

Effective Date: September 19th, 2024
NHTSA ID: TBD
NISSAN ID: R24B2

Summary
Affected vehicles may experience excessive lithium deposits within battery cells, increasing the electrical resistance and potentially causing a fluctuation in the state of charge. While an affected vehicle is Level 3 quick charging, the increased electrical resistance could result in rapid heating of the battery.

Risk
While an affected vehicle is Level 3 quick charging, the increased electrical resistance could result in rapid heating of the battery. If quick charging continues, a battery fire may occur increasing the risk of injury. Customers are instructed not to use Level 3 quick charging via the CHAdeMO connector until the remedy is completed
Remedy
Nissan is currently developing a remedy plan that is expected to be available November 2024.

 

[BillAinCT]

That's very broad and without specifics about model year(s), battery size, etc.

But pretty bad news nonetheless!

Does this mean they are not watching the rate of temperature increase during FC very well? When FCing I'll start watching the temperature more closely. But stopping when? At the 11th bar? If it adds 3 bars since the start (which has never happened to me)?

 

[MikeinPA]

I wonder if this is related to the Leaf battery fire while QCing at Nissan's Tennessee facility?

 

[BillAinCT]

Or the one in Bradenton FL 6 1/2 weeks ago. Could that have triggered this that fast? I doubt it but who knows?

 

[salyavin]

I see the news stories
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-new...nklin-requires-thousands-of-gallons-of-water/
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/a...partments-struggle-with-lithium-ion-batteries
With how rare LEAF fires are compared to some other EV models I am surprised that one would lead to a recall. Still appreciate safety. I have got my LEAF very hot on road trips charging several times in a day.

 

[BillAinCT]

With this statement: "experience excessive lithium deposits within battery cells" that it's so technical that I wonder if Nissan volunteered this after looking into a battery fire at some point in the past. I agree I don't see how this one triggered it this fast.

 

[mwbeatty]

I feel this is related to the issue that I am experiencing. After the vehicle heats up the reported SOC fluctuates wildly. I've seen many reports of the same from other Leaf owners online. We took the car to our local Nissan dealer and they said they couldn't do anything because there was no error code. Out of the blue last week they called us and asked us to bring it in and they determined there was a "bad cell" and said that Nissan had agreed to replace it.
Guessing that there were enough reports of this issue and they were finally able to diagnose it. The recent fires were likely tangential.

 

[cwerdna]

New recall issued. I personally haven’t had issues with my battery, but I’ve been seeing others on this forum with battery health issues. Not sure if this will help or if this is another problem?

BATTERY SOC​

Effective Date: September 19th, 2024
NHTSA ID: TBD
NISSAN ID: R24B2

Summary
Affected vehicles may experience excessive lithium deposits within battery cells, increasing the electrical resistance and potentially causing a fluctuation in the state of charge. While an affected vehicle is Level 3 quick charging, the increased electrical resistance could result in rapid heating of the battery.

Risk
While an affected vehicle is Level 3 quick charging, the increased electrical resistance could result in rapid heating of the battery. If quick charging continues, a battery fire may occur increasing the risk of injury. Customers are instructed not to use Level 3 quick charging via the CHAdeMO connector until the remedy is completed
Remedy
Nissan is currently developing a remedy plan that is expected to be available November 2024.

What's the source of this? Can you point us to the URL(s)?

 

[salyavin]

What's the source of this? Can you point us to the URL(s)?

pop your VIN in this https://www.nissanusa.com/recalls-vin.html also in owner's portal. I got alert from Carfax.

 

[henrydehoja]

pop your VIN in this https://www.nissanusa.com/recalls-vin.html also in owner's portal. I got alert from Carfax.

I got zero hits for new recalls on my VIN in that site, the Owner's portal, and the NHTSA site.

Anyone have info on which Leaf models are impacted?

 

[cwerdna]

Yeah, we need more specifics. At least the model year and battery capacity would give us something.

 

[medic2442]

pop your VIN in this https://www.nissanusa.com/recalls-vin.html also in owner's portal. I got alert from Carfax.

I have a 2018 SV and went to the above URL. After putting in my VIN it shows no open recalls. What years and models does this affect?

 

[mwbeatty]

I have a 2020 Leaf S and I see the recall on the Nissan Owners Portal

 

[nlagnew]

I have a 2019 SV+. I also got the recall notice from CarFax. No real information so thanks all for supplying those links.

I almost never QC, and will plan not to for now.

 

[BillAinCT]

This recall is not listed for a 2022 62kWh LEAF.

 

[archuser]

I got the Recall on my 2020 SV, so it looks like the newer cars....Hmmm....I just saw the 62kWh post, so could it be just for the later 40KWh cars? I almost never QC, so I'm not really worried.....

 

[Ndp1234]

I have a 2018 SV and went to the above URL. After putting in my VIN it shows no open recalls. What years and models does this affect?

I have a 2019 SV+ and my VIN came back as part of the recall when I checked Nissan’s recall site. I’ve been looking for more info on affected vehicles but I can’t find any more info. I suspect we’ll have more info once the NHTSA has officially posted it, but I can’t find anything else than what I posted.

 

[Dooglas]

The recall notice appears on MyNissan account. I have a '19 SL+.

 

[MikeinPA]

I collected some new Leaf and Leaf Plus VINs (from dealer websites) and checked those--no recalls.

 

[salyavin]

Hopefully NHTSA posts it this week so we can learn more like years. Seems to at least affect 19 and 20 plus. Interesting that 22 onward are not getting it here. No idea about 21. Perhaps a software difference in how it throttles charging.