Recall R24B2: Battery State of Charge

[FrancoVecchi]

Is the recall only for US or even for Europe? Battery maker for American Leaf is different than European Leaf? I have a 2019 plus 62Kwh

 

[Mstanlake]

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.

I also have a 2019 SV+ but there is no recall on my VIN, this must be for a very specific set of vehicles.

 

[Jerther]

No pending recall for my 2022 SL+ searching for its VIN on either the Canadian or US Nissan website. (I'm in Canada)

 

[WaffleClap]

2021 SL+ no battery recall on mine.

 

[Babs3204]

2020 S and I have the recall listed at the my Nissan portal.

 

[Oostenrijker]

I have a 2019 Tekna, however I'm within Europe: so I guess we have to wait a bit, but I can't imagine Leaf's within Europe aren't affective. Maybe Nissan should warn us in Europe as well? But then again, the recall about the adaptive cruise control also started in the US and later came to Europe.

But the big question is? What's going be the remedy? My wife said, she would be happy if Nissan just bought back the vehicle. Although I would be quite happy with a new battery pack. Another manufacturers usually replace the battery packs, when they find out that their is some danger of the battery pack catching fire.

I guess other from the specs, the US Leaf and EU Leaf's are probably technically the same. But I looked at the RDW and no recalls are open yet, so it might take a while.

 

[salyavin]

My *guess* would be a software update to slow down charging more based on temp perhaps.

 

[Oostenrijker]

My *guess* would be a software update to slow down charging more based on temp perhaps.

But before they did a update, to increase the charging speed: because people complained about Rapid Gate.

 

[MikeinPA]

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.

Does lithium deposits = lithium plating?

 

[nlspace]

Dendrites?

 

[aaron8]

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 2018 SV and the other day the words needs maintenance or words to that affect. Has anyone else ever had anything like this? I was thinking it might relate to the recall.

 

[KimberlyK64]

I have a 2019 SL and my VIN brings up the recall. I've been noticing more loss of range than I've expected. I don't know if that is related. I'll fast charge a few times a year when on a trip across the state or long errands days.

 

[moonletters]

My 2021 SV + doesn’t show anything after inputting VIN.

 

[MikeinPA]

Dendrites?

Lithium plating leads to dendrites which leads to separator perforation which leads to exothermic reactions within the cell. But is Nissan saying lithium plating?

 

[Oostenrijker]

I looked online: it took at least about half a year, after the VCM recall came to Europe as well. But if it's concerning the safety, then Nissan better hurry.

 

[vectormax]

I didn't know about this recall on my 2020 Leaf SV+ until today.

I decided to take a road trip to test if road tripping is possible with my car on the Tues 24th. Went from Riverside, CA (92°F) to Laughlin, NV (107°F). Approx. 245miles @ 70mph. Had to charge twice, Leaf Spy showed temps in the 119°F(dash gauge at slightly more than half way) to 130°F(dash gauge in the red). Charging was limited to 20kW both times. The trip back was the same issue. Ended up having to use the CCS1 to ChaDeMo adapter I received from A2Z, because the only ChaDeMo charger available at the Electrify America was the only one out of order out of the 8 stations available, adapter was at ambient temperature. Still limited to 20kW. These are practically trickle charge rates of charge. I was watching KIA's, Mach E's, etc, charging in 20 to 30 mins during the 2 hrs I had to charge to go from 8% to 80%

Makes me wonder what the FIX will be for this issue. Nissan knows that their cars (Leaf's) have no type of battery conditioning. If they plan to FIX this by limiting charge even more then what they already are, I can see some very pissed off owners. I thought that Nissan had fixed their battery issues years ago with the "Lizzard" battery update, I guess not.

Lesson learned... Great commuter car. Lousy road tripper.

 

[Oostenrijker]

Makes me wonder what the FIX will be for this issue. Nissan knows that their cars (Leaf's) have no type of battery conditioning. If they plan to FIX this by limiting charge even more then what they already are, I can see some very pissed off owners. I thought that Nissan had fixed their battery issues years ago with the "Lizzard" battery update, I guess not.

Lesson learned... Great commuter car. Lousy road tripper.

Why would they do that? Then they also need to compensate all the users? Because before they increased the quick charging speeds, as people complained about Rapid Gate.

They did that with a update: that would be quite some compensation, if it turns out that did more bad then good.

 

[orca]

The recall includes my 2019 SL+. No traction battery issues encountered.
The dealer was unable to complete the rear camera recall work last month. Will get both done when the remedy is available.

 

[user546379]

I have a 2020 S (United States) and I have the recall listed. About a year ago, the Guess-o-Meter percentage started rapidly dropping off when driving on a particular highway in my area with a steady incline (so going about 60 to 65 mph, but using a lot of battery power going uphill). The GOM would go from 50% to 0% over the course of about 4 miles. Once I hit the plateau, and then start going downhill again, the GOM jumps back up to 40% (for a net drain of about 10%). My local dealer told me others had reported same issue and already had their batteries replaced (or at least individual cells replaced) under warranty. I reported the issue to NHTSA about 6 months ago since having your meter drop off a cliff while on the freeway seems like a potential safety issue, and I've been holding out for a recall. Hopefully that is what this is all about.
I've never quick-charged, and primarily charge at 6.6 kW rate at home.

 

[Jerther]

The recall is for 2018 to 2020 Leafs. Apparently 2021 and later years aren't affected? That's weird... Did the charging algorithm actually change on the 2021 models?

Hopefully that is what this is all about

Unfortunately not. From what I've read for this recall, Nissan will only apply a software patch.