Hi All,
I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf that's had what appears to be a somewhat common braking issue. The issue started a few years ago when the Leaf was parked. I turned the leaf on and put it in reverse and while my foot was still on the brake it start moving forward. A bunch of the indicator lights were on. After research online, I changed out the 12V aux battery and it seemed fine for a few years. Now the last few months I've experienced a similar issue where the brakes seem to go out and the pedal goes to the floor and luckily the car stops. When it first did it a few months ago I figured it was the 12V battery again. Checked the voltage and it was all good. Then it did it to me again mid drive when I went to stop at a light. Luckily I was able to stop by pressing it hard to the floor and then I carefully drove home and the brakes seemed fine from there even though a bunch of the indicator lights were on. After that I figured I better take it in to Nissan. The Diagnosis is that there's an intermittent short in the Brake Actuator Assembly and Nissan wants $3,826 to replace it and the part would be 4-6 weeks out.
I found the part ebay and it's described as the electronic brake. It's much cheaper but I'm wondering how hard it would it be to change it out myself. I think I can physically get it installed but in looking online, it appears changing it out may require some programming.
Does anyone have suggestions or possibly a link to a video in changing the part out? I can't find anything.
Thanks for the help.
I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf that's had what appears to be a somewhat common braking issue. The issue started a few years ago when the Leaf was parked. I turned the leaf on and put it in reverse and while my foot was still on the brake it start moving forward. A bunch of the indicator lights were on. After research online, I changed out the 12V aux battery and it seemed fine for a few years. Now the last few months I've experienced a similar issue where the brakes seem to go out and the pedal goes to the floor and luckily the car stops. When it first did it a few months ago I figured it was the 12V battery again. Checked the voltage and it was all good. Then it did it to me again mid drive when I went to stop at a light. Luckily I was able to stop by pressing it hard to the floor and then I carefully drove home and the brakes seemed fine from there even though a bunch of the indicator lights were on. After that I figured I better take it in to Nissan. The Diagnosis is that there's an intermittent short in the Brake Actuator Assembly and Nissan wants $3,826 to replace it and the part would be 4-6 weeks out.
I found the part ebay and it's described as the electronic brake. It's much cheaper but I'm wondering how hard it would it be to change it out myself. I think I can physically get it installed but in looking online, it appears changing it out may require some programming.
Does anyone have suggestions or possibly a link to a video in changing the part out? I can't find anything.
Thanks for the help.