jlatl said:
3. I understand your comments on it not making a lot of sense to provide updates, but as you stated, the improved software exists. They could offer it at a cost for those who want it. Since it is software it is really a pretty low cost to them, and would be a revenue stream.
You're making the assumption it's only software. It's possible that the head unit HARDWARE on S trim Leafs of your year all the way thru '15 may not be physically capable of supporting it. As I said, my '13 SV w/premium has it. It seems like '11 and '12 Leafs (only SV and SL trims existed back then) had it too.
And, how many people would pay for it, whatever they might happen to charge? You've got to factor in dealer tech time as well, say 15 minutes to 30 minutes? (Yeah yeah, I know I know... I wish the updates were OTA but that's another story.)
BTW, thanks to a thread on an FB group with the pic of a head unit (which I later found out was for an S trim), it got me curious about looking up part numbers.
For the '13 S (not sure if https://parts.nissanusa.com/nissanparts/index.cfm?action=replacement&siteid=14&groupid=E§ionid=280&partcode=28185&partnumber=281853NF0B&jointvehid=17708 will work), the stereo is part number 281853NF0B.
For a '16 S per https://parts.nissanusa.com/nissanparts/index.cfm?action=replacement&siteid=14&jointvehid=20383&groupid=E§ionid=280&partcode=28185, the stereo part numbers for an S could be 28185-4NS0A or
28185-9MB0A. (https://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/presskits/us-2016-nissan-leaf-press-kit per Specs tab alleges that all 3 trim levels have Bluetooth streaming audio whereas prior ones didn't.)
I found of a pic of a 28185 3NF0B via https://www.ebay.com/i/252725183040?chn=ps. The top of it of course has that part # and a model # of CQ-FN02E04D.
I found a pic of 28185 9MB0A via https://www.ebay.com/p/2015-Nissan-Sentra-CD-Player-Radio-281859MB0A-OEM/1153271535?iid=143049631896&chn=ps and it has model # CQ-FN84E2GX.
Who knows if there are some internal difference or if it's just firmware?