turbotaguy
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- Apr 11, 2013
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I have a '13 Leaf on a 2 year lease. I love the car and drove it as often as possible before this issue came about. The car developed a vibration or resonance that makes me very uncomfortable physically (dizzy, etc). It's very fine - my family and friends feel it too, but they say it feels like "rough road".
I took the car to my usual Firestone shop to have the tires balances, etc. I went through 6 balances including swapping tires to different wheels to get the best balance - resonance is still present. I bought a set of '13 Altima take off wheels/tires I saw on CL locally and put those on - no change. I can rule out wheel / tire balance (P.S. Anyone want to buy '13 Altima wheels/tires cheap?).
I took the car to my Nissan dealer (had to wait a week for an appointment - never understand that) - they kept the car for 3 days just to tell me they did an inspection and didn't find anything wrong. I had several techs and the service manager evaluate the car only to tell me they couldn't find anything wrong again. Getting to the dealer before they close and arguing with service guys to find an obvious problem is not my idea of fun.
I decided to park the car (it's a 2nd car) and haven't driven it for the past couple of months. I have 7 months left on my lease and I'm probably going to let it sit for the 7 months and turn it in. It's a pretty cheap lease ($170/month) - I'd rather be driving it.
Has anyone had similar problems? I did a search and found a few others but their dealers seemed willing to work with them. One had a transmission (equivalent) replaced, etc.
This was my first Nissan and will likely be my last. I'm nearly 50, have purchased dozens of new cars in my life and have never had such a strange experience. Before this happened I planned to replace this Leaf with a new one when the lease was up. What else can I do?
I took the car to my usual Firestone shop to have the tires balances, etc. I went through 6 balances including swapping tires to different wheels to get the best balance - resonance is still present. I bought a set of '13 Altima take off wheels/tires I saw on CL locally and put those on - no change. I can rule out wheel / tire balance (P.S. Anyone want to buy '13 Altima wheels/tires cheap?).
I took the car to my Nissan dealer (had to wait a week for an appointment - never understand that) - they kept the car for 3 days just to tell me they did an inspection and didn't find anything wrong. I had several techs and the service manager evaluate the car only to tell me they couldn't find anything wrong again. Getting to the dealer before they close and arguing with service guys to find an obvious problem is not my idea of fun.
I decided to park the car (it's a 2nd car) and haven't driven it for the past couple of months. I have 7 months left on my lease and I'm probably going to let it sit for the 7 months and turn it in. It's a pretty cheap lease ($170/month) - I'd rather be driving it.
Has anyone had similar problems? I did a search and found a few others but their dealers seemed willing to work with them. One had a transmission (equivalent) replaced, etc.
This was my first Nissan and will likely be my last. I'm nearly 50, have purchased dozens of new cars in my life and have never had such a strange experience. Before this happened I planned to replace this Leaf with a new one when the lease was up. What else can I do?