Owned a 2018 nissan leaf now for 1 month. Had problems with it from day 2. First the car whistled close to the driver area when you go 50mph and turn off the AC. Well the AC masked some of the sound. It took Nissan 3 weeks to fix it. Apparently a manufacturing defect and they sealed the hole somewhere in the guts of the car.
Thought all my troubles were over when I realized that any Eaton POW-R-Station I use do charge the car. It would produce the red circle with exclamation mark icon on the Eaton L2 charger. So i investigated the issue further. I live in the Raleigh Durham (RTP) area. The following chargers did not work for me.
Durham Southwest library
Chapel hill franklin street
Pittsboro Library
Morrisville City Hall.
All Eaton POW-R-STATION chargers. Dealership service manager did confirm that new 2018 nissan leafs on the lot have the same issue. Service manager said Nissan engineering
recommends the charger be upgraded. but seriously when are you gonna get 4 different cities to do this because of a particular year of one particular brand. I responded by saying their
engineering should workaround the problem like all the EV car brands. I spoke to tesla , BMW and a 2016 nissan leaf owner and all reported no problems using these Eaton chargers.
Raleigh / Durham EVs considering a 2018 nissan leaf .. BEWARE! you can't charge this car anywhere!
Not sure if nissan will patch up their software any time soon. Maybe these EATON chargers are not as popular countrywide like they are in here in Raleigh durham area.
Anyone else in any other part of the USA with a 2018 nissan leaf experience the same issue with Eaton chargers ?
Thought all my troubles were over when I realized that any Eaton POW-R-Station I use do charge the car. It would produce the red circle with exclamation mark icon on the Eaton L2 charger. So i investigated the issue further. I live in the Raleigh Durham (RTP) area. The following chargers did not work for me.
Durham Southwest library
Chapel hill franklin street
Pittsboro Library
Morrisville City Hall.
All Eaton POW-R-STATION chargers. Dealership service manager did confirm that new 2018 nissan leafs on the lot have the same issue. Service manager said Nissan engineering
recommends the charger be upgraded. but seriously when are you gonna get 4 different cities to do this because of a particular year of one particular brand. I responded by saying their
engineering should workaround the problem like all the EV car brands. I spoke to tesla , BMW and a 2016 nissan leaf owner and all reported no problems using these Eaton chargers.
Raleigh / Durham EVs considering a 2018 nissan leaf .. BEWARE! you can't charge this car anywhere!
Not sure if nissan will patch up their software any time soon. Maybe these EATON chargers are not as popular countrywide like they are in here in Raleigh durham area.
Anyone else in any other part of the USA with a 2018 nissan leaf experience the same issue with Eaton chargers ?