Nubo wrote:... Or, at least give the driver an option to "jump charge" the 12V with the DC/DC converter. The equipment is right there in the car; why strand someone?
Hard to fathom what the LEAF engineers were thinking on quite a few things.
But they probably were focused on the LEAF operation could be unsafe if 12V voltage is too low.
But it does seem like they could have allowed what you are suggesting IF emergency brake is set AND vehicle movement were disabled until the LEAF has determined 12V system is now recharged.
Of course with a very dead 12V system, they might not trust indications of the emergency brake being set?
That is probably why they thought leaving it dead in the water was a safer choice.
As many have observed the LEAF does a poor job of monitoring the 12V system.
It can be downright dangerous if it does start and the 12V voltage sags badly.
I observed that myself when 12V had apparently lost a cell.
The braking was absolutely non-existant and that was in a level parallel parking spot.
Only thing that stopped it moving was putting it in Park.
On the highway it would have been a total disaster.