BuddyRayAtl
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- May 13, 2019
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I really wanted to love this car. I really did. I was excited to own our first electric car.
But, with 750 miles on the 2019 Leaf Plus we hit a deer. The car still had the dealer tags on it.
It didn't even kill the deer - and just pushed a dent into the plastic bumper - and cost $6k to repair. I can't believe how fragile the Leaf is. For example, the deer broke a plastic mounting tab on the headlight assembly - can't replace the plastic mount - have to buy an entire headlight assembly - $2,800.
Then it took over a month to get all the parts.
Then the front radar unit kept failing.
and failing
and failing
and 110 days later and many, many trips to the dealer and 4 radar units, one Adas unit (whatever that is) and countless hours of service time testing wiring harnesses and other components and we're still no closer to a solution than we were 110 days ago.
This week Nissan's MASSIVE computer failure has put the service shop so far behind they can't even look at my car for 5 days.
And there is no Factory Field Service expert in our area - they share one from the next state over - but that's OK because apparently he doesn't have a clue how to fix the car either.
Tonight I do some more Googling, hoping to find my own solution, and I find the Class Action Lawsuit against Nissan for failures of . . . . wait for it . . . . their front radar units. And I discover that Nissan has been having problems with the Bosch radar units since 2012. Seriously Nissan, you can't solve a parts problem in 7 years? No wonder you lost 99% of your profit margin last year.
I give up - I can't spend my life in a dealer service waiting room.
The only good news is that Nissan Consumer Affairs has already offered to start the "buy back" process. I don't know yet what they are going to offer me - but since I paid more for this car than a new Tesla Model 3, it better be the full price I paid plus the transportation fees I paid to bring it from N.C. plus something for months of aggravation, time spent in dealer waiting room, etc.
But, with 750 miles on the 2019 Leaf Plus we hit a deer. The car still had the dealer tags on it.
It didn't even kill the deer - and just pushed a dent into the plastic bumper - and cost $6k to repair. I can't believe how fragile the Leaf is. For example, the deer broke a plastic mounting tab on the headlight assembly - can't replace the plastic mount - have to buy an entire headlight assembly - $2,800.
Then it took over a month to get all the parts.
Then the front radar unit kept failing.
and failing
and failing
and 110 days later and many, many trips to the dealer and 4 radar units, one Adas unit (whatever that is) and countless hours of service time testing wiring harnesses and other components and we're still no closer to a solution than we were 110 days ago.
This week Nissan's MASSIVE computer failure has put the service shop so far behind they can't even look at my car for 5 days.
And there is no Factory Field Service expert in our area - they share one from the next state over - but that's OK because apparently he doesn't have a clue how to fix the car either.
Tonight I do some more Googling, hoping to find my own solution, and I find the Class Action Lawsuit against Nissan for failures of . . . . wait for it . . . . their front radar units. And I discover that Nissan has been having problems with the Bosch radar units since 2012. Seriously Nissan, you can't solve a parts problem in 7 years? No wonder you lost 99% of your profit margin last year.
I give up - I can't spend my life in a dealer service waiting room.
The only good news is that Nissan Consumer Affairs has already offered to start the "buy back" process. I don't know yet what they are going to offer me - but since I paid more for this car than a new Tesla Model 3, it better be the full price I paid plus the transportation fees I paid to bring it from N.C. plus something for months of aggravation, time spent in dealer waiting room, etc.