thehelix112
Well-known member
Hey guys,
I have a '13 SL, bought new in April 2013. I've loved the car since I had it, and it was my wife's car for a long time. Perfect for getting about and super reliable.
We live in Los Angeles, so temperate climate, always charged to 100% due to range anxiety. Battery has degraded to about half, which was fine. Wife got a model 3, and I got to drive the leaf to work. It threw a light on the dash a few weeks go about "tpm failure" or some such, which the manual said was a shifter issue. Ok I thought, no worries.
Took it to the dealer and was told a day later that the battery is failing and needs to be replaced and it's almost 9K. Ouch. Car is 6 years old and only has 35K miles on it and it's a write off.
Is this normal?
I called Nissan and they told me to go pound sand. Pretty frustrating honestly. I went from a huge fan of the car and Nissan in general to wondering if I should just set fire to it for a laugh (kidding).
Any advice on how to proceed appreciated. I might end up just springing for the new battery but man, I'll be pissed off about it.
Read the threads on Fenix. Smells like a whole lot of vaporware unfortunately..
Thanks,
Dave
I have a '13 SL, bought new in April 2013. I've loved the car since I had it, and it was my wife's car for a long time. Perfect for getting about and super reliable.
We live in Los Angeles, so temperate climate, always charged to 100% due to range anxiety. Battery has degraded to about half, which was fine. Wife got a model 3, and I got to drive the leaf to work. It threw a light on the dash a few weeks go about "tpm failure" or some such, which the manual said was a shifter issue. Ok I thought, no worries.
Took it to the dealer and was told a day later that the battery is failing and needs to be replaced and it's almost 9K. Ouch. Car is 6 years old and only has 35K miles on it and it's a write off.
Is this normal?
I called Nissan and they told me to go pound sand. Pretty frustrating honestly. I went from a huge fan of the car and Nissan in general to wondering if I should just set fire to it for a laugh (kidding).
Any advice on how to proceed appreciated. I might end up just springing for the new battery but man, I'll be pissed off about it.
Read the threads on Fenix. Smells like a whole lot of vaporware unfortunately..
Thanks,
Dave