Thunderstruck
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- Sep 7, 2019
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Hello everyone,
I recently purchased a second hand 2011 Leaf. I was very happy with it, and everyting always worked flawlessly, but then last week there was a lighting stike nearby while my car was charging through J1772 on a charging station. The strike was a few hundred meters away, and did not hit directly the car nor the charging station, but after that the car won't charge anymore. It would beep but won't show any blue light. I tried another charging station and also a couple of the Nissan Level 1 EVSEs but no luck. I took it to the dealer, they have a Chademo station, and Chademo does work. They had it inspected for error codes, but the scan gave no errors. They said it's probably due to the OBC and it needs to be replaced. I asked them whether they can thoubleshoot it just to be sure, and they said no. Replacing that looks like a lot of money, and they're not even sure it will solve the problem, so I'm hesitant. We're currently not in a good financial situation (my wifeand I just had 2 babies and we both have been fired) so if replacing the charger is the only solution, I'd rather consider tring to sell the car for spare parts, and get a cheap gasoline car.
So before replacing the OBC or selling the car, is there any other troubleshooting we can do? I looked in older topics, but usually the problem is the car doen't charge but the blue lights still flash, which is not the case here. Or is there any cheap Chademo charging station that I could install at home, or any other way to survive without the J1772 socket? Any other option?
Thank you everyone!
I recently purchased a second hand 2011 Leaf. I was very happy with it, and everyting always worked flawlessly, but then last week there was a lighting stike nearby while my car was charging through J1772 on a charging station. The strike was a few hundred meters away, and did not hit directly the car nor the charging station, but after that the car won't charge anymore. It would beep but won't show any blue light. I tried another charging station and also a couple of the Nissan Level 1 EVSEs but no luck. I took it to the dealer, they have a Chademo station, and Chademo does work. They had it inspected for error codes, but the scan gave no errors. They said it's probably due to the OBC and it needs to be replaced. I asked them whether they can thoubleshoot it just to be sure, and they said no. Replacing that looks like a lot of money, and they're not even sure it will solve the problem, so I'm hesitant. We're currently not in a good financial situation (my wifeand I just had 2 babies and we both have been fired) so if replacing the charger is the only solution, I'd rather consider tring to sell the car for spare parts, and get a cheap gasoline car.
So before replacing the OBC or selling the car, is there any other troubleshooting we can do? I looked in older topics, but usually the problem is the car doen't charge but the blue lights still flash, which is not the case here. Or is there any cheap Chademo charging station that I could install at home, or any other way to survive without the J1772 socket? Any other option?
Thank you everyone!
