johnlocke said:
It's more "I don't trust Nissan" than "i'm worried the the battery will crap out just after the warranty expires." I bought Nissan's for over 30 years. A Stanza. a pick up truck, two Maxima's and the Leaf. I even once worked at a Nissan Dealer. Their attitude on the Leaf has soured me. The lack of effort to fix the battery issues or even honor the warranty in some cases really put me off. I'd rather put my money behind a company that makes the effort to do right by the customer rather than point at misleading or vague clauses in the warranty. The Ariya has the features I want and seems to be priced competitively but I just don't trust Nissan not to hang me out to dry if it suits their needs.
I don't blame you too much about the attitude. That said, I'm not sure what you want in terms of effort "to fix the battery issues". Obviously, it seems like the 30 kWh batteries were a dud (and discontinued) but the 40 kWh batteries seem to be holding up pretty well, so far. 62 kWh ones are a bit too new but seem to be doing ok, so far. The "lizard" pack was better than the "wolf" pack (as Leftie terms it). And, that was battery than the crap "canary" packs (another Leftie term).
As for not honoring the warranty in some cases, those seem like rare exceptions. I can't think of any a case where someone at 8 or lower capacity bars before the warranty expired either by time or mileage AND brought to a Nissan dealer service dept for verification in time that was denied in the end. Yes, there are a few where the dealer service dept or advisor doesn't know what they're doing. For those past it, sure, it's been YMMV.
Yes, active cooling would've been nice and the lack of it at all on Leaf has been mystifying. At least Ariya addresses the cooling part but the car's late.