Willie via EV wrote:
I bought a Leaf in 2011 and was well please for over a year... In two years and 25k miles, the range was down to about 60... was sold to a neighbor... now down to 40-45 miles... Nissan has repeatedly denied any meaningful remedy to both owners.
I've seen similar reports of this from others. It does appear that the early Leafs had a problem with their batteries, especially in hot climates. Sadly, Nissan refused to acknoledge the problem. It would probably take a skilled lawyer and class-action lawsuit to pry compensation out of them.
But Nissan seems to have corrected the problem in later Leafs. I have a 2013 Leaf, and have seen no evidence of loss of range. At over 25k miles, it still has close to 100 miles range. For example, the range "guess gauge" will show 80 miles range with an 80% charge, and we actually can drive it 60 miles and still have 20% left. But a) we live in a cooler climate (Minnesota), and b) we routinely charge to only 80% (the 2013 Leaf has an option to end charging at 80% or 100%).
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