Nissan Leaf

Yes you are not wrong: Just noticed that there seem to be many shunts active which may indicate that the battery is out of balance. 18 mV is also a bit high at hight SOC based on how our old L24 behaved. The car having sat for while could be the reason and in any case the batteries like when you use them instead of just letting them to sit at a high SOC.

Pre-heating is done using your app, and while its still connected to the charger.

Really handy on those frosty morning, set it going for 15mins and come out to a defrosted car, all warm inside.

Cheers. Yip, i know i don't have preheat model but feel confident enough with the option i have and the overall range that i can sacrifice some battery capacity to heat.

Oops. Just gets better and better. Was confusing it with heated seats option.

Must read manual sometime.

Can someone tell me what the realistic range of a 30kw tekna leaf is. Was looking to change from a diesel but my daily commute is 90km so unsure if i will be able. will be buying a second hand one in the €10k range so wondering will the battery be degraded ?

Just driving in the last week or so, noticed in the dark how poor the full beam is on my Leaf.

Any recommendation for replacement bulbs to add a bit more umph to lighting up dark rural roads?

Do you have a lot of mileage? your battery seems to have degraded fast than most for its year

This is the second L30 to have this issue recently in Ireland. Another 162 30kWh is about the same on battery status, so both about to fall under the warranty replacement but no one else around to advise it seems? You would have to look at other cars close to the 8 year warranty limit to find similar, and can also look at Speakev (UK-centric) (https://www.speakev.com/threads/leaf-30kwh-11-bars-worth-the-risk.153303/#post-2887321) because there are more owners there.

For the light query, have a look on Reddit where there are a few similar queries but are quoting US prices.

Plus this thread on boards

Again, off-topic re previous post but my LEAF e+ has the usual wheel knocking issue with braking and is being repaired under warranty. It is nearly always the hub nut and that is being replaced. (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL7xkGlyrv0)

As previous poster said....

I'd figure that out first as the car may not be down 3 bars at all.

Within LeafSpy go into the service menu and do an ECU versions check... in particular the "HV BATTERY" version..... can you post that to the thread?

Lads I’m looking at a Leaf 2015 with 157k km on clock with 6.6kw fast charge for 8000. (24kw version)

Am I mad? Is that mileage far too high?

i’m aware warranty runs out after 8 years or 160k

battery showing as 11 bars. Haven’t plugged it into leaf spy app but plan on this weekend.

Yeah so the fast charge is where the price is so high but it’s very appealing to me. The fast charge is such a nice feature to have incase ever needed to go long distance and have to stop and charge somehwere.

I’d say I’m doing less than 3000km per year and it’s also to help the other half start driving as it’s an easy car to drive.

I do so little driving as it is, that’s the reason I want a leaf because I don’t need massive range and I want little tax and going to a petrol station is a pain.

I’m also fearful the government are going to remove the home charge grant and then they are going to tax petrol and diesel badly so electric cars will only go up in price. I’ve plenty of justifications for the leaf. So thinking of taking the plunge this side of Christmas tbh.

I’m worried that the mileage might be a bit high on the one I mentioned above.

Yeah exactly. It’s currently showing 11 bars but now you have me thinking. Do I need the fast charge at all. Could save myself 1- 1.5k for possibly a car with much lower mileage and more reliable.

Your battery isnt really degraded by 3 bars at all. Your BMS needs a firmware update to correct its calculation of the state of health. Its not a recall so the dealer wont do the BMS firmware update unless you insist on getting it done.

Your "HV BATTERY" version should be 4NR4C. That will probably give you back somewhere between 5-10%. Several on the forum have had it done. It only affected early 30kWh models.

Warranty is out - 5 years only.

We have a 132 Tekna, with 96K on it. Had it a few years, from about 35K. Its lost one bar and to be honest you wouldn't really notice any difference. Still gives a very optimistic 144 km on the GOM in eco mode after a slow commute to work. Realistic range of about 80 to 100 km depending on driving style and road type. Hasn't changed much despite the very gradual battery loss.

One thing to watch our for is the snatchy brakes at low speeds, really hard to drive it smoothly in a carpark or pulling onto the driveway. I don't know if there is a fix for it but it is annoying.

Definitely worth looking for a tekna - heated seats and steering wheel are lovely on a cold day.

A neighbour has an ex taxi 132 leaf accenta with cold pack. IT was very high mileage when they bought it for a song about three years ago. Needed a front wsihbone at its first NCT and has been perfect ever since. Must check with them how its doing battery wise now.