Nissan Leaf

I wouldn't really be able to offer to much longer ownership advice. I've a 40 SVE since last march and have just under 30,000km on the clock and apart from an issue with the DC charging at the very start it hasn't missed a beat. The problem was a faulty (from new) cable on the loom which needed to be replaced under warranty - it did take the dealer weeks to figure out the problem.

Ordered March (SVE-40) : Collected August.

Was told at the time that the dealer had had the vast majority of their orders for the year cancelled by Nissan - effectively anyone ticking an options box it seemed.

Can anyone with a Leaf40 confirm if they experience torque steer when accelerating hard? I test drove a used one last week at a main dealer and it nearly took me into the next lane when I put the foot down. When I look it up, some owners claim torque steer is a thing, but surely this is a tracking issue at the very least, perhaps something more?

Torque steer is typical of all FWD cars with some power, and noticeable more on the LEAF40. I quite like hitting it hard into the turns on quiet bigger roads and steering it back onto position, same with the bigger battery version with even more power. Some FWD cars dampen it better than others, like the e-Megane or Polestar 2 according to reviews, with similar sub 8 sec 0-100km/h performance. Electric cars are heavy, so they will never be that spritely unless they have massive grip through AWD and big tyres, well-distributed weight, or even smaller battery packs and non-metal chassis like the i3.

You won't see it til March 2023 the earliest. They aren't building any til then after stopping the line in July. Dealers aren't being upfront as they know they will lose more orders. I expect the price will be higher too.

It will take less of a charge when cold. Really noticeable in smaller battery cars

No this was excessive, definitely not just a gentle tug on the wheel or me being dramatic. I have driven pretty nippy cars before, and while by no means an expert, my gut says it is something out of the ordinary. I have only ever driven RWD EVs before, so thought I would ask here for some advice from seasoned Leaf drivers.

Right, and it could also be out of spec front alignment in general. We used to have new L24 and L40 and now L30 and the current (oldest and highest mileage) car is suffering from torque steer a bit more so the bushings are on the eventual to-do list. But none of the cars have been particularly bad.

Ordered mine (SVE 40) end of March and finally got it about three weeks ago. Price went up by €2,200 though. Really happy with the car overall. You might be lucky and get a call but I'd contact the dealer if I were you.

Had a hard time finding this stated specifically in thread and online. Apologies if I missed it. Did the 2018 Leaf 40 come with 6.6 kW as standard?

Have a 171 30kWh leaf. 83,000km up on the clock, 3 bars now gone and SOH 72.19%. Got the car last year with 59,000km and it had 89% SOH. I knew something was up as it was degredating very quickly. Read up a bit about the update required but I'm not sure precisely what I needed done. I Dropped the car to nissan dealer today for a service and asked for the update to be done that was required due to miss readying of battery. They said there was a recall on the LIB controller which would be done also. I didn't know if this was the same thing?

Got the car back and state of health is still only 72.19%.

Is there a way to check if the update needed was done?

Reading a lot saying they only lost a bar or two well over 100,000km.

Cheers. I'm going to give them a buzz tomorrow but wouldn't mind knowing exactly what I'm looking for before calling them because definitely seems something isn't right.

This old post contains the info you need.

If you've leaf spy, check your BMS firmware version. If 4A, it needs updating to 4C. The campaign No. is P8318. It was never a recall and just has to be asked for specifically.

I got mine done years ago in belgard nissan.

My 30kwh leaf just lost it's 2nd bar at 156k km.

I think they are right in terms of no updates required. It was usually 161/162's that needed the update (i.e. the first L30's off the production line) and 171+ generally had the correct software already.

The ones that needed the update showed "4NR4A 0605" and needed to go to "4NR4C 0611"

The ones with 4NR6A did not have that software issue.

So, you probably have some actual weak cells dragging your overall battery down rather than a software problem.

Drive the car down to a low SoC (<10%) and look at the histogram of cell voltages in LeafSpy and LeafSpy should tell you if you have weak cells or not by showing up a banner with the weak cell numbers.

Unfortunately, like the dealer says, there isn't much you can do until you hit the warranty limit of 70%, which doesn't look like its too far away so you'll just need to wait for that to happen and then look for a warranty fix.