by dm33 (Posted Sat, 29 Jun 2013 21:15:53 GMT)
I doubt the dealer will come down that much. Sadly, its almost like selling a flood damaged car. Most consumers would have no clue. Dealer probably more than happy to sell it to an unsuspecting new EV buyer. This will ultimately give all EVs and especially the Leaf a very bad name. Its no accident this car has ended up away from the Arizona heat. People are less likely to know about the issue.
You have to lose another bar for the warranty to kick in. It does not go by any other report. But the car is required to get a firmware update which might change the reading. If you do get it, best bet would be to try and cook it. Make the battery lose that last bar and get a warranty replacement. Not sure if I'd be willing to take the risk and hassle. To mistreat the battery, charge it to 100% and park it in the hottest place possible for days on end.
The warranty text on the website says,
Have we mentioned that there are awesome deals on leases of new 2013 Leafs?
I should mention that they're awesome cars, especially when not heat damaged with degraded batteries. 2013 has significant improvements. More trunk space, more efficient heat pump for winter heating, battery % charge display (hard to imagine being without it), 6.6kw charger for twice as fast charging on most models.
hyperlexis wrote:
Hopefully they will agree to make a deal. I'm really shocked how bad that battery loss is.
So say I do get the car, will Nissan repair/replace the battery if it gets to 69.9% (as measured by the dealer's mechanic's test equipment) or must it lose a whole additional bar on the dashboard? -- Which is a huge additional percentage of loss.
So say I do get the car, will Nissan repair/replace the battery if it gets to 69.9% (as measured by the dealer's mechanic's test equipment) or must it lose a whole additional bar on the dashboard? -- Which is a huge additional percentage of loss.
I doubt the dealer will come down that much. Sadly, its almost like selling a flood damaged car. Most consumers would have no clue. Dealer probably more than happy to sell it to an unsuspecting new EV buyer. This will ultimately give all EVs and especially the Leaf a very bad name. Its no accident this car has ended up away from the Arizona heat. People are less likely to know about the issue.
You have to lose another bar for the warranty to kick in. It does not go by any other report. But the car is required to get a firmware update which might change the reading. If you do get it, best bet would be to try and cook it. Make the battery lose that last bar and get a warranty replacement. Not sure if I'd be willing to take the risk and hassle. To mistreat the battery, charge it to 100% and park it in the hottest place possible for days on end.
The warranty text on the website says,
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the Nissan LEAF® Lithium-ion battery is also warranted against capacity loss below nine bars of capacity as shown on the vehicle’s battery capacity level gauge for a period of 60 months or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first.
Have we mentioned that there are awesome deals on leases of new 2013 Leafs?
I should mention that they're awesome cars, especially when not heat damaged with degraded batteries. 2013 has significant improvements. More trunk space, more efficient heat pump for winter heating, battery % charge display (hard to imagine being without it), 6.6kw charger for twice as fast charging on most models.