Comment on Nissan to go all-electric by 2030 despite petrol ban delay
Eccitaze@yiffit.net 9 months agoHuh? I’ve had a 2018 base model Leaf for over 4 years, and here’s the sum total of my issues:
- Car didn’t recognize the door was closed at one point, preventing me from shifting out of park
** Issue was due to dents in frame caused by occasionally closing the door on the seat belt buckle, which was positioned at the same height as the sensor switch built into the door that gets depressed when door is closed. Fixed in 5 minutes by wadding up a small ball of packing tape and taping it to the frame where it comes in contact with the sensor switch.
- It occasionally doesn’t load the Bluetooth module properly, fixed by restarting the car
That’s literally it. It’s been rock solid otherwise, and it gets driven literally every day.
billy_bollocks@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
A 4 year old car should have zero issues but I say that being a Toyota owner.
The Leaf’s air cooled batteries lacking any kind of thermal management is usually a deal breaker for most folks. But yes, I’m sure Nissan chose to do that for quality reasons.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 8 months ago
I have a 10 year old Toyota that has only needed a brake switch replaced and I’ve just now gotten an EVAP light on which could be as simple as a new gas cap or potentially the purge valve or solenoid which are both simple, inexpensive fixes. I totally agree that most Nissans are crap (not quite as bad as a Stellantis vehicle) and are marketed as options for people with bad credit (not to say bad credit = bad person just that they aren’t built with quality in mind).
billy_bollocks@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yea that was my point re: Nissans aren’t hat they used to be.
A brain damaged chimp could get financing for a Nissan. They certainly aren’t designed for quality anymore, regardless of fuel system
Eccitaze@yiffit.net 8 months ago
I’ve had the car in the shop for repairs precisely zero times, and the one actual problem I’ve had was mostly my own damn fault and once I figured out what was going wrong it was a literal 5 minute fix. I’d call that zero issues.
And the air cooled battery is literally not an issue unless you fast charge it multiple times in a day. The number of times I fell under that scenario in 4 years of ownership was precisely once, when I going on a weekend road trip for my birthday, and I opted to rent a hybrid for that instead. I consider something that covers literally 99.999% of my driving needs, has needed zero shop time beyond routine maintenance, and has saved me literally thousands of dollars in gas money to be a pretty good deal.
Now, to be 100% fair, I wouldn’t recommend someone buy a Leaf today because its CHAdeMO fast charger is obsolete. But the car itself is perfectly fine.
billy_bollocks@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Glad to see you’re happy with your purchase bud