4.0

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
30,416 miles

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2017 Nissan Leaf electrical problems

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2017 Nissan Leaf Owner Comments

problem #3

Dec 222020

Leaf

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Hello! I have my 2017 Nissan Leaf sv with 30kwh battery in at Nissan of troy, mainly due to two problems. This is a 2017 Nissan Leaf with 30kwh batte hello! I have my 2017 Nissan Leaf sv with 30kwh battery in at Nissan of troy, mainly due to two problems. This is a 2017 Nissan Leaf with 30kwh battery with a DC-fc fast charge plug that's supposed to be able to charge the battery roughly 15X faster than 6.6K level2/3 chargers. The key two problems are as follows: A. dcfc fails to charge on 2017 Nissan Leaf and causes J1772 to be unable to charge it anymore subsequently getting a charge in a pinch leads to really needing a tow truck!! B. the range on the battery drops drastically on a regular day to day drive... the other day I left for a 4.5mile trip with 17miles on gom and by time I drove 2 miles range went down to 11miles. Before I was 1/2 way low battery indicator went off and ~1.5miles to home very low battery kicks in. - I believe the car gom always over estimates the range to what I'm able to drive. It can never drive up to the suggested range so I must have either a bad battery or a faulty battery management module of some sorts "?"

- Northville, MI, USA

problem #2

Oct 012020

Leaf

  • 61,749 miles
A sudden loss of propulsion with out an audible warning. The vehicle operates at creep speed. I notice it because the can not accelerate. A moment of confusion sets in in trying to figure out what is going on. A tell tale light of a turtle comes on. I have to work my way through traffic to pull on the side of the road. This is a concern on a busy highway. The tell tale light goes away after cycling the power by turning the car off and starting it all over. It gives me the impression that the trouble went away. This issue occurred once a year. I didn't think much of it. It is now happening once a week in the past two months. Someone can get hurt in the worst case scenario. I believe the warning light should remain on until the issue is resolved. I noticed the issue happens when the climate is hot and I am driving with the ac on. The battery temperature is in the safe zone. Nissan didn't take it seriously. I took a picture of it.

- Bellflower, CA, USA

problem #1

Jun 102019

Leaf

  • 29,500 miles
When driving our 2017 Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at about 65 mph up a steep hill / steep incline, we are experiencing a loud clunk from the battery area when the vehicle climbs over 2000ft elevation within a short distance (16 miles). The clunk always happens within the same 1 mile stretch of road and happens every time we drive the car from salt lake city, ut (4,226 feet) to summit park, ut (6,887 feet). We first noticed it this summer 2019. There is an audible clunk and it can be felt through the passenger foot-well behind the driver's seat. There is a thread on the mynissanleaf.com discussion forum that describes the same issue (www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?F=30&T=19883&P=565545#P565545). The contributors think it has something to do with the electric battery case expanding or contracting under pressure. I'm planning on letting the Nissan dealership know and pointing them to the discussion forum (the discussion information is here: www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?F=30&T=19883&P=565545#P565545)

- Park City, UT, USA

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