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Post by lesmando24 on Apr 5, 2016 22:56:40 GMT 11
100,000km travelled. Never did lose the 9th bar, which I thought would go. After a few empty to 80% charges on the DC fast charger, the weird regen not working went away.
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Post by Phoebe on Apr 5, 2016 23:12:27 GMT 11
100,000km travelled. Never did lose the 9th bar, which I thought would go. After a few empty to 80% charges on the DC fast charger, the weird regen not working went away. Well done!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 23:27:03 GMT 11
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Post by EVangelist on Apr 5, 2016 23:32:05 GMT 11
100,000km travelled. Never did lose the 9th bar, which I thought would go. After a few empty to 80% charges on the DC fast charger, the weird regen not working went away. Congrats for achieving this milestone! And with the battery in pretty good nick still! So much for the nay-sayers claiming EV batteries won't last 2-3 years with all that recharging - you should be the poster boy. And the Leaf batteries don't even have thermal management. Next stop 200,000? How long do you think you'll keep the Leaf?
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Post by EVangelist on Apr 5, 2016 23:37:02 GMT 11
Imiev gone bad after recalibration. Turtle at 73.3km with 6 bars remaining Last year when I was getting jack of my ICE I thought about getting a iMiev as a second city runabout - but after about 10 seconds looking at the specs and pics it really didn't look much chop to me. I guess it served its purpose as training wheels for Mitsubishi getting into EVs but it's looking decidedly dated technology now. Tesla is blowing everyone out of the water, assuming they can actually deliver.
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Post by jacky on Apr 6, 2016 6:52:52 GMT 11
100,000km travelled. Never did lose the 9th bar, which I thought would go. After a few empty to 80% charges on the DC fast charger, the weird regen not working went away. Wow, your car is the first out of the battery warranty in Australia! Are you going to ask Nissan for the cost of replacing the battery?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 8:33:26 GMT 11
Indeed great achievement Any Other leafs in Aus with that kilometrage?
2011 Imiev is at 85k kms 2012 Volt 53k kms - not sure how many on ev. 2014 I3 61k kms = 50k kms ev + 11k kms Rex
2011 Tesla roadster Hans has done 165k kms
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Post by lesmando24 on Apr 6, 2016 22:12:46 GMT 11
Not sure on the battery. Maybe when I get down to 7 bars, I will ask for a new one. I guess I should get leaf spy and have a look
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Post by jeffthewalker on Apr 7, 2016 6:09:36 GMT 11
Not sure on the battery. Maybe when I get down to 7 bars, I will ask for a new one. I guess I should get leaf spy and have a look I will be in Brisbane on the 14th. You can borrow mine for a look.
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Post by lesmando24 on Apr 7, 2016 19:22:49 GMT 11
Sweet, will have to catch up with you
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Post by caskings on Jun 13, 2016 11:01:30 GMT 11
Just lost my second capacity bar this morning. 38566 km driven.
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Post by lesmando24 on Jun 13, 2016 20:44:56 GMT 11
Just lost my second capacity bar this morning. 38566 km driven. Bummer, I lost mine at 60k. I am starting to think I have been very lucky. les
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Post by jeffjl on Jun 14, 2016 14:00:23 GMT 11
So, quality of the service seems to have an inverse effect on the battery life then Les. LOL.
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Post by caskings on Jun 14, 2016 17:27:55 GMT 11
Just lost my second capacity bar this morning. 38566 km driven. Bummer, I lost mine at 60k. I am starting to think I have been very lucky. les Yeah, I'd much rather have it lose 4 bars before 100k than after.
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Post by lesmando24 on Jun 14, 2016 19:20:36 GMT 11
Yes, this is true. My forth bar will not die. But I guess I don't want it to die now LOL
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Post by datsunleaf on Jun 14, 2016 21:29:24 GMT 11
Same here, just waiting for that 4th bar to go
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Post by lesmando24 on Jul 24, 2016 20:09:10 GMT 11
RIP Bar number 4. I had been down about 10km in range for a while.
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Post by Feng on Jul 24, 2016 20:52:23 GMT 11
Did you just miss out on the battery warranty by a few months? Ouch!
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Post by lesmando24 on Jul 25, 2016 7:23:59 GMT 11
Yeh, I will see what the dealer can get from Nissan.
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Post by EVangelist on Jul 25, 2016 14:41:53 GMT 11
RIP Bar number 4. I had been down about 10km in range for a while. It looks wrong seeing only 8 bars of battery... let us know how you go. The most I've ever driven a car is nearly 190,000km and that took 19 years - the dealer wanted to give me $250 as a trade in, I got him up to $500 . If I keep the Leaf that long I'd only have 3-4 bars left, so it wouldn't be worth much anyway or maybe it would with a battery replacement since there might not be much else wrong with it!
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Post by empowerrepower on Jul 26, 2016 14:28:16 GMT 11
RIP Bar number 4. I had been down about 10km in range for a while. Sorry for your loss, Lesmando. Just to satisfy all our curiosity, this could be the perfect time to ask Nissan how much a replacement battery in Australia would cost, if you are willing to ask the question. There will be other Leaf owners starting to think about it as they lose more bars. A replacement battery would probably have the better more heat-resistant chemistry, presuming that there are no more of the first generation of batteries in stock. On a happier note, you have a solar-powered fast charger at your workplace, so we just need a few more around the place. Regards, Liz
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Post by leafboi on Jul 26, 2016 22:05:14 GMT 11
Yeh, I will see what the dealer can get from Nissan. Keep us updated on this. The official word I'm still receiving is the traction battery is a non serviceable item. So I guess the more of us that are vocal on replacement batteries the better. I'm at 83,000km still only 2 bars down. But I know the third is just hanging on by a thread.
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Post by EVangelist on Jul 27, 2016 14:59:58 GMT 11
The official word I'm still receiving is the traction battery is a non serviceable item. I still have no idea how that can be legal under Australian Consumer Law.
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Post by lesmando24 on Jul 27, 2016 18:22:48 GMT 11
I am taking the LEAF to Moorooka Nissan on Monday. They will send data to Nissan, then we will see what happens. You can definitely get replacement cells for failures etc. as people have reported getting individual ones replaced under warranty. But they are only replaced by LEAF specialists. I don't know the price to do this, probably a lot of labour. I will ask about a new battery pack, but I was hoping not to do that for another 90,000km as I have a fast charger at my work If Nissan Australia won't sell it, you can always get cells from the U.S.A. I don't think the physical size is any different. To do the battery pack, I suspect you replace the cells with the new chemistry cells and keep the battery electronics so the car doesn't know. Then reset the battery counters so it has to try and recalculate the battery capacity. The cycle empty to full a few times.
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Post by caskings on Jul 27, 2016 21:30:50 GMT 11
Do you work at UQ?
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Post by lesmando24 on Jul 30, 2016 18:48:29 GMT 11
Yup, park in carpark 2 most days, so fast charger is not far away.
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Post by lesmando24 on Aug 6, 2016 21:30:27 GMT 11
I took my LEAF to Moorooka Nissan and they found a sagging cell, so the pack needs to be opened and modules removed for rebalancing (saggy module and the one either side). Data is then sent to Nissan Japan for analysis and required actions. Labour will be $500 - $1000, not sure on the module price if it needs replacing. See what they find Monday / Tuesday.
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Post by Phoebe on Aug 6, 2016 21:36:40 GMT 11
I took my LEAF to Moorooka Nissan and they found a sagging cell, so the pack needs to be opened and modules removed for rebalancing (saggy module and the one either side). Data is then sent to Nissan Japan for analysis and required actions. Labour will be $500 - $1000, not sure on the module price if it needs replacing. See what they find Monday / Tuesday. Good luck!
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Post by alison on Sept 19, 2017 11:30:47 GMT 11
I unfortunately lost my first bar today too at pretty much 11,000km I think the age of the battery has a lot to do with the loss of capacity...Leaf spy looks like everything is normal, no bad cells... just age I guess. Does anyone know the actual warranty on the traction battery? Is it 5 years 80% capacity?? Second bar on this car lost at 37,000km. Not too bad compared with some others, but makes us question where we will be at the end of the 5 year warranty period in 2020. Car has had a few fast charges at Wollongong SBRC, but otherwise is mostly 10A charged to 80% these days, or at least not left at 100% for extended periods of time.
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Post by Sleepwalker on May 30, 2019 21:20:09 GMT 11
I took my LEAF to Moorooka Nissan and they found a sagging cell, so the pack needs to be opened and modules removed for rebalancing (saggy module and the one either side). Data is then sent to Nissan Japan for analysis and required actions. Labour will be $500 - $1000, not sure on the module price if it needs replacing. See what they find Monday / Tuesday. Did you have any luck with single cell swap?
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