Posted on 10/03/2019 7:43:12 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Nissan Leaf owner has received a $33,000 bill to replace the battery in his electric car - even though it's now only worth $12,000.Canberra engineer Phillip Carlson bought his fully-electric hatchback brand new for $53,500 in August 2012.
Just seven years later, he can't drive his environmentally-friendly car because he isn't prepared to stump up $33,385 to replace the lithium ion battery.
The tab included $750 for labour and $29,600 for the battery plus the 10 per cent GST. Mr Carlson, a married father with a daughter, believed his new car had a range of 175km but even as a new vehicle, his Nissan was only able to travel 120km.
'Getting 120km brand new was a real stretch and it was more like 110km,' he said.
Before he took his car in for repairs in February this year, it could only travel 40km, or just 25km with the heater on in winter.
The problems had worsened in 2017, just five years after it was first registered.
His Nissan, with a 24 kilowatt hour battery, struggled to travel beyond 60km and the battery was still covered by the five-year warranty.
'I started having trouble just driving from home to the dealership and back just for a service,' Mr Carlson said.
Mr Carlson had made a series of complaints during the warranty period, only for Nissan to tell him there was nothing wrong.
His Nissan dealership in the Australian Capital Territory earlier this year gave him a quote for $33,385.
'That was the first time they bothered looking at it after I complained so much Nissan told them to do a battery test and they claimed it's totally fine,' he said.
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LOLOL. The price of some good old liberal Virtue Signaling has sure shot up! For a long time, the government paid you to shout “Look at me! I’m GREEN.”
Those are aussie dollars worth 68cents of our dollar. Still a hefty sum.
Bovine Feces.
That is the reality of owning a first generation Nissan LEAF.
When it comes to total cost of ownership you are better off owning a Tesla than a comparable Cadillac,Mercedes,or Lexus.
Nothing like steel boogers to shout out “LOSER.”
Latest numbers I find are $2850 forva refabricated battery and$6250 for new.
I think the cheaper replacement cost might be where they test the cells and only replace the “bad” ones. The rest will keep going bad as you drive it.
But how many virtue signaling points did he get?
“I think the cheaper replacement cost might be where they test the cells and only replace the “bad” ones. The rest will keep going bad as you drive it.”
They swap the pack. $2850 for rehab, $6250 for new.
This sounds like a Nissan Leaf problem, rather than an electric car problem. My parents bought a Volt a year ago. So far no problems. Of course we don’t get cold winters in Southern California. And considering my commute is 35-40 miles each way, having a Prius has saved me a fortune in gas money in the long run.
Valve seem deals aren’t hard to do.
Well, except for the skull tat’, she is a rather fetching blue-haired old lady.
“This sounds like a Nissan Leaf problem”
Lots of documented happy 2012 Leaf Owners.
Nope, it is an Electric Car problem. Batteries can only be charged so many times and there capacity to take a charge diminishes with time. If too many cells fail (and they do) then it is too bad charlie. All Electric Car battery packs WILL FAIL with enough time and recharge events. It is a GIVEN.
Not only that but the manufacturer must maintain safety standards if they detect issues. Thus the battery pack of yesterday may not be available but only the revised safe one (which can cost more)
This was a 2012 model (would have been purchased in 2011). This is 2019 so the lowest number of years would be 7. This is about right for failures to occur with a normal to high rate of charging.
This is the Electric Car world. It is a GIVEN.
Should have got the option of the wood or coal fired steam generator pull behind trailer.
Or the extendable pole, jumper cables and step down transformer battery charger.
Good thing Trump has ensured cheap plentiful gas. Who needs 100 mile radius’?
What’s the energy footprint for cars that have to be junked after 7 years?
TexasGator is mucking about in the wrong place.
Small block Chevys are prone to thenguidesnleaking at around 150k. Usually not a big deal, just a little exhaust smoke upon initial startup
Please retract your post for misquoting me. Thank you.
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