in my Nissan LEAF
Mark D Larsen
Final Update:
February 16, 2017
LEAFStat’s Stats
(click to enlarge)
65.30%
Miles Driven:
52,691
Months:
59
| Original Battery Capacity Loss
in my Nissan LEAF Mark D Larsen
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LEAFStat’s Stats (click to enlarge) | Battery Capacity: 65.30% Miles Driven: Months: |
During the previous three months, my capacity readouts had shown a truly baffling trend. In October I crossed the 4th bar threshold of 66.25% that Nissan published in its original service manual. However, rather than losing that bar, my battery’s capacity steadily increased again. Never before have I seen such a constant, prolonged reversal, which I deemed capacity chicanery.
However, after replacing my 12V battery a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the capacity percentages suddently started to nose dive back down to where they had been in October. Lo and behold, today... I lost the 4th bar!
It looks like I will qualify for a battery replacement under warranty after all! I will continue to monitor this pack until the new one is installed, and then start to monitor the “lizard” battery just as carefully.