2012 Nissan Leaf owner complaints

My 2012 Nissan leaf has a battery charge indicator on the dash that does not truly reflect how much actual driving range mileage is left. In fact, it is so faulty that it is referred to online as the gom or guess-o-meter. I believe this is a safety hazard as I have no accurate way of knowing if I will be left stranded in the middle of oncoming traffic on an expressway, a busy highway, a back road detour, or simply miles away from any charging station. The first time I realized how serious this problem was I had to call a tow truck to come and get me. I left my home with 39 miles of charge on the range indicator. It was a cool day so the climate control was off. I drove seven miles and my car ran out of charge leaving me alone and frightened in an unfamiliar area. I am a 70 year old

Since I bought this car it has never gotten a full charge. Even when I turn off all the timers and charge for 2 days I can only go 50 miles tops and the power battery bar only goes to 5 bars. I just bought this car and I'm scared to pay more for a new battery. As it might as well be purchasing a new car😭😥

Brake system failed and ignition started and thrusted car forward. It seemed like the brake got soft and then would not function. This incident caused the car to damage private property and caused major damage to front end of the vehicle. *tr

Drove car into driveway with slight incline, pressed button to engage car into park, got out of vehicle, plugged in car to charge it. Walked up 2 steps to house, car rolled back nearly striking 9 year old. Rushed to the car to try to stop it. Car stopped when rolled back across street and into neighbors yard / rock. Tore charging station off the exterior of the house. Caused breaker to trip and ruined the unit completely.

When I drive the car into my driveway on a slight incline and I get out of the car while its in drive and the car is on, the car remains stable and does not move. The car is extremely quiet. If I plug the charger into the car, the car immediatelty drops out of drive and into neutral causing the car to roll backward.

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 Nissan leaf. The contact stated that the electric battery was unable to be recharged, making the vehicle inoperable. The contact stated that with the remaining charge in the battery, the vehicle was driven to the local dealer coral springs Nissan located 9350 west atlantic blvd, coral springs, fl 33071, who diagnosed that the onboard charger was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000.

The airbag light is on, and the dealer has told us the entire front passenger seat will need to be replaced for $4,000 to fix the problem.

While starting the vehicle the airbag warning light illuminates (continuously flashing) and continues to flash while driving. On 11/22/2019 the Nissan dealer reported that the seat occupant classification module has failed and is reporting a trouble code b1018. The repair involves replacing the passenger seat cushion assembly at a cost of $3938. The cost to repair is a significant portion of the value of the vehicle. I understand that this is know issue with later my Nissan leaf and is the subject of a recall.

B1018 passenger seat senosr needs replacement Nissan says is not covered under there 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. Will cost $3900.00 to replace the passenger seat. What is covered under the air bag warranty? This is a major safety issue for me and my family.

My Nissan Leaf is showing a warning sign that front passenger side airbag is disabled. I see that this is a common complaint from many 2011-12 Nissan Leaf owners. I would like to add my name to the list of owners who had a similar complaint and please update if you make Nissan do a recall for this issue.

Despite an adult occupying the front passenger seat, the passenger airbag disabled indicator came on. This happened with two different full sized adults. Dealer could not recreate the problem and refused to attempt a repair. *tr

When moving the vehicle out of park you must depress the brake pedal. I've had 3-4 times where as soon as the gear selector moves to "d" the brake pedal softens and sinks in and the car rolls forward until the brakes engage. I took it to the dealer and they could not duplicate the problem and won't do anything about it. So far I've had time to stop before hitting the car in front of me but I'm worried that one of these times I won't. *tr

Brakes grab and lurch the car to a stop. This occurs especially at low speeds in stop-and-go traffic and thus is dangerous. A driver following close behind will be surprised by the very rapid deceleration. It happens often, always at speeds below about 10 - 15 MPH, but not every time I brake, and it is unpredictable. The problem has been widely reported on blogs. I have informed my Nissan service department on many occasions. About 6 years ago Nissan released a firmware patch, which was installed in my car. That did not fix the problem. The service department acknowledges the existence of the problem but doesn't have a solution. It's almost certainly a software/firmware issue.

The car continues to brake even after the brake pedal is no longer pressed. This happens when the ABS kicks in. I had to slam on the brakes after someone pulled out in front of me. I did not want to completely stop as I could have been rear ended but the car continued to apply full brakes even when I no longer wanted to stop and no longer pressed the brake. This has happened 4 times total, always when I had to brake very hard to avoid a collision. Very lucky I have not been rear ended after any of these incidents, one person drove off the road to avoid me after the car decided to stop fully.

As I am approaching a stop, and the car is under ~15mph, and I touch the brakes, the will grab strongly and slam the car to a stop; people in the car lurch forward, and the driver behind me is surprised by the sudden stop and has to slam on their brakes. I notice there are 2 campaigns for this issue, one just before my VIN, and one after my VIN, but it looks to be the same problem. It is dangerously strong and difficult to control.

The design of the vehicles rear seat belt buckles prohibits successful buckling of the rear seat belts. *tr

Page 1-21 of the 2012 Nissan leaf owner manual has an illustration of a forward-facing convertible child restraint incorrectly installed, with the caption "latch webbing-mounted attachment". The illustration shows the forward-facing convertible child restraint installed with the lower anchorage flexible connector strap (latch webbing) routed through the rear-facing child restraint belt path. No webbing is routed through the forward-facing child restraint belt path. This illustration may suggest to users that this is how to route the "latch webbing" in a forward-facing child restraint illustration, which may lead to injury. This illustration is common to many models of 2003 and later Nissan vehicles, not just the leaf. *tr

With the car parked and all seats upright, I found the center rear seatbelt retractor locked. It was not possible to use the seatbelt. I folded the seat down, then back up, and it was locked tighter. My local Nissan dealer replaced the belt free of charge the next week. The service manager said that they service several lines of cars, foreign and domestic, and occasionally see seatbelt retractors locked up in several lines of cars. *tr

I was driving my 2012 Nissan leaf on my morning commute to work, about a mile away from freeway and 3 miles away from home where I started, the car gave a alarm beep, and started decelerating. I pressed the accelerator but the car did not respond to that. Noticed the dash saying "I key system fault" the car coasted to a stop. I quickly turned on my hazard lights and tried to turn off/on the car but it kept on saying "I key system fault", after a few minutes of trying this I decided to push the car into a driveway to not cause a traffic jam, here I tried multiple times to turn off /on the car but it did nothing happened, it behaved like that as over an hour and half, even the same way without the fob, eventually the car was towed to the shop still on and is still being looked at by the tec

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 Nissan leaf. The contact stated that the reverse lights failed to illuminate. The contact mentioned that the lights were pointed upward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to alter the vehicle design. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 2,000. Updated 10/10/12 *cn