2013 Nissan Leaf owner complaints

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Nissan leaf. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle failed to stop when the brake pedal was depressed. As a result, the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The front driver's air bag deployed. The vehicle was towed to an independent facility. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v119000 (service brakes). Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 36,000.

Oct 2017, leaf pulled out of parking lot from shopping trip ok, drove pass 1 stop sing ok (right turn, stopped) then lost brake function at up coming right light stop, no ABS, no traction control, no normal brake feedback, no 'engine brake' (simulation or re-generative braking), without any noticeable warning such as beeping sound. Panic, tried to press 'park' no reaction, the car feel like accelerating towards upcoming stopped traffic, looked down, make sure foot is on brake pedal, confirm no brake action but it didn't accelerate the car. Try hard brake to floor and steer car to between lane, all wheel locked with sqeeeeki noise, car slipped and stop between 2 stopped car. Speed limit of the road 35miles/hr outside temperature 91f clear sky. The car was at 49249 miles. Managed to pull th

Brake failure on a city street. The electric brake control unit failed while the car was in motion in a straight line. I was able to stop the car without an accident. The hazard light, warning light, brake light and ABS light were all illuminated. I recycled power to the car but the error did not reset. I took the car to the Nissan dealership in murray utah for an assessment. Nissan said the electric brake control unit was bad. Also the car had a can bus error. The car's warranty expired in july of 2018 and Nissan refused to fix the car. According to Nissan the electric brake control unit is $2000 and $480 to install. I refused to pay. I opened a case with Nissan electrical vehicle support (877 664-2738) to see if they would fix the car. They also refused to fix the issue.

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Nissan leaf. While driving 40 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle did not stop. The contact engaged the push start button and turned off the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to Nissan of elk grove in elk grove, california, but the source of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000.

Have experienced multiple times where at low speeds, if the car encounters bumps in the road, the brakes give out and you have to pump a time or two to get the brakes to engage. There are other times at city/highway speeds where if the brakes are pushed medium to medium-hard the brakes seem to lock on and even when removing my foot from the brake pedal, the brake doesn't disengage and the car will slide for a couple seconds. Please do a thorough safety review on the brakes. *tr

I was driving on the freeway in heavy traffic, so I was only traveling at approximately 45-50 MPH. I was switching lanes when the car I was moving behind sudden slowed (it did not stop). I quickly hit my brakes so I could slow down as well, but my car's brakes locked-up and the car started to skid. I let-off the brakes but the car continued the skid and stopped. I was very lucky to not have been hit by another car (actually Nissan is the lucky one to escaped litigation). *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Nissan leaf. After hitting an obstacle in the road, the power brakes ceased to function without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

In 2017 I brought in my Nissan leaf to be serviced for a recall notice for the ocs sensor. Before then, the ocs sensor seemed to be working fine but I figured I should perform the service for safety. This last year the ocs sensor has stopped working completely. Now I have a red blinking light that warns that the passenger air bag is not working. I took it to a Nissan service center, they want to charge me $1000 to replace the ocs control unit and sensor. I feel like these were parts that were changed as part of the recall and are obviously defective since they crapped out after a few years.

While driving, the right front airbag light activated, indicating that the airbag was off. This occurred and continues to occur, regardless of the passenger's weight, or the absence of a passenger. Nissan serviced the vehicle once before with a "software update" that did nothing to correct this very serious defect. How many victims need to die or become crippled before this is corrected? *js

The right windshield wiper just stopped working

The passenger side wiper just suddenly stopped working at 40,000 miles, the driver side works fine.

On nov 18. 2016, my wife was driving Nissan leaf 2013 on the highway under a rainy day, the vehicle suddenly gradually stopped (highway 680 to highway 580 at california state). My wife couldn't make it move even press accelerator until she stopped the engine and restarted again. It is very dangerous for her to have such experience on the highway. Later I checked the manual, it is said because of Nissan's vdc function. However it is not proper to stopped the car when it is driving. Today, I also experienced the same problem. When I drove back my car, the car didn't allow to move until I pressed "vdc off" button. I believe this is a serious problem by Nissan. I have contacted them to check and repair my car. However I think it is safe to government to check with Nissan to see wheth

Red triangle warning light comes on will not go out when car is on and when drivers seat belt is ingaged both triangle red light and seat belt light flashes all doors are closed and secure including hatch

The car suddenly lost power during freeway driving. The brake system appeared compromised. Turning off 12v accessories - which includes safety critical functions such as the defrost blower - was necessary to restore functionality. This is caused by a defective DC-DC converter that fails to properly charge the 12V battery, risking and repeatedly causing sudden loss power, loss of braking, and loss of safety critical functions. This is not the result of damage to the DC-DC converter or other such damage. This is proven by the fact that activation of the wipers triggers the DC-DC converter to temporarily raise the charging voltage to a level sufficient to restore power and charge the 12v battery. Due to defective programming of the DC-DC converter, the power provided to the 12v battery and

The Nissan Leaf has a 6,600 watt charger that is attached to the top of the 26,000 watt electrical motor. A 30 Amp Nissan charging cord connects the 220 volt electrical outlet (dryer) to the Leaf via a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1772 Plug. Unknown to me a desert rat had chewed the insulation down to the wires of the charging cord, leaving the wires bare. The desert rat was not electrocuted because the onboard charger safety system in the vehicle turns off the 220 volts AC before it reaches the car using the control box that is part of the the charging cable. But when I plugged the J1772 Plug into the Leaf Nissan's "safety system" sent 220 volts form the dryer plug to the Nissan Leaf creating an electrocution hazard where the rat removed the insulation. I saw a series of sp

Started car by pressing brake and ignition. Put the car in reverse. Car started moving at 2-5 MPH with the brake still pressed. Brake lost resistance and had to press hard to floor to stop car. No brake pressure. Took atleast 10-15 feet for the car to complete stop. Same thing happened when moved to drive forward. Fortunate that no one was close to car when this happened. Tik-tok-tik-tok sounds from car, pedal pulses rapidly and ABS and brake lights came on. Dealer replaced the 12v battery 2 weeks before this happened. Dropped the car at the dealership again. I see exact same complaints on this website from at least 10 other people. Not sure when this will become an issue that will be addressed by the manufacturer. Not sure if I can update this complaint later once I hear back fro

The leaf was in motion on a city street in "b" drive mode. When attempting to stop from around 45 MPH, the brake pedal became very firm, and the car did not slow. I released the brake and depressed it again. This time there was significant brake travel and the brakes engaged with a mechanical moaning sound. The car skidded to a stop as ABS ceased functioning. I parked the car and took a photo of the dash warning lights. Similar symptoms occurs 5 days prio, restarting the car returned it to normal operation both times. The weather was about 65 degrees f and dry during one occurrence. A similar temperature on a morning following a rainy night is when this occurred the second time. The car nearly entered an intersection on a red light. This problem looked and sounded like the videos posted

Vehicle was being driven between 25-30 MPH when there was a "pop", vehicle jerked to the right causing it to hit curb (crash) and deploy top curtain and right door airbag. Vehicle was towed into to Nissan dealership, inspected by the dealership, and re-inspected by Nissan north america over the past 30 days. Right front tire was perpendicular to car and defect with tie rod / suspension is our expressed concern. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Nissan leaf. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the front end started shaking and vibrating due to a suspension failure. Upon inspection, the front passenger's side wheel was out of position. The contact discovered that the front passenger's side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 26,000.*dt *tr

I put the car in park as I was pulling in without turning it off to grab trash from the curb and take it to the car, but the car keep accelerating. I jumped in and slammed on the bricks but it hit the brick wall to the house. I see more recent years were recalled for "unintended acceleration" and "brake issues"