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Huh? I've had a 2018 base model Leaf for over 4 years, and here's the sum total of my issues:
Car didn't recognize the door was closed at one point, preventing me from shifting out of park (issue was due to dents in frame caused by occasionally closing the door on the seat belt buckle, which was positioned at the same height as the sensor switch built into the door that gets depressed when door is closed. Fixed in 5 minutes by wadding up a small ball of packing tape and taping it to the frame where it comes in contact with the sensor switch)
It occasionally doesn't load the Bluetooth module properly, fixed by restarting the car
That's literally it. It's been rock solid otherwise, and it gets driven literally every day.
A 4 year old car should have zero issues but I say that being a Toyota owner.
The Leaf’s air cooled batteries lacking any kind of thermal management is usually a deal breaker for most folks. But yes, I’m sure Nissan chose to do that for quality reasons.
I have a 10 year old Toyota with 180k miles that has only needed a brake switch replaced and I've just now gotten an EVAP light on which could be as simple as a new gas cap or potentially the purge valve or solenoid which are both simple, inexpensive fixes. Zero other issues since buying it at 30k miles. I totally agree that most Nissans are crap (not quite as bad as a Stellantis vehicle) and are marketed as options for people with bad credit (not to say bad credit = bad person just that they aren't built with quality in mind).
Yea that was my point re: Nissans aren’t hat they used to be.
A brain damaged chimp could get financing for a Nissan. They certainly aren’t designed for quality anymore, regardless of fuel system