Used 2012 Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) Consumer Reviews

Name: 2012 Nissan LEAF Review
Brand: Nissan
Rating: 4.1 (17 reviews)

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Ditch the Gas guzzler

Angela, Yuba City, CA, 01/22/2024

Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Excellent vehicle for getting around in urban areas. Reliable. As it is winter I especially love the extras like heated seats (front/rear), heated steering wheel, and instantly warm vehicle. It was a breeze to charge and so incredibly quiet to ride it.

Safety: 5 out of 5 stars

Technology: 5 out of 5 stars

Performance: 5 out of 5 stars

Interior: 5 out of 5 stars

Comfort: 5 out of 5 stars

Reliability: 5 out of 5 stars

Value: 5 out of 5 stars

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Don't buy a Nissan Leaf, battery awful

robert amaio, 08/03/2016

updated 02/16/2021

Nissan LEAF SV 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)

3 of 9 people found this review helpful

I'm scrapping this car for parts. I've got less than 60,000 miles on this car, and it's down 4 bars on a second battery. The first was replaced by Nissan. I lost a bar about 4 months ago, on a battery that is about 2 years old. The bars on a Leaf are not equal in distribution. I've lost about 25% of the total charging capacity of this car. So now i realistically get maybe 40 to 60 or so miles to a charge. I take this car back and forth to the beach and to run errands, but that's about it. The car has lost most of its value as well. I'd be very lucky to see 5000 dollars on a car with 54,000 miles on it. I'll drive this car into the ground and then donate it. Nissan only warranties the battery one time. Are you telling me i have to get the battery replaced twice on a car that will end up with less than 60,000 miles on it? I have since had the battery replaced with the New Lizard Battery. This car realistically gets about 60 to 70 miles to a charge. I can never be sure, since I never go from full to empty on it. But I have NO issues with the new battery. What they don't tell you is you only get the ORIGINAL capacity warranty on the battery, even when you replace it with the new one. So the warranty is only good till August 2017. From what I've been told, the new battery consists of replaceable cells. I actually would have leased the car at 200/month and gotten rid of it by now. I would have walked away from the car for 7200 instead of the 17000 I've spent. Nissan's software is completely inaccurate regarding its measure of battery capacity. I get 9 bars yet when I look at the graphs it's barely measuring 10.5 KW of total power utilized out of 24KW/h. The Techs and Engineers insist that NISSAN is right and do not care about what I had to say. They hook it up to their diagnostic equipment and say the battery is fine and just wait till we get 8 bars and we'll replace it. I bought the car wholesale with 2000 miles on it thinking I got a deal for 17K. It took nearly 4 months to get it to 8 bars.