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Used 2016 Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD) Consumer Reviews

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3 out of 5 stars

Nissan Leaf Issue - Winter

Steve Clubb, Salt Lake City, UT, 01/04/2017
Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
26 of 28 people found this review helpful

In the winter > 20 degrees I am lucky to get 50 miles on a charge. Additionally, the heating is not effective. Heated seats work fine but the feet and leg area is cold and does not warm up. My feet stay frozen. Seats are not comfortable when commuting @ 24 miles.

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5 out of 5 stars

Best car to own for commuting

Kurt, Milwaukee, WI, 06/17/2017
Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
15 of 16 people found this review helpful

This car is great. I like having the filling station at home in my garage. I save money on fuel and maintenance. I like the quiet ride especially when driving through the neighborhood with the windows down on a nice day. My first reaction to the styling was not good but it grows on you and now I love it. The only thing I don't like is that my wife keeps driving off in it leaving me stuck filling her Prius with gas. There are some great deals on these out there right now.

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4 out of 5 stars

Nimble drive. UPDATE poor driver seat positioning

P and J in Canada, 11/24/2020
updated 04/24/2023
Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Over several decades, our norm has been to buy petro-powered cars that very reliable and mature (10-15 years old). Before buying I do lots of research; these past several years, reading on-line reviews. We've appreciated the views of people who have owned a car for several or many years. I haven't appreciated the comments of people who've owned a car for a few weeks or months. We've owned this 2016 Nissan Leaf for about 18 months. Nimble, fun to drive, city use only: all good. However, the instrument buttons are a continuous nuisance: hard to see, some marked with tiny strange symbols, not intuitive. UPDATE: A daily issue. My wife is small (less that 5 foot 2 inches). So she sets the driver seat forward-ish, makes sense. I'm 5 foot 11 inches. From my wife's seat position, of course, I need to move the seat back. The dang seat will only move back about 1 inch. Weird. Very poor leg space for me. Why are the seat tracks mounted sooo far forward? Wonder what it would cost to have seat tracks remounted. Can that be done? 2nd shortcoming. I got a full size spare tire and rim. Takes up some storage space, but makes much better sense if we get a flat. The existing goofy tire repair kit just gets us into a bad position of having fork out money to buy a new replacement tire. The Leaf is our city car, so range is not an issue for us. A petrol-powered Lexus AWD is our backup (for road trips and snow). It's solid, comfy, and mature (some would call it old).

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5 out of 5 stars

WOW! Kermit was wrong. It's EASY being green

Larry E, Orlando, FL, 11/15/2021
Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I absolutely love this car. the mileage range for me isn't an issue at all for my normal weekly commutes and when the weekend comes, there are plenty of charging stations near all of the places I go. I will never buy gas again unless it's for my generator if power goes out. Anyone that complains about this care obviously didn't research for their needs and it's unfair to say anything negative because of your own lack of research. It does exactly what it advertises it does. Brilliant car!!

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5 out of 5 stars

Great Car To Own

Nithin, Saratoga, CA, 11/10/2018
Nissan LEAF S 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Nissan Leaf Electric 2016 - if you get subsidized rate for charging then it fuel cost roughly comes down by half !! Regenerative Breaks are a wonderfull things too..

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