Hi,

I have a year 2019, 62kwh e+ 3.zero model. Location: UK

I don’t experience any problems with the battery.

Just recently i noticed the bar went down a little bit.

Is this normal considering there is 123,000 miles on it.

We have a Subaru Ascent that is the family road trip car. We also have a Mazda CX9 that the Leaf would replace. I work from home so this car would be for running the kids around, errands, etc. Maybe the odd out of town trip a few times a year about 180 miles round trip. Also can charge it home but charging would be a weekly thing at most.

The goal would be for this car to be handed down to our daughter in a few years when she’s of driving age.

It seems like despite the older tech that these are very reliable cars that have had all the kinks ironed out and the SV Plus trim has all of the nice features like adaptive cruise control while still having actual buttons for things (something that drives me nuts on our Ascent).

Plus I genuinely like the styling of the pre-refresh Leaf.

So what am I missing? Is this not a great purchase for our use cases? Are the battery concerns still limited to pre 2023 models?

Recently purchased a 2017 30kWh S trim Leaf; I'm the third owner, and I know the previous owner as a friend. Car appears mechanically and cosmetically in great shape. Dash indicates 9 bars of battery capacity, and typical estimated range is 70-75 miles when fully charged. I will admit, I probably didn't do enough research before purchase, as this is an out-of-warranty 30kWh model without the30kWh battery having been replaced under warranty (never quite met requirements or had problems other than 'typical' range degradation).

We've picked this up as a 4th vehicle for our family (three other ICE cars, 2 teenage drivers). It's intended use is typical grocery, commute, school, and kid activity trips around town, with typical trips of ~10-15 miles roundtrip, and maximum range trips of 20-30 miles roundtrip. Level 1 charging available nightly in the garage at home, and L2 charging (public/pay) if needed at both my and my spouse's work locations. Trips involve some freeway driving, but due to their short distance, city road network is also available at a few minutes longer drive. For any trip plans that might give me range anxiety or would require offsite charging we'd utilize another vehicle. Location is the Pacific NW, so relatively mild temperatures.

I've purchased LeafSpy, done some analysis, and have been digging through the manual; see posted photos. Car has extremely limited quick charges (29); it was exclusively charged via L1 charger for the past ~5 years by the previous owner.

So, my major questions at this point:

1. Is this a viable car to use as a city runabout as described for the next ~4-5 years without too much worry from a battery standpoint, or should I significantly plan for on-road failures/stranding (aside from a potential "forgot to charge" scenario) ?
   
2. Within LeafSpy screen 1, what is the difference between red bars and blue bars? My battery reports all red bars, with cell 42 and 48 as blue, but all cells generally and typically trend at what appears to be a low mV spread (10-25 mv).
3. LeafSpy SOH is 68.23%, with the Hx at 36.83%. From review of a few posts here, I may need to be concerned or at least wary of the low Hx, and the large difference between SOH and Hx. For the vehicle age, is this reasonable, or should I be watching for an upcoming cliff where the HV battery just crashes out?
4. I don't believe that I need a L2 charger at home for my use case; typically spare vehicles available, and with regular overnight charging, I think I'd be OK, but I'd love any commentary from this group as to considerations I should take on L1 vs L2 charging.

A few LeafSpy screenshots are attached. the 18mV cell delta is the vastly typical screen under most driving conditions with mV ranging between 10-30 in operation, and 10-20 when at rest. The 77mV and 303mV were captured from a screen recording while driving. These were near instantaneous readings, dropped immediately, and correlated to heavy acceleration/load testing.

So Reddit community - what say you? Should I expect this to be a suitable town runabout for awhile, or am I gonna need to go pick up stranded kids from the side of the road this winter (or next)?

I don't think I'll be tackling a battery replacement; but feel free to convince me otherwise!

What is a fair price for a salvaged 62kwh pack? Thinking about putting the battery in a 2015 body.

I miss CarPlay, and am interested in the idea of adding a widesceen external CarPlay display with dash cam — I just don't know how it will look on the 2017 dash, because it doesn't look all too flat on the dash. So I'm curious if anyone else has done this and can share their opinion, also vs. swapping the factory head unit with a CarPlay enabled one, which looks like way more hassle. TIA! Cheers

Anyone on the pion power or Grizzle cash back charging program? I heard about these 2, seeing if there's any good feedback or if there are better programs out there.

If you have referral code that's great too

My husband drove our 2016 Leaf today and had to use a fast charger while he was out. Afterwards on his way home he noticed this light on. I'm going to book an appointment to have it looked at but did I hear something about fast charging damaging them?

We just bought a 2024 leaf SV plus with 6200 miles on it and I’m wondering what I need to do in terms of maintenance to keep the warranty in good standing.