r/NissanAriya

I have never had an EV before, but really like the look and features of the Ariya. I am concerned about the slow charging and it being discontinued though. How much of a hassle is the slow charging on a road trip or daily use? Since it appears it is still being sold abroad, do current owners have any concerns about service and continued software updates? Are there any particular trim/models to get out to avoid? How do you feel it stacks up against the competition ?Any feedback on the Ariya and the experience of owning one, positive or negative, is appreciated. Thanks.

I’m looking for some advice regarding the charger that came with my 2024 Ariya. It’s been charging very slowly, and while I remember being told it was a Level 2 charger, the speed suggests otherwise. Is the included cable actually a Level 2, or am I just using a standard slow charger?

Any tips on how to verify this would be appreciated!

I was following a new Tesla with thin taillight strip with my auto high beams on. Was not following too closely and the guy gives me the finger out his window. Looked and even though I never had a problem before but the high beams turned in on like it didn’t see the car. Anyone have something similar?

My Ariya died after turtle mode, got towed, charged to 100%, thought I was golden, but then the electronic parking brake started flashing and wouldn’t release. I frantically googled and Reddit searched and watched YouTube and tried the usual hold for 7 push for 10 and do that 3-4 times, even thought about disconnecting the 12-volt.

After enough fiddling with the EPB switch, the flashing cleared and it finally released. I couldn’t tell you the magic combo I did.

In other cars I had this there was a manual release cable to override it but I don’t think the ARIYA has that.

If this happens to you, keep working the switch to reset it. Not fun, but it worked. If anyone knows the proper EPB reset for a full drain, please do share. The things I saw online looked very involved.

Lesson learned I was half a block from the charging station and thought I could make it but I hit a gnarly hill and just couldn’t get there. Going to keep it between 80-20% from now on.

It was easy to track gas cost for monthly fill but I want to track charging energy for ariya. How do you all Ariyan’s track you total energy used for charging. As we plug to charger any time and it resets the average mile/kWh etc. is there a feature in app that can log total kWh used (or used for charging) in a day, month, year?

What is a good price for 2025 Plat+ CPO? I have one at my local dealer that they are asking $37,000 + TTL, pretty much brand new with 700 miles on it. Obviously prices have gone up recently after the war and EVs are in demand, I am looking for Plat+ and there are very few available locally.

I'm one of the many who has not seen a SW update since 283C37LK3D.

I think I'm 4 versions behind at this point.

Can the dealer do these update or not? Most posts indicate no, but I've seen a couple that claim they had an update at the dealer (past my version).

The service manager also says they can, but I've not ever been able to actually talk to the "1 guy who does it".

I just test drove a 2024 Nissan Ariya Engage FWD with only 15k miles on it. Its a certified pre-owned, looked brand new and drove super nice. I am currently driving a Mazda CX5 which I do like, but I am considering the change for these reasons:

1. Gas prices (I have solar so this might offset driving costs)

2. Lower maintenance and better mechanical reliability

3. Convenience of charging at home

My concerns:

1. range. I work from home and do mostly local driving, occasionally I drive 2 hrs roundtrip and would prefer not to need to stop to charge.

2. Reliability of tech items like the screens after the CPO warranty is over.

3. Losing the AWD leaving the Mazda. I live in NJ so we do get snow occasionally, but we have a family SUV with 4 wheel drive I can always use.

The asking price is $23k plus taxes and fees, they also would give me $12,500 for my Mazda which I could sell for around $14k on my own. My OTD would be $13k. Any thoughts or concerns or feedback?

Also, warming or cooling the car down from the phone, I assume there is a subscription fee involved? Thanks in advance for any help!!!

Is there an Ariya meetup we didn’t invited to?

In the last 30 hours I’ve seen more Ariya’s than in the last 30 months.

Yesterday a Copper and a Grey on the way to San Francisco.

Today a Red and a Blue a couple blocks from my house (Red and Blue were a few yards from each other).

Before this I’ve seen 4 total besides mine and 3 were at dealers.

So there's been a lot of discussion and some wild speculation on here about efficiency of e-pedal, b mode, and generally braking/regen in the different drive modes and in adaptive cruise control. I currently use ECO mode because it allows me to actually coast, which is very difficult to do in any of the other modes. In my mind this allows me to reduce the round trip of energy through regen/battery/motor output, but I'm very curious about when the brake pressure is actually utilized.

What I haven't seen is anyone looking at actual brake line pressure data plotted with car speed and pedal positions. Clearly, the car is striving to get as much regen as it can, but maybe it is relying more on brake activation in some modes than others. Certainly in adaptive cruise, which is the only mode that will bring you to a complete stop, it probably has to resort to actual brake pads at low speeds - I highly doubt they are driving the motors like a servo at low speeds.

I have a couple obd scanners but they don't get live data from the brake system that I can plot. If I can find one, I'll do a study and illuminate the community once and for all on what exactly the system is doing (at least with my version of firmware). Anyone have an affordable scanner/app combo that I could get where I could do that, without buying a $3500 dealer tool?

Right now, this is the second EV I've looked at. First was an Ioniq5 SEL (I'd mainly want a Limited if I were in a ready to buy today type situation), I currently have an Elantra Hybrid that I love but I'm interested in going full EV in the near future.

Some details about the Aryia I test drove, it was in the boulder grey two-tone color with the black roof. It had the blue grey interior...

I think the main things I didn't like is the seating is kind of weird, not uncomfortable by any means. Just different. I'm not super used to Nissans so maybe it's more of a Nissan thing? My partner is like 6'1 so I wonder how they'd fit into it because I'm like 5'6 and I saw a reel/short on youtube of someone who was 5'11 who said that they didn't have a lot of headroom

The infotainment felt kind of cluttered, but maybe that's something I'd get used to?

What I did like but this isn't maybe exclusive to the Ayria was the power, it's very much an EV in that regard. I think the AWD Aryia makes more power than the Ioniq 5 AWD?

The cooling system seemed pretty loud and buzzy but it's also a pretty hot day today (mid 80F range)

But as a prospective buyer, who is new to EVs but savvy enough and a frequent enough viewer of EV-oriented channels like Out of Spec.
It seems I could get a CPO/Lease return in the next 12 months for a really good deal because the dealership I went to was taking 17k off sticker which seems like a crazy good deal.

What do owners here have to say about their Aryias? Worthwhile for me to keep on a shortlist?

Likes, dislikes?

General feeling of reliability? Good, bad?
In comparison to the Hyundai EVs at least the 800v ones like the Ioniq5, no ICCU to worry about with the Aryia lol

How's the charging on it and road tripping it?

I'm in southern Wisconsin, I go to the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota (think between Fargo and Bemidji if those not from this region are maybe familiar with the approximate locations of those cities) pretty frequently, and then ocassional trips to northern Alabama and probably down the line odds and ends places around the Midwest and across the country and maybe even to Canada (Ontario/Ottawa) (although that one I'm not sure how wise of an idea is to do, possible but maybe not as pleasant as the US?).

I will say an EV probably wouldn't be most excellent for the Northern MN trips because the last charging stop I see on plugshare is in Monticello which should get me up to the town I go to and I'm told the town does have EV charging just maybe less advertised because it's a small town but still very few options if wind or weather were less favorable or the Monticello charging stop were down/unavailable for any reason

Returned my lease 3 months early. I would have purchased it if the $10,000 rebate was active but it was brief. I was told the Ariya’s were being shipped back to Japan, removing the battery worth $18,000 which is being sold to hospitals…. Crushing the remaining bodies. Sad end to the premium luxury Ariya I leased for the crazy sum of $120/month. It was a great car.