r/leaf

For the past 7 years I've just been using a standard single-DIN Kenwood head unit and was perfectly happy with it, but okay maybe it's time I upgraded. These generic Android radios are cheap and readily available nowadays, and do the job well enough if you just want an CarPlay/Android Auto upgrade.

I designed some brackets to simply clamp the head unit to the bezel, rather than faffing around with trying to use the OEM mounting brackets. For other S owners who have a 3D printer or know somebody with one, I uploaded them here: Thingiverse

I specifically went with a quite-expensive Eonon unit because I wanted the HDMI output for mirroring to the rear screen, and onboard adjustments for my giant sound system like filters and time alignment. The vast majority of people won't care about all these, and can just buy a basic 9" unit kit like this one: Amazon.com

The unit will come screwed to the Sentra bezel adapter with 4 screws, just remove them to extract the unit and then affix using the 3D printed brackets. I recommend buying the Sentra kit as it comes with the ready-made wiring harness and antenna adapter that is compatible with the Leaf, which will also work to retain steering wheel audio controls (they may need to be programmed in the stereo's settings).

For SV/SL owners with factory navigation, I'm currently working on figuring out if any commercially available CANbus decoders will allow for climate control display with the Android stereos, and will post an update if I have any success with that.

Hi everyone.

My wife and i bought a 2018 Nissan Leaf a couple weeks before the Iran nonsense kicked off. Picked it up for $9500nzd (worth quite a bite more now) and its been going great! We both love the drivability of the leaf and costs of running compared to out Subaru Outback.

One issue though is if the batter is 40% or lower and im going up a long steep hill the battery will get dangerously low and go into turtle mode. I live in Dunedin NZ and there is a hill i have to go over to get to a nearby public pool. The hill is probably a 1.5km-2km climb and quite a steep angle. Is this normal behavior for an older battery or have we bought a dude? The dealer offered to buy it back for what we paid.

Sorry, im very new to EVs and dont have a lot of knowledge around battery's and how to read them

Struggles in the cold but drives fine in normal temps. Its been very low miles starting this year given I dont have the money, time, or in good enough health to replace suspension components and brakes. Its my daily driver so I gotta prioritize its functionality at all cost's. Chademo chargers have also been becoming more scarce.

Do note the cold picture is 6/12 bars but the dash hadn't updated due to cold until 5 months later.

Stats "for the record":

-Pack is mostly balanced and stays that way even on interstate, but variance starts to scatter (80mv+) earlier around 20-30% battery. Middle rear stack and top of front stacks most degraded.

-Full motor power at normal temps.

-Max regen 30kw at room temp. 40kw at 110F

-40F Max charge speed 15kw with a quick 20kw burst. 10kw by 50%. L2 speeds or worse by 70%

-Room temp Max charge speed 35kw and quickly tapers to around 25kw. By 50% its 25kw or less. By 70% its around 10kw.

-110F Max charge speed 47kw until 40%. 40kw until 50%. 25kw at 70%

For reference, she used to rip 50kw until 80-90% at 80F

-In the cold due to motor power limits and/or concentration polarization dropping pack voltage after 2 mins:

-Unable to do interstate below 50F (batt temp)

-Unable to do highway under 45F

-Unable to do anything below 5-10F

The car spent the first 3 years of its life in the desert. Then it moved to the midwest. The previous owner quick charged it a lot. I drove it 100-150 miles a day for my job for years until recently.

Hi, my partners parents are upgrading to a newer leaf and have asked me if I'd like to purchase their current one for £2,500 (lower than market value for similar models in the UK). I would only be doing about 32 miles each week day commuting and probably 10+ a day at the weekend, so well within the range it's able to do. My partner has a car I'm also insured on so we can use that for anything mid to long distance so we're not going to be stuck in that regard. The main concern I have is how quickly the battery may degrade to a point where it'll either need replacing or scrapping the car depending on the replacement price. In terms of temperature where I live it may hit negative Celsius for a week or so in the winter but nothing too extreme, and unfortunately it has started getting to mid 30⁰C [~95⁰F] for a week or two in the summer so not sure how that may effect the degradation moving forwards. Any tips would be appreciated as this would be my first EV and will openly admit I know next to nothing despite my research, thanks.

ORIGINAL OEM battery 11 years later have had her for just almost a year and got him with 25k miles sucked the dealership man for a good price on him so yeah its been a journey and he has been holding up , has my everyday driving habits changed bc of it , yes , do i hate north texas charging info-structure YESSS do i love speeding and and sad i really cant to achieve this , also yes ) but change is clearly beneficial and this car was worth every penny in my eye ( not a car enthusiasts) and its been a blast with my leaf and this car has been so good to me getting me to point A , B , C and hell maybe D if it has a charger 😂 just a rant and appreciation post , if you have a leaf , whatever stage its at in its life remember EVS are more like friends the better you treat it the better it will treat you , i love you leaf and i wish you a long gas saving life 🥺❤️

Generic one purchased from AliExpress, still needed some modification to mount as it seems the newer Nissans use clip-on badges rather than stick-on, and where the badge goes on the charge door has a hump right in the middle for no reason. I don't hate the new Nissan logo though compared to most other simplified modern logos.

(Don't worry about the background that's not important)

My neighbors probably think I’m crazy. My wife said I need to stop. (She caught me browsing Facebook again the other day.) My siblings told me it reminds them of when I used to make computers out of spare parts when we were children. Pretty good analogy.

Front white is a 2015, front silver is a 2013 (bought for my daughter’s first car), the blue on the street is a 2011 and the silver behind it is also a 2011.

The blue 2011 was a given to me from a friend. Has a failed onboard charger and he just didn’t want to deal with it. The silver 2011 is a 3 bar that I’ll be pulling the onboard charger from. After pulling a few more parts I’ll be junking the rest. Watched plenty of YouTube videos but if anyone has niche tips I’d be grateful.

I’ve already swapped the battery on the 2015, so I feel somewhat familiar with the cars.

OBC aside, any good 2011 parts I should keep for myself before junking? Some people have mentioned the parking brake assembly. But others have said it’s not necessary.

Once I start breaking it down, the timeline to discard becomes short. My neighbors will very likely complain (rightfully) once it stops looking like a car.

Hello all,

I recently purchased a 2016 Nissan leaf from a Subaru dealer (trade-in?). I didn't know how to check SOH at the time. I now know about the bars (8, now 7 bars), and the leafspy software. Range estimating seems to be accurate suggesting 68 miles, of which I usually use 40 before charging. Interior and exterior look very good. I paid 7k (plus taxes and fees) for 52k miles. Did I overpay?

Would like people’s thoughts, experiences and recommendations with seat covers for the sv+. Has anyone bought Weathertech covers? Do you like them? Read bad reviews on a lot of them that come up when googling best seat covers. Any help from this community would be greatly appreciated. I have a one month old 2026 sv+