Depending on your phone screenshots can be used to save this information before you update to Leaf Spy. Leaf Spy Lite lacks the logging function of the full version "Leaf Spy". If you are thinking of purchasing a used Leaf this app can help you learn more about the battery's condition. * Battery AHr rating (this will decease with age and is an indication of remaining capacity) * Battery Temperature readings (4 sensors for 2011/12 models, models) * Minimum, average, maximum cell pair voltages * Voltage of each of the 96 cell pairs (highlighted if shunt active) The only one currently recommended is the Bluetooth Konnwei KW902 which still supports all the needed ELM commands to communicate with the Leaf. ELM-327 Bluetooth adapters are available on eBay for around $10-$20 and one is required before Leaf Spy Lite can display information from your Leaf.ĭue to a recent cost reduction (and feature reduction) many of the cheap ELM327 OBDII Bluetooth adapters from Asia no longer work with the Leaf and report themselves to be version 2.1. WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU.Leaf Spy Lite lets a Nissan Leaf owner view detailed information about their Leaf's battery by plugging in an inexpensive ELM-327 Bluetooth OBDII adapter into the standard OBDII port on the Leaf. I would be willing to spend $5,500 for a refurbished 62 kWh battery installed with a 120,000 mile warranty that will retain at least 180 miles per charge for 120,000 miles. When you purchased a used Leaf for $10,000 it hard justify putting in $10,000 every 100,000 with nothing to guarantee results. What do you all think? I think more needs to be written about this to encourage Nissan to offer the refurbished replacement 24 kWh in the US for $2,400 installed, and if the customer would like to upgrade to the 40 kWh or 62 kWh, they can. What car requires a replacement of a part that costs $9,600 every 100,000 miles? A replacement battery here is way too expensive for me to justify when my current battery doesn’t even last over 100,000 miles. I have read that if I was in Japan I could get a refurbished 24 kWh battery for $2,400. Regardless, that’s a lot of money to be made in keeping these Leafs able to be used as a daily drivers as they age and with the batteries lasting only 100,000 miles that is a revolving door of battery replacements, due to lack of thermal management. There are over 150,000 Leafs in the US going to need batteries when they reach 100,000 miles or less. I have contacted a company in Portland, Oregon, and they can supply a 62 kWh battery for $8,000, plus $2,000 in shipping, so total would be $10,000, but it doesn’t have any warranty. I would like to replace my battery with the 62 kWh battery, but Nissan does not offer this option. As you can see, I am on empty, so my real-world range is not at all realistic. 37 miles later, after driving 64 mph to make sure I made it to work.
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