Nissan Leaf 2013

• Recall 233877 [USA]: Reduced defroster performance can limit visibility out of the windshield, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain 2013-2017 leaf vehicles. The owner's manual instructions for defroster operation are incorrect and may result in reduced defroster performance under specific conditions. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard number 103, "windshield defrosting and defogging systems."
  nissan will mail an addendum with updated instructions on how to operate the defroster, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed may 26, 2023. Owners may contact nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's number for this recall is r23a1.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 119625 [USA]: If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 nissan maxima, 2013-2016 nissan altima, nv200, leaf, sentra, and pathfinder, 2014-2016 nissan nv200 taxi, infiniti qx60, qx60 hybrid, and q50 hybrid, 2014-2017 nissan rogue and infiniti q50, 2015-2016 nissan murano, murano hybrid, and chevrolet city express, 2014-2015 nissan pathfinder hybrid, and 2013 infiniti jx35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger occupant classification system (ocs) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
  nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet city express owners will be notified by general motors. Dealers will reprogram the air bag control unit (acu) and ocs electronic control unit (ecu) in altima, maxima, murano, rogue, and sentra vehicles, and replace the ocs ecu in leaf, nv200, nv200 taxi, pathfinder, infiniti q50, jx35, and qx60 and chevrolet city express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on may 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 114498 [USA]: If the brake relay fails, longer distances or additional brake effort would be required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 leaf vehicles manufactured november 19, 2012, to july 31, 2015. During very cold temperatures, the relay inside the electronic brake booster may freeze, requiring the driver to exert more effort to slow the vehicle down.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the intelligent brake control unit software, free of charge. The recall began on march 28, 2016. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 102284 [USA]: If the ocs does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 altima, leaf, pathfinder, and sentra, model year 2013 nv200 (aka taxi) and infiniti jx35 and model year 2014 infiniti q50 and qx60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (ocs) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the ocs software, free of charge. The recall began on april 14, 2014. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 95517 [USA]: If the vehicle is involved in a crash necessitating airbag deployment and the passenger airbag is suppressed, there may be an increased risk of personal injury.
  Nissan is recalling certain model year 2013 altima, leaf, pathfinder, sentra, and infiniti jx35 vehicles. Sensors within the passenger occupant detection system (ods) may have been manufactured out of specification. This may cause the system to malfunction and permanently suppress the passenger airbag.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ods sensors and replace them as neccessary, free of charge. The recall began on may 6, 2013. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall R/2014/171 [UK]: Loss of steering control
  A fail safe clip on the steering column may have become dislodged during the assembly process. As a result the column may not have been correctly assembled. Over a period of time and under certain conditions the column may work loose and disconnect causing a loss of steering.
  on affected vehicles inspect column and where necessary replace the column shaft.

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• Recall R/2015/133 [UK]: Engine push start switch may malfunction
  On affected models with a push start ignition switch the switch may remain in the pressed position and not return after switching the engine on. If the vehicle continues to be driven in this condition the emergency engine stop function may operate and cause the engine to unintentionally stop.
  inspect and where necessary modify the push start switch housing.

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• Recall 2019044 [Canada]: Brakes
  Issue: when the car is parked in very cold temperatures for a long time, a relay in the brake system may freeze. If this happens, multiple brake warnings will stay on in the instrument cluster after the car is started. The driver may also notice a hard brake pedal. If the car is driven, this could cause an increase in stopping distance. Safety risk: an increase in stopping distance could create the risk of a crash. Corrective actions: the company will mail owners a letter explaining this problem. The letter will describe how the brake warnings work. Drivers should not drive the car if the warnings stay on. Nissan will provide a 4 year/80,000 km warranty extension to repair the problem with relay freezing.

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• Recall 2016179 [Canada]: Seats and restraints
  On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: for affected altima, maxima, murano, rogue and sentra vehicles, dealers will reprogram the airbag control unit and the occupant classification system control unit. For affected leaf, nv200, pathfinder, q50 and jx35/qx60 vehicles, dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.

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• Recall 2016096 [Canada]: Brakes
  On certain vehicles, when the vehicle is parked in cold temperatures for a prolonged period of time, the relay inside the electronic brake booster may freeze. This may result in increased brake pedal effort, which could increase stopping distances, potentially resulting in a crash causing injury and/or damage property. Correction: an electric vehicle certified dealer will reprogram the electrically-driven intelligent brake control unit software. Note: if this condition were present, a brake warning lamp would illuminate when the vehicle is first started to alert the operator of the issue.

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• Recall 2014093 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, the front passenger seat occupant classification system software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult. If this occurs, the passenger airbag would be deactivated without the illumination of the airbag warning lamp. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will reprogram the occupant classification system.

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To ensure accuracy and for your safety, it is recommended to do a free VIN recall check here or here [USA] - UK - Canada.

Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Pedestrian alert sounds investigation # DP22005

  Nhtsa received a petition on or about july 18, 2022, requesting that federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the united states. The petition can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under odi number 11486072. Fmvss 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after march 1, 2021.On january 27, 2023, nhtsa opened defect petition (dp) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On june 24, 2023 and as supplemented on june 25, 2023, the petitioner notified nhtsa he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioners withdrawal, dp22-005 is closed. Closure of this dp does not represent a determination by nhtsa regarding the subject matter of the petition.
  

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• Occupant classification system failure investigation # EA15004

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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan leaf. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the front end started shaking and vibrating due to a suspension failure. Upon inspection, the front passenger's side wheel was out of position. The contact discovered that the front passenger's side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 26,000.*dt *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan leaf. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the front end started shaking and vibrating due to a suspension failure. Upon inspection, the front passenger's side wheel was out of position. The contact discovered that the front passenger's side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 26,000.*dt *tr

2013 nissan leaf brakes failed completely and without warning while driving 30mph resulting in near collision and potentially serious injury and property damage. Speed very gradually slowed with accelerator pedal not depressed and was ultimately brought to complete stop using parking brake. Vehicle lurched forward without ability to brake when accelerator pressed lightly after stopping. Nissan dealer reported a failure of the "intelligent brake control unit" and replaced at cost of approx. $3,000. Incident occurred in clearwater, florida area in late afternoon in dry weather with temperatures around 80f. Tow truck operator stated that when they attempted to move the vehicle it lurched forward without ability to halt and the operator was extremely frightened and almost crashed.

Dangerously low increasingly hideous battery storage. Purchased used 2013 leaf in june 2019. Was able to charge it up roughly to 70 mile range at the time of purchase. Now, just 3 months later, it only charges only to 62 max! Worse yet, it's only an estimate. And god forbid you go faster than 65 miles, your 'estimate' decreases astronomically. Today, september 11, 2019, took to the dealer to check for battery recalls, but the dealer doesn't see one for the battery, only the mounts. States that i have enough top-off 'bars' for the battery life, that it's not subject to recall. When i asked about the battery swap/upgrade, he offered a plan worth over $10k. This is becoming a class-action matter due to straight-up faulty battery, gauge, and dealer's refusal to own-up to their completely faulty product.

The indicators lights can and are being manipulated (turned on and off) via remote control access. The vehicle was in motion, on a city street. Please test this to ascertain if the nissan vehicles safety indicator lights can be manipulated by someone other than the driver via remote control. It is a safety issue if the light indicates there is a problem with my tires and i'm prompted to exit my vehicle to check the tires on the freeway, at a gasoline station etc., etc., etc., thank you.

Battery charged to 55 mile range, left overnight and dropped to 39 miles while showing 9 bars. Range drops significantly while driving. The battery rack is under recall for a faulty ground, but nissan claims this would not affect the battery pack. The "9 bars" is not consistent with this range and the battery should not lose 25% of its charge overnight.

In 2017 i brought in my nissan leaf to be serviced for a recall notice for the ocs sensor. Before then, the ocs sensor seemed to be working fine but i figured i should perform the service for safety. This last year the ocs sensor has stopped working completely. Now i have a red blinking light that warns that the passenger air bag is not working. I took it to a nissan service center, they want to charge me $1000 to replace the ocs control unit and sensor. I feel like these were parts that were changed as part of the recall and are obviously defective since they crapped out after a few years.

My nissan leaf was experiencing a seat belt not buckled and it would light up when no one was sitting in the seat. I have taken it to the dealer three times to have it fixed. The first two times they reset the sensor and it would stay fixed for 2 months. I just took it back the 3rd time. The dealer said the airbag would not deploy in an accident. Since it was a safety issue not covered under warranty, i chose for them to fix my vehicle. The ocs sensor and control module was faulty. It cost me $652.56 to repair it. I thought it would be covered under warranty since this was a safety issue. I want to report this issue to you since it was a safety issue. I do not want anyone dying in a car accident due to the airbag not deploying.

While driving on a warm day at about 25 miles an hour about two miles from my home, my brakes became unresponsive as i approached a stop sign behind another driver. The other driver didn't stop in order to avoid being hit. I tried multiple times to use the brake, and the car didn't slow. Before coming to a turn down a very long steep hill, i pulled up the parking brake to stop the car. I called aaa. The aaa technician confirmed the brakes had failed, and towed the car to a mechanic. The mechanic was not able to look at the car the same day, but looked the next day and said they could find nothing wrong with the brakes. They recommended taking it to an actual nissan repair shop, which i did. They said they could find nothing wrong, but did see that the braking system had been repaired previously. I called nissanusa and they said our vin showed that the car had already been repaired for an intermittent service brake problem (on recall) a couple of years ago before we bought it used, and that it can't be fixed again for that. It's scary that nobody can identify what went wrong this time, and nobody is willing to see if it's the recall fix acting up somehow, maybe unprepared.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• B00A0 [4] Occupant Classification System (Subfault)
• B2840 [1] B2840
• B29C1 [2] B29C1
• P18A5 [1] P18A5
• B2190 [1] Window Passenger Rear Remote Up Switch Short to Battery
• P0A94 [1] DC/DC Converter Performance
• B2902 [1] B2902
• U1000 [1] CAN bus network code
• U1001 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id
• U1002 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id
• U1010 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Engine Air Intake
• P0605 [2] Internal Control Module Read Only Memory (ROM) Error
• P0456 [3] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected
• P0442 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P3170 [2] P3170
• P3171 [2] P3171
• P316C [2] P316C
• C118A [2] C118A
• C1A61 [2] C1A61
• P5327 [1] P5327