2014 Nissan Leaf Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN LEAF. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE DEFROSTER DID NOT GENERATE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF HEAT TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

MY NISSAN LEAF HAS HAD MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. IF THERE IS ANY AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATED SNOW, EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT, AN AMOUNT ON OTHER CARS I HAVE DRIVEN DOES NOT STOP THE WIPERS OR BREAK THE WIPER'S MOTOR. IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR MY WIPER'S MOTOR HAS BROKEN THREE TIMES. THE LAST TIME THE MOTOR BROKE I WAS COMING HOME IN A SNOW STORM. I COULDN'T SEE BECAUSE THE WIPERS QUIT WORKING. I TRIED TO SLOWLY PULL OVER BECAUSE I WAS ON A BUSY STREET. I HIT A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE AND WAS AFRAID TO STOP ON A BUSY ROAD. NISSAN REPAIR SHOP BASICALLY TOLD ME THERE CAN BE NO SNOW ON YOUR WINDSHIELD OR THE WIPERS MOTOR WILL BREAK. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATED SNOW ON THE WIND SHIELD. AS I SAID, I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER CAR. I FEEL LIKE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE AN 1/8 OF AN INCH OF SNOW WITHOUT BREAKING THE MOTOR. YOU COULD BE DRIVING AND SNOW COULD DROP FROM A TREE ONTO YOUR CAR. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE. PRESSING ON BRAKES WITH NORMAL PRESSURE HAD NO EFFECT. PRESSING ON PEDAL VERY HARD WOULD STOP THE CAR. WHEN DOING SO THERE WAS A NOISE THAT I BELIEVE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF THERE HAD BEEN A PEDESTRIAN AROUND. TOOK TO DEALER. THEY SAID THE BRAKING CONTROLLER HAD FAILED. THEY REPLACED AND IT APPEARS NORMAL NOW. THIS VEHICLE HAD THE COLD WEATHER BRAKE CONTROLLER UPDATE APPLIED TO IT APPROXIMATELY A MONTH EARLIER.

NISSAN DID NOT NOTIFY ME OF THIS RECALL OF THE LEAF WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26, 2016. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN REGARDING THEIR LACK OF NOTIFICATION ON THIS ISSUE, THE COMPANY, MOREOVER, DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECALL CITING A 'SERVICE NOTICE' HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE OCTOBER 15, 2015 OF WHICH I ALSO DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION! COULD YOU PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON THIS RECALL WITH NISSAN AND INFORM ME OF THEIR RESPONSE. THANK YOU. *TR

LOSS OF ALL BRAKING POWER DUE TO ABS FAILURE.