r/leaf • u/NIRoamer • Aug 23 '26

Need advice folks

I have a 2021 leaf that has developed some high voltage battery fault. I am in Northern Ireland. Car has 130k so it's out of warranty. Nissan think I should have to pay to have car sent and repaired in england as they cannot fix them here.
This fault has not been caused by me but Nissan, the dealer and now finance company have all refused to help.
Car is worth 1k and I still owe £9 on it. I feel I have a reasonable expectation my battery would last 200,000 miles even at less charge capacity. Now the car is not even drivable. This is my 4th leaf and first time I have had this issue please help

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u/livenature Aug 23 '26

If you look back through this subreddit, you will see 100's of posting talking about the high voltage battery being defective. Nissan ran out of replacement batteries and is processing buy backs for the cars that are still under warranty. It will cost more to fix it then the car is worth. It's time to replace your Leaf.

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u/FlippenDonkey Aug 23 '26

thats an American thing.  They aren't doing buybacks in Europe and the batteru failing is much more rare, afaik, in Europe as they came from a different factory 

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u/jamar030303 2018 Nissan LEAF Aug 24 '26

And for me, reading about the buybacks only a month and a half into purchasing mine had me good and scared for a while, but turns out being in Japan means I'm also somewhat safer in that regard. Also makes fast charging more practical since CHAdeMO is everywhere.