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Leaf - won't go into Drive mode

oinkely

Just checking if anyone has had a similar issue. 132 gen 1.5 leaf tekna. Was fine until wife went to go to work this morning. Car turns on, but the 'press brake pedal and push button' warning comes on every time, doesn't recognise that the brake is pressed. Won't go into D or R, no green car appearing on the dash. Will toggle between P and N.

I checked that the brake lights wee coming on in case it was something simple like a switch at the pedal gone faulty, but they are coming on, so unless there are two switches????

Thought it might be the 12v getting low as it was still on the original so went and bought a new one, no difference. Also tried the battery from my leaf and no difference.

Googling has not enlightened me any further, most threads seem to point to the 12v but I have ruled that out as an issue.

Any ideas?

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oinkely

Before sending to Nissan:

Replaced 12v battery (first with the one from our other leaf and then with a brand new one).
Read codes from Teng OBD Computer and leaf spy - cleared but came back same.

Would not go into D or R mode.

Paid for a tow truck to Nissan Deansgrange, was with them a week and they got back to me today with quote for repair of €9500.
Simply said inverter failure and can give no further details like why etc.

Best bit is if i do get them to repair it, a €9500 repair comes with a 1 year warranty.

I thought we were signing up to the greatest and cheapest form of transport here!

Soarer

zilog_jones wrote: »

What do you mean by "nissan Ireland will do nothing"?

I assume he means they won't cover it under warranty, or meet him halfway or something.

Soarer

Did you send it to the dealer without running LeafSpy or changing the 12V battery?

What tests do Nissan do to check the inverter besides reading the error codes? Because if they're just reading the codes, it could well be the 12V causing the problem.

zilog_jones

What do you mean by "nissan Ireland will do nothing"?

oinkely

Nissan called me back today. Inverter failed, can't say why. Repair bill will be 9500. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh

Guy in deansgrange said nissan Ireland will do nothing.

Anyone know of anybody independent who might be able to look at it?

oinkely

Just checking if anyone is near Dun Laoghaire/ kilcoole who could lend me an OBD dongle to check this? Just back from holidays and need to get this sorted out now! Tried the dongle that I was pretty sure had worked in the past but no joy connecting. I do have another one I found in the drawer at home that might work but was pretty sure the one i tried was the one that worked in the past.

FWIW, my friend who checked it for me did it with a Teng OBD computer thing. But as i was going away the next day and he was in a rush i wasn't paying too much attention.

Soarer

As KCross asked, have you run LeafSpy and cleared the errors?

Have a look at the attached file. When my 12V was weak, I was getting all sorts of errors.

I changed the 12V, ran LeafSpy to clear everything, and I've not had an issue in over a month now.

The main dealer is a last resort!

KCross

oinkely wrote: »

brief udpate - it appears to be serious. Motor inverter or something like that coming up as faulty. It will most likely have to go to Nissan.

When there are 12V issues you get all sorts of weird error codes that arent real.

I presume you cleared all the codes and tried again? Did the error just reappear?

What codes is LeafSpy showing?

oinkely

brief udpate - it appears to be serious. Motor inverter or something like that coming up as faulty. It will most likely have to go to Nissan.

Soarer

I reckon the original 12V is knackered, caused an error, and the error is stopping the new battery from starting the car. Also, there's no saying the new battery is charged enough to start the car, especially if bought off the shelf.
Obviously the battery you took from your car is ok.
Put that in, and press the power button twice without pressing the brake. You should be able to use your dongle then to clear the errors.

KCross

Probably not it but any chance the fob battery is low?

Try putting the fob up against the start button and then trying the startup sequence.

Worth a try anyway.

oinkely

Tried to get the dongle i have working, NADA. It worked before, just won't connect to the phone. Have a friend coming tomorrow with a diagnostic computer to have a look. I'll update then, just seeing if anyone had similar problems and there was a simple fix...... Wishful thinking

KCross

Do you have LeafSpy? Or get someone nearby to check it for you.
Check for error codes.