Advice needed for huge Leaf repair bill.

What does the actual wording of your battery guarantee say?

I think this is very bad form.

I'm hardcore ICE but am open to electric if it can save me money.

I thought these big battery replacement bills were a thing of the past as the individual battery modules could be changed, is that not that the case?

+1 on the “reasonable expectation” route- a solicitors letter might do the trick but really I wouldn’t be putting my hand in my pocket for this at all - full fix or money back on car is what I’d be holding out for - the solicitor itself will cost you a not so small fee in the first instance anyway.

I don’t care if these are “isolated incidents” or more common than we think- the EV industry is trying to hoodwink consumers on their so called guarantees - Nissan are known for only covering certain degradation on their battery guarantees- I think it was 2023 or 2024 before they changed it to cover other issues

Tell them you got legal aid with your car insurance and it will cost you nothing so you are 100% going down the legal route. Even if that's not true I would tell them that to put the frighteners up them and sort it quicker for you.

Its stories like this that keep me out of electric cars, 10k for a new battery on a 4 year old car and they're doing you a 'favour' getting for you at half price? Sorry for your trouble OP, hope you get sorted soon.

Nissan UK are still persisting with this nonsense so presumably the Irish distributor is doing similar.

https://www.nissan.co.uk/owners/car-warranty.html

EV DEDICATED COMPONENTS WARRANTY -
Includes: lithium-ion battery, Motor, Inverter, VCM, Reduction Gear, PDM, Charge Connector and Cable 5 years warranty or until 60,000 miles

EV LITHIUM-ION BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH GUARANTEE ** - 8 years warranty or until 100,000 miles

**The Nissan EV lithium-ion battery state of health guarantee protects against battery capacity loss (less than 9 bars out of 12) as shown on the in-vehicle capacity gauge for a period of 8 years / 100,000 miles.

I watched Nobby's review of the new Leaf & it's good looking alright but buy a Nissan, no thanks. They could be gone anytime with the massive losses they're making. Sorry to hear your problems OP but in light of the dealings I've had with Nissan Ireland I'm not surprised, hope your solicitor can shake things up for you.

Theres a litany of issues with ICE vehicles that had to have class actions because of manufactures failure to honour warranties. A new one is making excessive oil use not a warranty issue so the engine will eventually fail but not within warranty. VW had at one time issues with ABS units which was 2k repair, covered under warranty in UK but not Ireland. They have expensive headlight failures not covered.

Its naive to think and misleading to suggest issues with warranty cover is solely a EV issue.

The sheer avalanche of anti EV bias in the media for sure means every issue is over reported and thus has a big effect on take up. But also it's a very poor reflection on Nissan that they do this.

It will effect future nissan sales.