2019 Nissan Leaf
Complaints about this year name electrical system far more often than the model's other years — 28% of them, about 71× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 376 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 52 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 108 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- electrical — 33.5% of this year's complaints, against 10.9% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: electrical, electrical system, time recall, amount time.
- vin — 22.1% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the model's other years (5.5×).
- aware — 25.8% of this year's complaints, against 8.2% across the model's other years (3.1×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- time recall — 26% of complaints, 65× usual
- amount time — 26% of complaints, 64× usual
- aware issue — 22% of complaints, 54× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V700000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made…
notice of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V700000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall rep…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V048000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 23V494000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
- 24V071000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V700000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Leaf was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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