Monday, April 18, 2011

Nissan to ‘Patch’ 5,300 LEAF Electric Cars to Solve Rare Restart Problem


Photo: Michael Graham Richard Not a Safety Issue and Fix is Coming A problem with the Nissan LEAF could cause the electric car to fail to start after being turned off. While only a small numbers of cars are affected and the problem isn't serious enough for a recall, it's still big enough to be causing PR headaches for Nissan, so they've decided to reprogram all the LEAFs that are on the road (around 5,300 so far)....

Photo: Michael Graham Richard Not a Safety Issue and Fix is Coming A problem with the Nissan LEAF could cause the electric car to fail to start after being turned off. While only a small numbers of cars are affected and the problem isn’t serious enough for a recall, it’s still big enough to be causing PR headaches for Nissan, so they’ve decided to reprogram all the LEAFs that are on the road (around 5,300 so far)….


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Nissan to ‘Patch’ 5,300 LEAF Electric Cars to Solve Rare Restart Problem


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