Ariya early reliability issues

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EV73

Discussion Starter · 5 mo ago

Discussed on the ariyaforums .com site, I can confirm another two cases of the remote climate control/alarm issue - both mine and a colleague. Other things I've noticed are the auto parking brake not always coming on when selecting park. With regard to the display, the sat nav in my car took an age to start the other day (rest of the display was fine) but it did eventually start. Another fairly regular issue I see is the mobile phone status icons (battery level and signal strength) not showing despite the screen working OK.

Has anyone seen such and any other gremlins?

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Truthmatters

· #41 · 4 mo ago

Dexa said:
I took the car to the dealers today so they could investigate the lane assist system fault I was experiencing.
As it happens, they received a bulletin yesterday from Nissan confirming the fault is steering wheel related and that it needs to be replaced. They have now ordered the replacement but it sounds like it will be awhile before it arrives.

I, of course, completely forgot to mention the alarm

I did wonder that with the car being made in Japan, it may delay repairs and spares, unlike the Sunderland based Qashqai.

Dexa

· #42 · 4 mo ago

Truthmatters said:
I did wonder that with the car being made in Japan, it may delay repairs and spares, unlike the Sunderland based Qashqai.

I think that is probably accurate, there was a definite ‘this won’t be quick‘ vibe

NickSuffolk

· #43 · 4 mo ago

Truthmatters said:
I did wonder that with the car being made in Japan, it may delay repairs and spares, unlike the Sunderland based Qashqai.

Had the issue last month only took 2 weeks to get replacement wheel so fingers crossed you don’t wait to long!

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BLACK-PREMERE

· #44 · 3 mo ago

barneyd said:
Interested in hearing about the electric parking brake. According to the manual and the dealer, the parking brake is supposed to be applied when you go into “Park” or power the car off. Mine doesn’t and I have to apply it manually. Is that the same for everyone else?

Mine works on flat ground.
And fails on my driveway's incline
I traded in a 2021 Rav4 Hybrid Limited for this thing.. And, I starting to regret my purchase. Never had an auto P-Brake issue with the Rav4 Uphill or Down.. it just worked Everytime.

Trolleybus

· #45 · 3 mo ago

BLACK-PREMERE said:
Mine works on flat ground.
And fails on my driveway's incline
I traded in a 2021 Rav4 Hybrid Limited for this thing.. And, I starting to regret my purchase. Never had an auto P-Brake issue with the Rav4 Uphill or Down.. it just worked Everytime.

Make sure that you hold the footbrake on for a couple of seconds before checking that the parking brake has come on. It seems to want a little more time than the Auto-hold when you are on an incline.

BLACK-PREMERE

· #46 · 3 mo ago

Trolleybus said:
Make sure that you hold the footbrake on for a couple of seconds before checking that the parking brake has come on. It seems to want a little more time than the Auto-hold when you are on an incline.

Thanks.. but, that does not matter. There is no method that consistently works.
This should have a simple On/Off switch.. and when in the "On" position.. it should automatically work. Like my 2021 Rav4 did.. The more I look the more this vehicle SUCKS.
I was just cleaning it and just Fully Charged it.. It immediately started charging the 12v Battery again.. I decided to put a meter on the battery.. 12.2v.. checked it an hour later 11.8!!!
Fired it up 14.4v so the DC to DC Converter is working.. but why is the battery loosing voltage at rest!!! Urghhh!!!!

Trolleybus

· #47 · 3 mo ago

BLACK-PREMERE said:
Thanks.. but, that does not matter. There is no method that consistently works.
This should have a simple On/Off switch.. and when in the "On" position.. it should automatically work. Like my 2021 Rav4 did.. The more I look the more this vehicle SUCKS.
I was just cleaning it and just Fully Charged it.. It immediately started charging the 12v Battery again.. I decided to put a meter on the battery.. 12.2v.. checked it an hour later 11.8!!!
Fired it up 14.4v so the DC to DC Converter is working.. but why is the battery loosing voltage at rest!!! Urghhh!!!!

I think you have a problem in your own mind. Think of the average Joe who doesn't even know there is a 12 volt battery in the car. He just gets in and drives it! A real issue is when it won't "start".

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HobNob

· #48 · 3 mo ago

Daughter has been having a few issues with our Ariya. 3 error messages so far. First was no audio, second was headlight malfunction, but worst was system malfunction causing car to switch off at a junction. Switching car off/on resolved but going to book it into dealership.

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barneyd

· #49 · 3 mo ago

I’ve had the black screen issue a few times but touch wood, nothing as serious as a failure in traffic so far.

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RamblyRunner

· #50 · 3 mo ago

I'm probably tempting fate by saying it, but I've had very few issues so far. The only 2 were the remote climate alarm thing (now fixed) and the parking brake not always activating (seems to happen most often when I reverse my car behind the gates on my driveway, other than that it rarely happens).

Am I going to regret posting this? Only time will tell...! 😬

barneyd

· #51 · 3 mo ago

I have the parking brake issue. At first I think it was user error but it still happens occasionally. I’m now in the habit of checking the light before I get out, which is probably good practice anyway.

Truthmatters

· #52 · 3 mo ago

I have the Parking brake issue and had one occasion when the climate prewarming triggered an alarm. I'm also just a little vexed after buying mudguards and seeing this inside the doors.

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EV73

Discussion Starter · #53 · 3 mo ago

I had to call out the RAC yesterday morning. Headlight malfunction then system malfunction displayed on the dash and car turned itself off. Could not select drive or reverse. I tried 5-6 times with no luck. The RAC attended a few hours later and of course, everything was fine.

I'm going to book the car in for the above and also:

Alarm triggered by climate control.

Parking brake does not always come on when pressing P.

Lumbar support pumps itself up - noticed when getting back into the car after it's been turned off.

Lane assist/steering wheel control malfunction warning.

Icons on the top left of the screen (mobile details ie signal strength, battery level, settings icon) don't always appear.

Cruise control is very jerky (bordering on dangerous).

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HobNob

· #54 · 3 mo ago

EV73 said:
I had to call out the RAC yesterday morning. Headlight malfunction then system malfunction displayed on the dash and car turned itself off. Could not select drive or reverse. I tried 5-6 times with no luck. The RAC attended a few hours later and of course, everything was fine.

I'm going to book the car in for the above and also:

Alarm triggered by climate control.

Parking brake does not always come on when pressing P.

Lumbar support pumps itself up - noticed when getting back into the car after it's been turned off.

Lane assist/steering wheel control malfunction warning.

Icons on the top left of the screen (mobile details ie signal strength, battery level, settings icon) don't always appear.

Cruise control is very jerky (bordering on dangerous).

Sounds similar to issue we've had. Cars booked in for a check next week. The driver door also now won't open from the inside. Hope this doesn't turn into a lemon.

sunstoner

· #55 · 3 mo ago

HobNob said:
Sounds similar to issue we've had. Cars booked in for a check next week. The driver door also now won't open from the inside. Hope this doesn't turn into a lemon.

Reading these issues cropping up for many new Ariya drivers certainly dents the experience even before weve got ours. Im not sharing these with the wife who's faultless 8yr old Volvo its replacing for fear of death! Afterall it was me who convinced her the Ariya was the one. :-/

RamblyRunner

· #56 · 3 mo ago

sunstoner said:
Reading these issues cropping up for many new Ariya drivers certainly dents the experience even before weve got ours. Im not sharing these with the wife who's faultless 8yr old Volvo its replacing for fear of death! Afterall it was me who convinced her the Ariya was the one. :-/

Your feelings are understandable. Not everyone will be having serious issues (I'm not) but people don't tend to report when everything's OK so that can make things look worse than they really are. I'm not saying that you won't experience issues, but it's not inevitable!

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Pennywide

· #57 · 3 mo ago

Hello @sunstoner. I'll second what @RamblyRunner has said.

I contacted Nissan as soon as I saw the on-line launch of the Ariya but gave up on it because it was taking so long to get to market.

I went for a DS e-tense instead and while waiting for my car to be built I joined an Italian FB group as the Italians were taking early deliveries - that group had a fair few tales of woe and I was starting to regret my order, but then decided to list all the issues, many around software, that were being reported and handed the list to the dealer when they were doing their PDI. I've had my DS since Sept and love the car, which has been faultless.

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sunstoner

· #58 · 3 mo ago

RamblyRunner said:
Your feelings are understandable. Not everyone will be having serious issues (I'm not) but people don't tend to report when everything's OK so that can make things look worse than they really are. I'm not saying that you won't experience issues, but it's not inevitable!

Well, yes, forums are the place to share these things i guess so more often than not the overall picture gets a bit skewed. Im glad to hear youve had a good experience thus far. That alone gives me some hope.

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RamblyRunner

· #59 · 3 mo ago

sunstoner said:
Well, yes, forums are the place to share these things i guess so more often than not the overall picture gets a bit skewed. Im glad to hear youve had a good experience thus far. That alone gives me some hope.

I've done over 1000 miles so far and the only issue I've got is the parking brake not always engaging automatically (perhaps 1 time out of every 10). As someone else commented earlier in this thread, it's not a bad habit to check it's on and no great hassle to engage it manually if I need to. I'm sure that'll get fixed in a future OTA update, but if it doesn't I won't be losing any sleep over it. Absolutely love the car!

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EV73

Discussion Starter · #60 · 3 mo ago

I'm with you @RamblyRunner - we're almost (wrongly) programmed to report bad news. I enjoy the car too - the only issue that affects actual driving is the jerky cruise control - the other issues are annoying but I hope they're fixed with software updates. We have to accept that we're driving computers with wheels these days, and as the drivers, there's little we can do ourselves.

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