[Rabtmac]

Just wondering if this is normal or if I've done something I need to be aware of
Got in the car thin morning to head to work and on pressing the start button I'm normally greeted with the little tune the car plays as it starts up and before I select drive
This morning however I pressed start on the dashboard lit up and I couldn't select drive???
Switched off and on a couple of times and still no tune but I was able to select drive and as usual the car drove flawlessly
Not sure if I've done something I shouldn't have or if this is something that others have experienced before and it's just a quick that can happen now and then???
Any advise would be greatly appreciated

 

[JohnMars]

I mentioned this in an old thread and I think the consensus was being patient with the car and let it finish getting itself ready until you try to put it into gear as I had a similar problem.

 

[Rabtmac]

So maybe it was starting up as normal but for some reason it was just being silent on me
I'd be happy if that's all it is and not some forwarning of expensive dealership visits

 

[Hitstirrer]

There is a setting buried deep in the menu to mute that start-up jingle. Perhaps you have accidentally ticked that box.

 

[Rabtmac]

Ooo now that's possible I do like to press buttons especially if I've no idea what their for 👍

 

[Hitstirrer]

LOL - I looked for a YT tutorial for this and found the 'helpful' video showing how to mute or enable the start-up jingle. It's in Japanese characters ffs. But you might be able to follow it by scrolling the right number of levels anyway.

 

[Hitstirrer]

Here is another slightly less useless video.

 

[Hitstirrer]

The selector for start-up sound is in the settings under 'effects'. You can select one of three different sounds or have it switched off. This forum thread discusses it further.

custom startup chime - My Nissan Leaf Forum

mynissanleaf.com

 

[PJM MK]

Wait for the little double arrow icon to light up before trying to select drive. If you use a 'smart' charger that stops the charge when it feels like, you'll sometimes have to restart to clear error codes that the car produces when the charge stops unexpectedly.

 

[BugOne]

This happens if you start the car without having the brake pedal fully pressed.

 

[Edd Beesley]

Also, if your hands are quick enough you can make the car abandon the jingle by putting it in Drive a fraction of a second after entering "ready". That's usually when I am putting on my seatbelt, but if for some reason i am already wearing it or don't need it you can get it in D then.

You can also make the headunit crash by putting it in R immediately on startup, doing a reverse to 90 degrees and then getting in Drive. The reverse camera and guidelines will stay on screen up to about 10mph when the camera will go black but the guidelines stay and you can't then operate the headunit at all until powering the car off and on again.

 

[Rabtmac]

Lol sounds like there are a few quirky things I'm yet to discover 🤪
Re-traced my fiddling with buttons and discovered I had indeed managed to silence everything lol
Thanks for the help👍

 

[dm57]

Turning off start up sound was the first thing I did on my Leaf

 

[srichards]

Yep. Turned mine off. The one on the Soul was far more irritating and that couldn't be turned off. Glad there is the choice.