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Long story short; my LEAF is 2 years old but when it was delivered there was a number of signs that it had been sat unused for some time; green gunk in drainage channels, all green under the boot lid etc.....
Now as a Japanese built LEAF I would expect it's clearly number of weeks old before it came to the UK, but there was also a mess up with the order (switching lease companies) which meant in May 2012 (the week before delivery) the car was rescheduled to an August 22 delivery, so it sat in West Way Nissan Birmingham for at least 3 months. I have a hunch my LEAF was AT LEAST 6-12 months old before I had it delivered 'new' in August 2102. And, for a period of time, it just sat unmoved or charged which is resulting in some premature battery ageing at 25k miles. I already discussing various issues with Nissan resulting from this (13 difference in Rapid Charging between car and charger, 80% Health left.....) and the car is off for a through 'going over' by my local Nissan dealer at the end of August
Is there anyway to tell (from the VIN plate or something) when the car was actually built?
Now as a Japanese built LEAF I would expect it's clearly number of weeks old before it came to the UK, but there was also a mess up with the order (switching lease companies) which meant in May 2012 (the week before delivery) the car was rescheduled to an August 22 delivery, so it sat in West Way Nissan Birmingham for at least 3 months. I have a hunch my LEAF was AT LEAST 6-12 months old before I had it delivered 'new' in August 2102. And, for a period of time, it just sat unmoved or charged which is resulting in some premature battery ageing at 25k miles. I already discussing various issues with Nissan resulting from this (13 difference in Rapid Charging between car and charger, 80% Health left.....) and the car is off for a through 'going over' by my local Nissan dealer at the end of August
Is there anyway to tell (from the VIN plate or something) when the car was actually built?