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[Closed] Electric Car - the problem thread

WorldClassAccident · 2021-12-04T10:37:01Z

I have an old Nissan Leaf which I dislike but is annoyingly adequate. On Wednesday I went to drive it but it said "Key not Present" even though I had the key in my pocket. It is a proximity key with no option of using an actual physical key. I used the buttons on the key fob to lock and unlock the doors and then it decided it could recognise the key. I started to reverse up the drive and then was called back to the house and when I returned it wouldn't recognise the key again. I left the car where it was for a couple of days while I got a new battery for the key fob. Tried again this morning and the dash lights up but reports an i-kery error and says visit the dealer. It will not engage forward or reverse so there is no way of moving the car. I drove the other car to the dealer who told me that is would need to be plugged into their computer. I asked how to get it to them and they told me to call the RAC and get a delivery truck. I explained it was front forward pointing down the drive and they said I must not drag the car onto the truck without lifting the front wheels and suggested I either get it craned onto the truck or jack it up and put a trolley underneath it. The transmission only has park, forward or reverse so I cannot put it into neutral. I now have a great lump of Nissan Leaf blocking the drive and one of my cars, a dealer who has perfected the disinterested shrug and the need to rent a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter to move the pile of shite. A suggestion from another forum is to remove and fully charge the standard 12vc battery as a low charge on this can do 'funny things' to the start up. Just thought I would share the experience

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It is okay, I killed an American once which has offset my carbon footprint for life I think

I think he was still on the bonnet of that little Honda you had when you arrived at a STW Surrey Hills ride about 15 years ago.

Posted : 05/12/2021 2:38 pm

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Glad you’re sorted. Cars are so heavily dependent on electrics now.

Posted : 05/12/2021 2:40 pm

WorldClassAccident

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[i]I think he was still on the bonnet of that little Honda you had when you arrived at a STW Surrey Hills ride about 15 years ago.[/i]

I loved that car. So sad to sell it but the smell of gently roasting innards got too much

Posted : 05/12/2021 6:54 pm

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