Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf owners have reported 29 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 3 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (20 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (7 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Nissan Leaf


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Nissan Leaf

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

On [xxx], I was slowly pulling into my driveway, took my foot off the accelerator and turned the steering wheel slightly to the right as the driveway is l shaped. Suddenly, the car sped up towards the garage door.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

I was traveling north on freeway 57 at approximately 70mph. The dash lit up red with 12v and charging warnings. Power was shut off and car went into neutral and warned me to pull over. This is an incredibly busy freeway and I was in the far left lane.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

About 3 months ago, I took this car in after receiving a recall notice for unexpected acceleration while on adaptive cruise control even though this was an issue I had never experienced before. But on Monday, driving in stop and go traffic in light rain (intermittent wipers on slow setting), all of   Read details...




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