2017 Nissan LEAF Note: free download the latest owner’s manuals, navigation manual, quick reference guide, air bag guide, towing guide, service and maintenance guide in pdf 2017 Nissan LEAF available for English language, you can read online and download the manuals here download owner’s manual PDF 2017 Nissan LEAF 2017 Nissan LEAF Owner’s Manuals (478 pages) 2017 Nissan LEAF manual PDF – Nissan will soon launch electric vehicle update of model, the LEAF, in the near future. John deere 148 loader parts manual. It disclosed the Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn at the CES 2011 Las Vegas recently, which says a new LEAF will be present equipped with technology ProPILOT. ProPILOT allow LEAF can advance automatically (autonomous drive) on one line (single-line) on the highway. Since introduced in 2010, LEAF until now already sold 250,000 units worldwide, said Ghosn. At the world exhibition in Las Vegas that, Ghosn also demonstrates advanced generation connected car technology make its partnerships with Microsoft. Microsoft and Nissan Alliance has developed Cortana — Apple SERIES competitors — to make the cars connect with another device easily and efficiently.

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According to Ghosn, Nissan is also currently preparing a transportation smart cities with smart to employ 100 Resillent Cities belonging to the Rockafeller Foundation (100RC). 100RC is a non profit organization that helps cities to build economic, social, and physical means. Together with 100RC, Nissan will develop electric vehicles and autonomous mobility service to cities that handled 100RC.

Straight from the Service and Maintenance Guide According to, it is recommended to change the brake fluid every 12 months, 15,000 miles. —– Several online forum posters thought this was a way for Nissan to make money off customers, while only a few thought it was nothing to be concerned over and did not mind this annual annual service. This annual service, including the brake fluid change, is claimed to cost $125 dollars However, it is understandable that many would ask why Nissan recommends this annual service, seeing how some vehicles have a brake fluid interval upwards of over 100,000 miles.

The LEAF calls for “Genuine NISSAN Super Heavy Duty Brake Fluid or equivalent DOT 3.”. Live Chat with Nissan. Carrying a bit over from the other screen shot of conversation. I did feel it was necessary to edit out the service provider’s name, but to show the entire conversation.

So, with what you have just read above in mind, a matter of $125 dollars a year to ensure the longevity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the LEAF’s braking systems and components is fine by us. Do you agree? We believe that it is highly important to follow the service and maintenance guide for any vehicle out there. From a small little quibble to a very severe issue that could arise, why take that chance? We are uncertain if other all electric vehicles recommend brake fluid change intervals annually, but we are eager to find that out and will provide a follow up for when & if. We were impressed by how well the service provider handled this.

Very polite and professional. Hat tip again to Nissan!.Editor’s note: This was from the 2014 Nissan LEAF service and maintenance guide. This cyber conversation was held on August 19th, 2014. We can correctly assume that this also applies to the 2013 & 2015 LEAF, as the components are mostly the same.

Categories: Tags. I’m a former auto technician. I’ve performed hundreds of brake fluid changes.

It is a necessary service. Not changing your brake fluid will lead to more expensive repairs later. Brake fluid is hydroscopic. It absorbs water (from condensation).

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It also accumulates debris from the internal moving parts (brake pistons rubbing against cylinders) This can be easily seen by looking at old brake fluid vs new brake fluid. Not changing the fluid allows premature wear of the seals and pitting on the cylinders and pistons. It would be very foolish to skip servicing of a vital safety system like brakes. Brake cylinders and calipers are expensive to replace. A life is priceless. First, no one is suggesting they should skip changing the fluid altogether. We are just suggesting that 1 year / 15,000 miles is unnecessary without knowing that the fluid is bad.

Second, as an ex-auto technician, you should know that there are methods to check brake fluid health (measure boiling point, measure water content with a strip, measure copper content with a strip) which are cheaper than doing a fluid change. Changing brake fluid every year would be silly if it wasn’t a total racket for the dealerships. Checking the brake fluid from the top does nothing to flush out the dirty fluid in the calipers where the wear occurs.

It’s kind of amazing to see what comes out of a supposedly sealed brake system. Do a brake flush yourself sometime, or ask a technician to show you dirty fluid. Ask to see some pitted pistons and cylinders. Most shops have a set on the shelf to show what happens when you don’t follow the recommended service intervals.

I don’t make a penny from brake services now. I have nothing to gain if you change your fluid or not.

Whether or not Nissans recommended service interval is more often than necessary is up to the owner to decide. But I can tell you for sure that the folks who kept their car up always paid less in total than those who waited for stuff to break. Fortunately, this is one of those things that is easily verified with your own eyes. A coworker just went through the brake fluid change and was very unhappy about having to do it so often and it not being covered. In addition he had to get a front wheel alignment as indicated by the uneven wear on the tires. However the service department did not rotate the tires, he had to insist. And of course there was the battery health check.

He leases the LEAF so this unexpected maintenance cost did a small number on his budget. He is very unhappy and is considering going back to a gas car when his lease expires in 16 months. I am dumbfounded.

Here is the thing I don’t understand: Conventional cars (mostly with automatic gearboxes) depend almost 100% of the time on the conventionnal braking system (which needs braking fluid) to slow the car down. Electric cars have a significant part of braking taken care of by the engine through regenerative braking, the conventional braking system is used less often and with less intensity. By what kind of magic phenomenon does a system which is used less often can become compromised so fast? It doesn’t make any sense.

For the brake fluid to reach water’s boiling point, the brakes would have to be worked very hard. Even if this occurred, the water vapor would not be able to escape and would form bubbles in the brake fluid which would be dangerous (water vapor, unlike brake fluid, is compressible). But when the brake fluid cooled, the water vapor would condense back into the brake fluid, so the problem would not be cured. Sure, when a Leaf’s battery pack is full, no regen is available so friction brakes must be used. But that’s no different from an ICE vehicle where the friction brakes are always used yet the brake fluid needn’t be changed annually. I can’t imagine why the brake fluid of a Leaf would need to be changed more often than any other vehicle.

Seems fishy to me. This is just a money-making scheme from Nissan. My Leaf has had 2 annual inspections at the dealer; they never once mentioned brake fluid. Regen has nothing to do with brake fluid.

The Leaf’s front brake pads are used on the following vehicles: Frontier, NV200, Pathfinder, Xterra The Leaf’s rear brake pads are used on the entire Nissan and Infiniti line. The Leaf also shares brake calipers with other vehicles. I’m sure they don’t require annual brake fluid changes. Having said all that, I would change fluid every 5 years at the most. Jammed brake calipers aren’t nice.

When I first saw that item (Brake Flush and Purge) on the service manual. I thought ‘what a crock’ as well. But then i took a look at the service manuals of the ICE Altima and Sentra. Guess what they recommend the exact same brake fluid replacement interval as the Leaf. So its not just a EV thing, its a Nissan thing. Their Brake system is higher maintenance than any other manufacturer I checked for similar cars. Ford Fusion, Toyota HyCam/Prius, Honda Accord, Chevy Volt all have Brake service listed at over 100k miles, if it listed at all in their service manuals.

So I’d say either Nissan is covering their ass (and throwing a bone to their Dealership network’s service departments), or there’s something deficient in their Braking system design. The headline got my attention because I have always wondered why you’d need to change the brake fluid so often on a Leaf. Seems bizarre. Unfortunately I don’t think I’m any better informed after reading the article.

The Nissan Customer Service representative was very nice but didn’t have anything even remotely interesting to say. The part about the Volt not being an electric car was a priceless non sequitur. Something like: You: Why did this cost so much? Them: Look, it’s a bird!

You: Yes, that is a bird. Thank you so much for the explanation. “Even New Cars Contain Water in Their Brake Fluid! It is well know that automotive brake fluid is “Hygroscopic.” This means that in a relatively short period of time, brake fluid will absorb moisture directly from the air; even in a sealed braking system.

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) conducted a recent study of automotive brake fluid. They found that an average one-year-old car had 2% moisture in its brake fluid. Randomly tested cars in the U.S., with an average age of eight years, showed an average water content of greater than 2 ½%.

Of these cars, 25% had a dangerously high water content of 4% or more.” From. This is interesting (from the page you quoted) “What do the auto makers say about fluid changes? General Motors and Chrysler do not mention brake fluid in their scheduled maintenance recommendations. A General Motors spokesman said Delco Supreme 11 DOT 3 brake fluid contains additives than many other brake fluids do not, so it is essentially a lifetime fluid. Starting in 1993, GM began using a new type of rubber brake hose with an EPM lining and outer jacketing that reduces moisture penetration by 50%.

So GM does not consider fluid contamination to be a significant problem.” I do not know if this is true, but I like it. Knowing that many people do not follow the maintenance recommandations, the safest thing to do is to spend a few extra $ designing a braking system and selecting a higher quality braking fluid so that it does not need such regular maintenance. Read through your owners manual or the manufacturers recommendations regarding their vehicles. Then ask yourself to what degree you have performed this maintenance, say in a car that you’ve owned for a decade. I doubt most people do, or have done, less than half the recommended maintenance, as most cars will run fine without it.

I have changed brake pads a few times and had to add brake fluid, as you must bleed the brakes to remove air bubbles. Also since people are so helpless, or too busy, as to maintain their own cars they end up paying ridiculous prices to have them fixed or maintained. If you have it done through a dealership,that is probably the worst, most expensive thing you can do.

So would not a manufacturer recommend over maintenance? In other words they have ulterior motives. Also legally if something goes wrong they can claim you did not perform the required maintenance. I do however agree that changing your oil on occasion is a good idea. Changing brake fluid?

Rarely if ever. Volt is 5 years which is too long. Brake Fluid is Hydroscopic – ie it absorbs water. The complexity of the EV brake system means I will be changing every 2 years.

Leaf every 1 – maybe they have a moisture ingress issue which why they recommend. If at home you have you have your own brake vac drain unit 15 minutes and it’s done. Years later you won’t have the bills should moisture ruin your brake system. You can live by a few years or if you keep a car a decade and half or more it’s worth a bit of Brake Fluid and especially coolant TLC. Dam cheaper in the long run 🙂.

I discussed this with some Nissan factory R&D engineers I know. Passing along what they said, and they are pretty knowledgeable folks. Ice vehicles, using conventional breaking over time tend to boil off some of the accumulated water. EVs with regen breaking don’t typically heat the breaking system often enough and retain more water, needing more frequent break fluid changes. I’ve used this on the past as a trivia question.

“What shared part of car requires more maintenance in a EV than a gas car. This is not enough to ever make me want to buy a Gas car over an Electric. Have a leaf, volt and Tesla (and a left over Ford expedition).

When I first saw this article I thought that there might actually be something new about brake fluid changes for the LEAF, and I had to read this article several times before I realized that the author simply did not understand the topic he was writing about. Nissan DOES NOT recommend annual brake fluid changes for the LEAF except for very specific situations. For 95% of LEAF owners a 30,000 mile brake fluid duty cycle is normal. The exceptions are for severe duty situations which would include using the car primarily on unimproved roads, as a service, Police, or emergency vehicle, as a delivery vehicle, a Taxi, or as a commercial vehicle. If you don’t use your LEAF for one of these applications, then 30K or 2 years is a prudent and safe change interval.

More sophisticated testing of your LEAFs hydroscopic condition with test strips may show that is is OK to extend the life of the brake fluid even longer. Nissan’s service and maintenance book does not help de-mystify this change interval because by placing the severe duty schedule first, it is easy not to read the entire schedule to find that the normal duty schedule is for Read more ».