Warranty

  • 2011 NIssan Leaf Battery Warranty Information

    Yesterday, we covered a story about several Tesla Roadster owners -- and one in particular -- who claim that Tesla caused them to turn their $109,000 cars into very expensive bricks. The owners in question claim that Tesla didn’t make them aware that leaving a roadster unplugged for extended periods of time could slowly discharge the Roadster’s 52-kilowatt-hour battery pack, killing them forever and saddling owners with $40,000 repair bill. But while the arguments in the bricked Tesla Roadster story flame on, we dug out the paperwork that came with out 2011 Nissan Leaf to see what...

  • 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.
    Is Tesla 'Bricking' Story Just An Angry Owner's Warranty Claim?

    And now perhaps it all becomes clear. The Tesla battery 'bricking' post that was today's electric-car news story and generated reams of coverage may simply be an attempt by an unhappy owner to get Tesla Motors to replace the battery in his Roadster. At least, that would appear to be the logical...

  • Tesla Roadster 2.5
    Tesla Battery 'Bricking': The Real Story Behind The Scare

    Late last night, a sensational blog post circulated through Silicon Valley. It claimed that several $100,000-plus Tesla Roadsters were now useless as the result of a "devastating design problem," with their battery packs "bricked" from being left too long without plugging in. Early this morning, we...

  • Tesla Repairs Roadster Just Before Warranty Expires
    Tesla Keeps Roadster Owner Happy, Rebuilds Car Before Warranty Ends

    When you buy any new car, it comes with a warranty which guarantees the automaker will replace or fix any defects in the car for a set period of time. Generally, warranty repairs are carried out when the car’s buyer notices something wrong with their car, but for one Tesla Roadster owner, his...

  • 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
    Hyundai Gives 2012 Sonata Hybrid Battery A Lifetime Warranty

    What happens if the battery in your hybrid car starts to fail? If your car is still within warranty, you’ll get a replacement battery at no cost to you. If your car or its battery pack are out of warranty, you’ll have a few other options. But South Korean automaker Hyundai is now so...

  • Tesla Motors - Model S lithium-ion battery pack
    Got An Electric Car? How About Pre-Paying For Its Next Battery Pack?

    We’ve all heard the shock stories -- generally from media outlets which haven’t fully researched the topic -- saying that the battery pack in your electric car will only last a few years and then cost you thousands upon thousands of dollars to replace. We think its unlikely that most...

  • 2011 Chevy Volt front air dam, after modification, on worst slope in driveway

    Two early customer satisfaction issues on the 2011 Chevy Volt are being addressed by dealers: a front air dam that's too low, and intermittent blank displays on the instrument cluster.

  • Leaf Trio
    Should Nissan Offer Warranty Options For The 2011 Leaf?

     What is an acceptable warranty for an electric car? Three years? Four years? Ten Years? And should customers be able to choose what that warranty level is? That is the question Nissan was asking last week when it sent out a questionnaire to the 16,100 people who have paid out $99 to reserve a...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt
    GM Backs Up 2011 Chevy Volt With 8-Year, 100K-Mile Warranty

    Today the silence ended. We've driven the 2011 Chevy Volt Test Mule, We've cringed through the Volt Dance and we watched the Freedom Drive unfold over the July 4 weekend. While we've known about the car's 40 mile all electric range, 9 gallon fuel tank and planned 10,000 car production schedule for...

  • First 2011 Chevrolet Volt built on production tooling at Detroit Hamtramck plant, March 31, 2010
    2011 Chevrolet Volt Battery Pack Warranty: 8 Years, 100K Miles

    General Motors announced today that it would offer an 8-year, 100,000-mile warranty on the battery pack, the charger, and the Voltec electric drive components of its upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car. The announcement sets to rest potential worries that Volt owners might be stuck having to...

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