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As far as the heat is concerned, I believe the S model LEAF uses a hot water heater (like the I-MiEV) and the higher end ones have a heat pump. Big improvement in heating capacity and reduction in load with the heat pump. My first LEAF was only available with hot water and my next one had the...

Like Don said---It is important to let the battery fully charge every once in awhile to "balance" the battery. It won't balance until the charging current drops off after at least on cell in the Pack (there are 88) reaches its full voltage. It may take quite awhile for the balancing to...

Lets be clear on this stuff. People have a hard time between "chargers" and "EVSE". The charger is built in the car. It is what it is. In the case of the I-MiEV, it has maximum input power of 3.3 Kilowatts and will accept voltages between a little less than 120 to about 250 volts. Many EV's...

The EVSE can only draw the amount of current that the charger in the car can accept. In the case of the I-MiEV with its 3.3 KW charger, the maximum draw on a 240 volt (level 2) circuit is less than 15 amps. If you haven't bought the EVSE, check with EVSE upgrade to get a multi volt portable...

If you are getting wear on the inside or outside of the tire, then turning the tire on the rim and then replacing it on the same axle with both move the wear pattern to the opposite side and change the rotational load on the tire. However, I wouldn't expect inside or outside wear on the rear...

Do it. I wouldn't hurt. When you swap them it changes the load on the tire. Drive load is now replaced by brake load which evens out the wear on the tread blocks. I also helps a little bit with wear due to driving on crowned road surfaces. Not the best of worlds for tire rotation but the...

I wish I could post a picture here in a easy manner as I have a good picture of the transaxle split in two parts and you can see everything we are discussing. There are two things that need to be synchronized when adjusting the shift cable. There are the detents that you can see and feel very...

I would continue to stress that any I-MiEV owner who drives in the winter (salt) season heed what others and myself have said on this thread. In the Spring, it is very important that the underside of the car be flushed off with hose and soapy water. If you use a high pressure sprayer, just...

The shifter on the I-MiEV is connected by a cable to the transaxle. The switch that tell the car what direction the car is going to travel (i.e. reverse, neutral, forward) is mounted on the transaxle. There is an alignment pin that can be put in the switch to confirm that it is synchronized...

I would have to agree that the bolt doesn't belong to the car. Almost all, if not all of the bolts used in the I-MiEV have a flange style head on them. This is so there is no need to use a washer with the bolt when assembling the car. Even the few bolts that have a washer usually have a...

Check with the dealer that bought my wrecked I-MiEV in Deland, Florida. R.C. Hill Mitsubishi. He should have a good complete white passenger door. (sorry the rear door didn't make it)

Once the top bolt is out, you can lift up the assembly enough to get the little pin in the tab out of the hole. The first time I removed the headlamps, I took the wheel wells out along with the front bumper cover. However, as you have found out you can snap the bumper cover off and get access...

Actually there are several areas I would look at. First, confirm the carpet is only wet in the footwell area by lifting it up and feeling the pad for dampness. Make sure it isn't wet up higher (like the area in the very front of the carpet by the pedals). There are several holes through the...

try northerntool.com I believe they carry a couple of different panels for this purpose. BTW--I would send the controller back along with the panel so that you get proper credit for the damaged unit.

It's not real clear in the service manual how to remove the blade. However it does point out that the blade rubber can be removed by sliding it out of the wiper assembly. There are two (metal?) backing pieces that slide out with the rubber and need to be re-installed in the same direction they...

doesn't look that bad after all. Still, make sure they do a through inspection in the rear seat area making sure there is no deformation just inside the rear door frames. That's the weak end of the frame that holds the rear bumper mounts. Should be OK but worth a detailed look :!:

If hit that hard (body against rear tires) I would think your car will be totaled. The wreck I bought was a rear ender. What was interesting is that the body deformed more in the area between the motor and the rear seat then in the actual rear of the car. I would pull the rear seat cushion...

There are jerks everywhere. If my wife was disabled and had to walk around any illegally parked car to get where she was going while the occupant of that car laughed, there would be a trip to the body shop for that car. It doesn't make any difference if they are driving an aging Ford or a...

Not as easy as it first looks. There is, of course, the clockspring assembly but it has very few wires. If you look at the wiring diagrams you can see how they do it. In the case of the radio controls, when you push a button on the steering wheel (for example volume +) a specific resistance...

At least on the older cars (2012) they do not. In addition, there is no active "AUX" port to patch in a external radio. However, there is a thread on how to access pins on the standard radio to install a aux port. On the Nav radio model, I could only get SiriusXM by using the Bluetooth audio...