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Nissan Argues LEAF Class Action Lawsuit Must Go

Nissan argues a LEAF class action lawsuit doesn’t hold up and should be thrown out of a California court.

The Nissan LEAF class action alleges a Level 3 quick charge recall hasn’t helped customers.

The original class action included customers in Oregon, but now the lawsuit includes 2019-2022 Nissan LEAF electric vehicles in California only.

Nissan announced a LEAF recall in 2024 and warned owners not to use Level 3 quick charging because lithium-ion battery fires could occur. That recall included 2019-2020 LEAF electric cars equipped with Level 3 quick charge ports, and Nissan estimated about 1% of the vehicles could be affected.

But a year later Nissan expanded the LEAF recall to include 2021-2022 models.

According to the class action lawsuit, Nissan LEAF drivers have been left without Level 3 quick charging and their vehicles are purportedly unfit for their intended purpose.

The lawsuit also claims Nissan knew the LEAF batt …


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