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2012 Nissan LEAF Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1269551
Internal NHTSA #	10850347
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	LEAF
Model Year	2012
File date	10/03/16
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The brakes on this car often become grabby, especially in either cold or wet weather. It is often difficult to modulate the brakes smoothly and the amount of braking action is not linear with pedal pressure. This will change during a single trip where the brakes will start out grabby but then get better. Sometimes the brakes are normal at the start of a trip and then get grabby in the middle of the trip. I have also experienced a modulation in braking when holding the brake pedal with steady pressure as i'm slowing for traffic. This modulation is about one cycle per second and feels like i am pumping the brakes but i'm not. The worst part of this is it often happens during a cold morning with snow and ice on the road, so the brakes jam on with very little pedal pressure causing the car to skid unexpectedly. I can sometimes get the brakes working properly be pressing hard on the brake pedal at a stop, which seems to free whatever is sticking in the brake system (the proportioning valve perhaps?). I have taken the car to the nissan dealer several times and they say nothing is wrong with the brakes. I have even done this during a snowstorm when it was particularly bad, and again, the dealer says the brakes are fine. This has happened since the car was new and really hasn't changed over the 50,000 miles i've driven the car. Nissan needs to take this seriously and get it fixed before someone gets hurt in a crash caused by grabby brakes.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	50000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LITTLETON, CO
VIN pattern	JN1AZ0CP8CTXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	30
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Nissan LEAF Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Nissan LEAF Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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