2011 Nissan Leaf service brakes problems
16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2011 Nissan Leaf — 17% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“When applying brakes, at a point in the pedal travel the vehicle deceleration goes from too little to vastly too much. This makes the vehicle challenging to drive in traffic without colliding into the vehicle in front and not stopping so quickly as to cause the trailing vehicle to collide. The…”
filed May 31, 2024
“The brakes malfunction at low speeds, but are not included in a recall program. Nissan has not helped and does not respond to emails or questions on twitter. At low speeds the brakes will sporadically engage and disengage with regenerative braking enabled. They will sometimes catch which causes…”
filed Jan 9, 2020
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes problems in other Leaf years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 Leaf | 2 | 11% |
| 2022 Leaf | 8 | 9% |
| 2021 Leaf | 1 | 2% |
| 2020 Leaf | 3 | 2% |
| 2019 Leaf | 10 | 4% |
| 2018 Leaf | 19 | 29% |
| 2016 Leaf | 16 | 44% |
| 2015 Leaf | 81 | 76% |
| 2014 Leaf | 18 | 53% |
| 2013 Leaf | 32 | 40% |
| 2012 Leaf | 22 | 39% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2011 Nissan Leaf
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.