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More Leaf owners with battery problems say Nissan has abandoned them


As more Nissan EV owners come forward to say they feel abandoned by the automaker and its failure to supply replacement batteries for the Leaf, one lawyer with a firm specializing in class actions says there might be a case.

People from across Canada and beyond shared similar stories about the breakdown of the popular EV model, and Nissan's inability or unwillingness to repair it. When Brennan Loewen began complaining to his parents that his first-ever car would rapidly run out of juice, his dad decided to give it a test drive. Ottawa IT worker Ryan Hyma had a similar experience, and said four different friends shared the link to the original CBC story with him, knowing he'd find it familiar.

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