Nissan LEAF

The facelift provides no new functionality and actually makes performance even worse. Nissan needs to start over on this one.

28 June Update: After evaluating this app for a month I can say that the "network communications issue" has been fixed. Additionally the climate control feature works 9 times out of 10. Bottom line is this dated app at least works the vast majority of the time. However it's long overdue for an extensive update/new features. 06 May Update: Don't get excited, nothing changed in the app except for the colors. Perhaps the stability has improved, to soon to tell. Old Review: While its a nice feature to be able to turn on your heat/AC from your smartphone it rarely works on this app. Frequent error message: "Network connection lost." Whatever that means. App also struggles to consistently update vehicle status when requested.

Love my Nissan Leaf so far, but this app is one of the worst. You are lucky if it updates the car status from the first attempt. Most if the times had to press again and again the update button. Each request tales about minute and more. Many tines the only way is to kill the app and start it again. The other app on the app store works perfect does the same and updates quickly from the first attempt.

It works most times though slowly. What cracks me up is how it asks if I am sure if I want to update the car status... A few times in a row at times. Making me wonder if I accidentally hit an undocumented self destruction button.

Updated review: (iPhone 6 Plus, 2014 Nissan Leaf SL) Upgraded to 2 Stars. Figured out why sometimes the app updates flawlessly and why sometimes it doesn't work at all. If I am on wifi it doesn't update or communicate with the car. If I'm on 4G or cell data service it updates every time. Seems like a software programming issue. Come on Nissan, simple fix. Updated review: (iPhone 6 plus, 2014 Nissan Leaf SL) If I could give zero stars I would. Why am I not surprised that this app still doesn't have ANY good reviews? Don't the app developers read these reviews? Don't they test the app before launching it? It's sad. The app worked somewhat with the original version. The new version doesn't work at all. Seems like all they changed was the colors. Earlier today I tried five times in a row to get an update on my charge status and it didn't work. Then when I tried again tonight it had the charge status from when I was trying earlier. So frustrating. Still couldn't get to update tonight. Tried five times again. Original review: When I first got my Leaf (July 2012) the app worked every time, although very slow to update. Now it doesn't work at all. Even when I access CARWINGS via my computer it doesn't work. I tried turning on the climate control the other day and the app said it was on. When I got to my car it was off. Then the next day it turned on by itself even though I didn't tell it too and I don't even have the timers programmed. App has a lot of potential but the developers (Nissan) are blowing a huge opportunity. This app is a huge part of the overall customer experience with owning a Leaf. Come on Nissan!