5 things I hate about my Nissan Ariya

[@tkmedia3866]

Perfect timing Ben. There are lots of used Ariya's available in my area. I bought your exact trim with 17k miles for 21k just last week. yeps lots of depreciation. Tesla Bjorn Nyland.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@tkmedia3866 yep this one was just recently purchased used as well. It was leased for a year to a Nissan employee in the Nashville area and only had ~7000 miles when we bought it. Didn't get quite as good a deal. Still ~50% depreciation is bad for the first owner but great for buying second hand. Thanks for watching.

[@msschill]

I have been looking at Equinox EVs but Colorado sales tax on cars plus registration fees total over $4k on a $41k car. Buying a used Ariya may fix that!!

[@darylallen6885]

When they located the charge port to the passenger side, Nissan was planning ahead so that the Ariya could be charged at a Tesla charging station. Thank goodness they did. Nissan got it right.

[@thenetworkarchitectchannel]

Cool video and relevant content. I always enjoy actual owner's thoughts vs reviewers. I think it is good to lead with the bad and then qualify that overall good, like you did. I find when I buy a car, I become quite subjectively protective of my purchase so pushing myself to find things I would like to change is a challenge for me but helpful to others. Great job. Thx for the video. I enjoyed watching.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@thenetworkarchitectchannel thanks Walter! Yes there’s a lot to like about the Ariya, so I will definitely have some good things to say in a future video

[@StubbyStan28]

I bought a 23 Premiere trim in Feb 23 to hold me over until I took delivery of my Platinum trim in June of 23. Outside of software, I couldn't disagree with you more. The charging port is in the perfect location for Tesla Superchargers AND on street parking. The fact that lower trims don't get turn signals on the mirrors is inexcusable. Worse yet, why don't we still have the ability to set a charge limit? Good work, Ben!

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

Yeah I didn't think of on-street parking/charging since that's not super common in most of the US. Still waiting on Nissan to get supercharger access; I have a NACS adapter already and have used it with my Bolt EUV. And I should have mentioned the lack of a charge limit - that's another glaring omission. Thanks for watching.

[@StubbyStan28]

@@BensEcoAdvntr do you have Northern Lights? I WISH that colorway was available for the Platinum trims. That paint job is amazing!

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@StubbyStan28 yep that's it! Sometimes green, sometimes, purple, sometimes, brown, sometimes black. It's wild

[@dougabbott8261]

The software for charging really needs to be updated to allow you to charge to a % . I was hoping they would have done so by now. One pedal driving will not be a feature or update for the Ariya as the Leaf motor has permanent magnets and the Ariya has built with Electro magnets ,Munroe and Associates went over this, so no one pedal driving to full stop.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@dougabbott8261 that's interesting, I didn't know the type of motor affected one pedal driving. Do you know the title of that video? I'd like to learn more.

[@dougabbott8261]

@@BensEcoAdvntr Sure, Munro Live and the title was "EV Motor Mania: The Strengths & Weaknesses of Induction vs Permanent Magnet" about 8 months ago. The Engineer does a great job explaining.

[@trambola1]

Hello dear friends, I saw your post today and would like to thank you for it. I also like the Ariya very much and am considering whether I should switch from my current plug-in hybrid (which I am actually quite happy with) to a fully electric car. I have already looked at several cars and at the moment there are two that I really liked, those are the new all-electric Ford Explorer and the Nissan Ariya. Somehow I don't like the "perhaps more technically advanced" Hyundai, KIA, Tesla and co., nor the VW ID series. And so I am really grateful for the detailed and logical explanation of what you noticed. Because you usually notice it when you have already bought the vehicle and can no longer return it. What you have described are small things that are not small things, because they will make you regret the purchase at any moment. Thank you very much! I live in Germany and am not very good at English, so please forgive me for any spelling mistakes.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@trambola1 Danke fürs Zuschauen! I think Ariya is great as long as you are familiar with finding charging and planning your own route. Don't know much about the electric Explorer, since it is not sold in the US. I'd recommend looking at the Nissan Electrified KZbin channel for more Ariya content from Germany.

[@raidersamson3356]

Best review from an owner about the Arya I have seen. I was looking to buy a used Arya but I will stick to a used Tesla instead

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@raidersamson3356 don't get me wrong, I absolutely love driving the Ariya and still prefer it to Tesla. But you do what works best for you

[@ononekoneko]

Most handsome ev.

[@hhertzbe]

In Norway there were an OTA update in April 2023. Nothing since but rumors said there is one on its way (already released in Japan).

[@dianewallace6064]

Can't you pre-set the car to charge only to 80%? Can you stop charging from your Nissan app?

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

One weird missing feature in the Ariya is you cannot set a charge limit, whether on AC or DC charging. So they just added the "Nissan Energy Charging Network" within the MyNissan app. It's basically access to ChargePoint, EVGo, and Electrify America thru one account. *If* the app works correctly (and it hasn't yet), you should be able to stop the charge from one of those networks using the app. But I've tried it twice, and both time the app gave an error message, but the station successfully started charging. Since the app didn't realize it was successful, it didn't give the option to end charging.

[@BradfordSparks]

I totally agree with you on the software updates. Nissan is falling behind the curve. We lease 3 EV's (LEAF, Ariya, EV6) and the Ariya has the best fit and finish by far.

The “e-step” is called “e-pedal” in Europe but it’s not a one pedal driving here either :( Leaf has opd but Ariya doesn’t. No idea why 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

I didn't realize the car doesn't have one pedal in Europe either. Thanks for the information!

[@SteveBirkett]

Can you set charge limits in the Ariya? That can be an option to stop a session, albeit clunky. Same in our '22 Ioniq 5, it has a button to stop charging in the app but no direct in-car option.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@SteveBirkett sadly no, that's another glaring issue with the software.

[@tkmedia3866]

I can’t believe it. charge level is not available. Feels like a pre 2020 ev with this omitted.

[@christianvonleckstergaard1301]

@@tkmedia3866 try lock, and unlock with all doors closed, to stop charghing.

[@tkmedia3866]

I just noticed the Ariya gets confused on speed limits in California as many places here have two different speeds one for regular passenger car another for towing and big rigs.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@tkmedia3866 also it sees school zones regardless of whether there are students present. A good idea, but not fully developed

[@tims4472]

I have the 2024 Evolve E4orce . I agree about the charge port and wish it was on the driver side. It would be nice if Nissan fix the issue where you can't remove the charger from the port. Sometimes it just doesn't release it no matter what you do and no hitting the unlock on the key fob doesn't always work. I got a notification on the app about 2 recalls which were software updates and now when I connect to my home network, it actually does check for updates now. The single most thing I hate about my ariya is if you open the door while the car is rolling at all, it slams into park so aggressive that the car is rocking! I hate that! Oh and the back seat warning thing is annoying and needs a disable option!

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@tims4472 yeah good points. I have to charge lock set to "unlock" since I'm parking in my garage. The "auto" setting doesn't seem very good. Thanks for watching

[@ziploc2000]

That charger port location is a head-scratcher. I wonder if it's because in Japan the steering wheel is on the right so the port is on the driver's side, and they just didn't fix it for the left-hand drive market. But in the UK sidewalk-adjacent parking for charging from a lamp post is becoming a thing, so port on the left, sidewalk side, would make sense. My Chevy Bolt has it on the left, very convenient for our house as our side-driveway is on the right of the house as viewed from the street, so we drive in forwards, plug in from an outside socket, and it would be hard to miss that the car is plugged in when approaching the driver's door.

[@tkmedia3866]

for the Ariya, both right hand drive and left hand drive market cars are all on the passenger side. so 4 different fenders wings are produced.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@ziploc2000 it's all over the place. In Japan, I believe the car has CHAdeMO, along with J1772. But the ports are each on their own side! Thanks for watching.

[@tkmedia3866]

@@BensEcoAdvntr huh didnt know that about the jpn Aryia model. The chademo /J1772 is also why jpn EVs tend to have larger chargeport doors.

[@dianewallace6064]

I bought a leather cover for my key fob on Etsy, and so the key fob feels much nicer now. I have an Ioniq6.

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

That's a great idea, thanks Diane!

[@dnewman20]

If Nissan was to push software updates, how would it make it to the car? Is there a procedure to update the software when an update becomes available?

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@dnewman20 the car has both Wi-Fi and cell data. There's a button somewhere in the menu to check for updates as well

[@richcohen8341]

Why no privacy glass on the rear windows?

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@richcohen8341 excellent question. So for whatever reason, the Ariya is classified in the US as a passenger car. Per federal regulations, only light trucks/MPVs are allowed to have dark tinted windows from the factory. Most crossovers are considered light trucks, but this one isn't. I don't know if it was a decision made by Nissan or NHTSA, but that's why. Our Bolt EUV is the same, despite literally having "utility vehicle" in it's name.

[@serraios1989]

0:35 In the UK the charge port is on the passenger side, which is the left side, which is the right side

[@tkmedia3866]

Did you get the dealer software update yet?

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@tkmedia3866 scheduled for next week!

[@tkmedia3866]

@@BensEcoAdvntrhopefully there will be a update soon. As just about all modern EVs need an update to the updater to update. 😅

[@tims4472]

@@BensEcoAdvntr I just recently got 2 software updates at the dealership due to a recall notification i received on the My Nissan App. Once i got these updates, i can now check for updates in the connection settings, but before these recent dealer updates, if i tried to do a software update in settings it did nothing.

[@littlemonkey993]

It has e-step. I don’t like Ariya under steeling control. Slow turning speed

[@SueC56]

Bjorn Nyland

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

@@SueC56 thank you!

[@jhunmanalo4533]

Your car is in low version of Ariya.... take the higher one and you have all the features you want and dont keep moaning. Changed it....by the way.

[@tims4472]

Many of the things he mentioned are on all models. Every model, except the UK versions have the charge port on the left side, and they all have the same key fob and software, minus some features.