Nissan Leaf

This is the Nissan Leaf Wiki, the first (and only) vehicle wiki of Car Hacking Wiki. It focuses on the technical internals of the Nissan Leaf. Expect to find details about the components and subsystems that make up the Leaf, electrical, electronic and data specifications, information on known modifications and projects, etc. This is a wiki, so if you have some info, add it in!

Car Hacking Wiki is designed to be a resource that goes into as much depth as possible about cars, their components, their firmware, etc. It starts with the Nissan Leaf, with the dream of growing into a family of wikis covering many different vehicles.

Generations

First generation (ZE0, AZE0)

Gen 1 Nissan Leaf

The first-generation Leaf features a 24kWh or 30kWh battery and an 80kW motor.

ZEO (2011-2012)

The original Leaf

AZE0 (2013-2017)

Often referred to as Gen 2 before the ZE1 was introduced, thereafter sometimes called Gen 1.5. This revision of the Leaf kept the appearance the same, but included several technical changes and improvements.

Changes from ZE0:

• Improved battery chemistry
• 80 kg weight reduction with aluminium doors and bonnet (in JDM models)
• More boot space
• Hill start assist
• Charge plug lock + light
• Insulated ceiling
• Enhanced brake regeneration (B mode) on some trims
• Heat pump instead of resistive heating (on some trims)

Gen 2 Nissan Leaf

Second generation (ZE1)

The second-generation Leaf features a 40kWh battery with 110kW motor output, or a 62kWh battery with 160kW motor output.

Components

Where it makes sense, this section is organised and components are named in accordance with the ZE1 service manual. This is to provide some kind of standard, and also hopefully make it easier to look up disassembly instructions related to the component in question.

Electric Powertrain

• Lithium Ion Battery
• Traction Motor
• Traction Motor Inverter
• Power Delivery Module (PDM) - this includes the On-board Charger (OBC) and DC-DC Converter

Driver Information & Multimedia

• Combination Meter (instrument cluster)
• AV control unit
• Around View Monitor Control Unit
• Telematics Control Unit (TCU)

LAN and Diagnostic

The Nissan Leaf uses multiple CAN buses.

Main article: CAN Buses

• CAN Gateway (ZE1 only)
• OBDII Port

Markets

• Japanese Domestic Market (JDM)
• North American Market (NAM)

Service Manuals

There are a few ways to obtain service manuals.

• Some can be accessed from an official Nissan website (https://www.nissan-techinfo.com/find.aspx), for a fee. Access can be purchased for periods of 1 day up to a year. This is only available for the North American Market (NAM).
• 2011-2015 service manuals can be found for free at https://www.nicoclub.com/nissan-service-manuals, in the form of a PDF file per system
• Various websites have ZE0 service manuals available for sale.
• A ZE1 service manual (NAM) is available at https://www.mediafire.com/file/yoikgbj1l8l7qwi/SM18EA0ZE1U8.zip in the form of an interactive HTML manual, plus a PDF wiring diagram

Useful Links

• https://mynissanleaf.com/
• https://mynissanleaf.ru/ (lots of information can be found on the Russian forum that isn't on the English one, and won't be found by an English-language Google search)