2016 Nissan LEAF Service and Repair Manual

Every procedure in the 2016 Nissan LEAF factory service and repair manual is written against this exact year, powertrain and trim, from the EM57 traction motor to the high-voltage battery system Nissan fitted to it, so the specifications and sequences you work to are the ones Nissan published for this car and not figures carried over from an adjacent model year.

Engines covered

• Battery-electric drive (EV)

Body styles covered

• 4-door hatchback

Trims covered

• Base
• S
• SL
• SV

Known issues on the 2016 LEAF. Four recalls are on federal record for this model year, and three of them concern the front passenger air bag. One covers the wiring harness connector, which may disconnect from the dual-stage passenger air bag; if it disconnects, that air bag may not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury. A second covers the air bag inflators, where a manufacturing error means the passenger frontal air bag may not properly deploy in the event of a crash, which can increase the risk of injury to passengers. A third covers the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System, which may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied; if the passenger frontal air bag then does not deploy as intended in a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury. The fourth is a compliance recall on the Owner's Manual itself: the instructions for defroster operation are incorrect and may result in reduced defroster performance under specific conditions, which can limit visibility out of the windshield and increase the risk of a crash. Owners have filed 36 complaints for the year. The factory diagnostic and repair procedures behind each of those systems are here.

Whether you are tracing an air bag circuit, diagnosing an occupant classification fault, or working through heater and defroster operation, the manual keeps you on Nissan's own procedure and the correct specification for this 2016 LEAF.