Battery OEM Nissan or Exide

I got a `EA530 exide 079te` for my leaf just over a year ago and so far it's still working perfect.

Exide are great batteries and are a tier 1 supplier with Yuasa, Bosch, Varta.

After several tests they were able to get the battery fail code they were looking for. Nissan replaced the battery with a new one, and so far so good.

IMHO, Exide works well till the last second and then dies off without any symptoms. Amaron shows alot of symptoms like extra cranking and lights dim for interior and dash lights when it's nearing its demise. Hence I moved to amaron. So should you.

After reading all replies and knowing the price of the dealers option, I took my chance with a Exide battery AGM 12-23, it was a perfect fit.

My Nissan eats batteries, about every 2 years. Nissan brand or not. It just likes new ones I guess

San Antonio Leaf driver here, a Leaf is fine in Texas as long as you don't want to do road trips (battery heating gets to be an issue around 250 miles on a 40kWh on the interstate). This sub is overwhelmingly negative on the Leaf, despite it being a good local commuter.

the oem nissan battery had been replaced about a year prior, and it died in my driveway. the oem nissan batteries are crap.

Exide Battery (demolished)

I went through the same last month. 2019 Nissan LEAF I bought as a Certified Used Car from a Nissan dealership out of state last year with only 6,998 miles on it. They included the Nissan Factory Wrap warranty and I also bought an extended power chain warranty ( with a really good discount) too. My car was 52 months old when I experienced the No Start condition due to the 12 volt battery.