NISSAN Pathfinder Hybrid First Responder's Guide 2014

2014 Pathfinder HYBRID

First Responder’s Guide

Foreword

This manual describes first response operations and related warnings and cautions for this vehicle.

This vehicle is equipped with a high voltage Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack. Failure to follow

recommended practices during emergency responses will cause death or serious personal injury.

Please read this manual in advance in order to understand the features of this vehicle and to help you deal with incidents involving this vehicle. Follow the procedures in order to help assure a successful first response operation.

This manual is periodically updated. If you are not viewing this manual on the Nissan web site, we urge you to go to this manual.

NISSAN EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MANUAL

You may see various symbols in this manual. They have the following meanings:

www.nissanusa.com or www.nissan-techinfo.com to make sure you have the most recent version of

• Nissan Consumer Affairs: 1-800-647-7261 (US) or 1-800-387-0122 (Canada)

• Hours of operation are 8am - 5pm (Monday-Friday) Eastern, Central and Pacific time zones

This symbol is used to inform you of an operation which will result in death or serious personal injury if instructions are not followed.

Example: Touching high voltage components without using the appropriate protective equipment will result in electrocution. PPE must always be worn when touching or working on high voltage components.

This symbol is used to inform you of an operation which may cause death or serious personal injury if instructions are not followed.

This symbol is used to inform you of an operation which may cause personal injury or component damage if instructions are not followed.

Please note that there may be differences between this manual and the vehicle specification due to specification changes.

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–2

NISSAN EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–2

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–2

1. ABOUT THE PATHFINDER HYBRID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–5

1-1 PATHFINDER HYBRID IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–6

1-1.1. EXTERIOR AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–6

1-1.2. INTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–7

1-2 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–8

1-3 WARNING AND INDICATOR LAMP INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–9

2. BASIC HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM AND 12V SYSTEM INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–11

2-1 BATTERY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–11

2-1.1. LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–11

2-1.2. LI-ION BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–11

2-2 HIGH VOLTAGE-RELATED AND 12V-RELATED COMPONENT LOCATIONS AND

DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–12

2-3 LI-ION BATTERY PACK SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–13

2-4 HIGH VOLTAGE SAFETY MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–14

2-4.1. WARNING LABEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–14

2-5 HIGH VOLTAGE SAFETY SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–15

2-6 HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT SHUT-OFF SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–16

2-7 PREVENTING ELECTRICAL SHOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–16

2-8 EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–16

3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–17

3-1 PREPARATION ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–18

3-1.1. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) PROTECTIVE WEAR CONTROL . FRG–18

3-1.2. DAILY INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–18

3-1.3. INSULATED TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–19

3-2 VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION AND STABILIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–19

3-3 HOW TO HANDLE A DAMAGED VEHICLE AT AN ACCIDENT SCENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–20

3-3.1. HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–20

3-3.2. WATER SUBMERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–31

3-3.3. VEHICLE FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–31

3-3.4. CUTTING THE VEHICLE BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–32

3-3.5. LI-ION BATTERY DAMAGE AND FLUID LEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–37

3-3.6. ACCESSING THE OCCUPANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–38

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3-4 STORING THE VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–39

4. EMERGENCY QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRG–40

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1. About the Pathfinder HYBRID

This hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) uses two types of batteries. One is a 12V battery that is the same as the battery in vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. The 12V battery is located under the hood near the driver side headlamp. The other is the Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery (high voltage) for the traction motor which propels the vehicle. The Li-ion battery is located under the third row seating with service plug access through the cargo area storage bin.

The high voltage Li-ion battery is recharged with an on-board DC/DC converter and generator powered by the engine. Additionally, the vehicle system can recharge the Li-ion battery by converting driving force into electricity while the vehicle is decelerating or being driven downhill. This is called regenerative charging.

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1-1 PATHFINDER HYBRID IDENTIFICATION

1-1.1 Exterior and Engine Compartment

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1-1.2 Interior

Interior components referenced in this manual are as follows:

B C D

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A. Assist charge gauge B. READY indicator (green) C. Energy flow display *1 D. Energy flow display *1 E. Liftgate switch (if equipped) F. Hood release handle G. START/STOP switch and

ON indicator lamp (orange)

*1: This screen may not be displayed due to customer settings. Only one of these screens will display energy flow depending on vehicle optional equipment.

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1-2 Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Layout

In exterior appearance the Pathfinder HYBRID is nearly identical to the conventional Nissan Pathfinder series vehicles.

The vehicle identification number can be located as follows:

Example VIN : 5N1 CR2MN0EC056087

The Pathfinder HYBRID is identified by the 4th alphanumeric character: C

C = Pathfinder HYBRID

1 2

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1. VIN plate (visible through windshield) 2. Vehicle certification plate (lower center pillar)

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1-3 Warning and Indicator Lamp Information

1 2 3 4

Hybrid System

Overheated

PWR

1/2

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1. Hybrid System Warning Lamp (Orange) 2. READY Indicator (Green)

3. Master Warning Lamp (Orange or Red) 4. Hybrid System Overheated Stop Vehicle Warning (Vehicle Information Display)

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Lamp Name Icon Description

READY Indicator

(Green)

This lamp is on when the high voltage system is powered up and the vehicle is ready to drive.

Master Warning Lamp

(Orange or Red)

Hybrid System Warning Lamp *1

(Orange)

This lamp is on when another warning lamp or message is displayed in the instrument cluster.

This lamp is on or blinking when:

• Malfunction has occurred in the high voltage system and/or

• High voltage leak to vehicle chassis and/or

• Emergency shut-off system has been activated. The shut-off system activates in the following conditions:

– Front and side collisions in which the air bags are

deployed. – Certain rear collisions. – Certain high voltage system malfunctions.

*1: When this lamp is ON, the READY Indicator will turn OFF.

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2. Basic High Voltage System and 12V System Information

2-1 Battery Information

The Pathfinder HYBRID utilizes two batteries in order to supply both high and low voltage.

2-1.1 Low Voltage Battery

• The Pathfinder HYBRID contains a conventional lead-acid 12 volt battery.

• The 12V battery is located in the front of the vehicle on the left side of the engine compartment, under a trim cover.

• The 12V battery is charged by the Li-ion battery through the DC/DC converter.

: Vehicle front

2-1.2 Li-ion Battery

• The Pathfinder HYBRID contains a Li-ion high voltage battery.

• The high voltage battery is mounted in the cargo area under the 3rd row seating, enclosed in a metal case and concealed by trim cover.

• The high voltage battery stores approximately 144 volts DC.

• A vent hose is provided to exhaust gasses outside the vehicle, if necessary.

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• Air vents (A) are located on the cargo area trim panels for battery cooling.

The high voltage battery supplies power to the following:

• High voltage harnesses

• DC/DC converter

• Traction motor inverter

• Traction motor

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2-2 High Voltage-Related and 12V-Related Component Locations and

Descriptions

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4 5 7

NOTE:

Components with white number in black background are high voltage components.

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No. Component Location Description

➊ DC/DC Converter Cargo area floor

(mounted right of Li-ion battery)

➋ Service Plug Cargo area floor

(inside storage bin behind access door)

➌ Lithium-ion (Li-ion)

Battery

➍ Traction Motor Engine compart-

➎ Traction Motor

Inverter

➅ 12V Battery Engine compart-

➐ High Voltage Har-

ness

Cargo area floor (under 3rd row seating floor trim)

ment (built-into the transmission)

Engine compartment (front driver side)

ment (front driver side)

Cargo area (on Li-ion battery), under floor, engine compartment

The DC/DC converter reduces the voltage of the Li-ion battery to provide power to the 12V battery in order to operate the vehicle’s electric components (headlights, audio system, etc.).

This is used to disable the high voltage system.

The Li-ion battery stores and outputs DC power (Maximum voltage 144V) needed to propel the vehicle.

Converts three-phase alternating current (AC) power to drive power (torque) which propels the vehicle.

Converts the DC power stored in the Li-ion battery to three-phase AC power and controls motor torque (revolution) by regulating the motor current. The inverter has a built in high voltage capacitor.

A lead-acid battery that supplies power to the low voltage devices.

Orange-colored power cables carry high DC voltage between each of the high voltage components.

2-3 Li-ion Battery Pack Specifications

Li-ion Battery Specifications

Li-ion battery voltage 144V Number of Li-ion battery modules in the pack 3 modules (40 cells) Li-ion battery module voltage 48V each Li-ion battery dimensions 36.31 x 22.07 x 6.52 in. (922.3 x 560.5 x 165.6

mm)

Li-ion battery weight 62.4 lbs (28.3 kg)

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2-4 High Voltage Safety Measures

Circuit insulation The high voltage positive (+) and negative (-) circuits are insulated

from the metal chassis.

Reducing the risk of electrocution The high voltage components and harnesses have insulated cases or

orange-colored coverings which provide insulation and easy identification.

The high voltage battery case is electrically connected to the vehicle ground. This connection helps protect the vehicle occupants and emergency responders from high voltage electrical shock.

Identification The high voltage components are labeled “WARNING” similar to label

shown below. All high voltage harnesses are coated in orange.

2-4.1 Warning Label

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