2014 NISSAN PATHFINDER HYBRID First Responders Guide

2014 Pathfinder HYBRIDFirst 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
www.nissanusa.comorwww.nissan-techinfo.comto make sure you have the most recent version of
this manual.
NISSAN EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
• 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
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MANUAL
You may see various symbols in this manual. They have the following meanings:
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. FRG–2

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 FRG–4

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.FRG–5

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: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.
A
GFE
BCD
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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 : 5N1CR2MN0EC056087
The Pathfinder HYBRID is identified by the 4th alphanumeric character: C
C = Pathfinder HYBRID
1. VIN plate (visible through windshield) 2. Vehicle certification plate (lower center pillar)
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