NISSAN 2012 LEAF - First Responder's Guide User Manual

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• Do not stabilize the vehicle with cribbing under the Li-ion battery.

• To avoid electrical shock, do not put the Lift Airbag Equipment for rescue and wheel

chock(s) under the high voltage components and harnesses as shown following.

3-3 How to Handle a Damaged Vehicle at an Accident Scene

NOTE:

If any air bags have deployed in the following 3 situations, the high-voltage (HV) system has
been automatically shut off at the time of deployment.

The Nissan LEAF high-voltage system incorporates capacitors which are energized whenever the high-
voltage system is on. If the high-voltage system is shut down (either through one of the built-in automatic
mechanisms or manually through one of the procedures explained in this FRG), the capacitors will begin to

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Li-ion battery

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