NISSAN LEAF 2013 1.G Dismantling Guide

6. Remove the bonding plates (1) .
Touching high voltage components without wearing
appropriate
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will
cause electrocution.
7. Remove ONLYthe Li-ion battery mounting bolts (A) (6
bolts) . At this stage of disassembly, NEVER remove the 4 bolts
(B)

shown in the illustration. These remaining 4 bolts
will retain the Li-ion battery to the vehicle body
while the lifter table can be set up in the next step. Touching high voltage components without wearing
appropriate

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will
cause electrocution.
8. Set the pallet (1) onto the lift table (2) .• Align the pallet center mark (A) and the lifter centermark (B) (white line) . Touching high voltage components without wearing
appropriate

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will
cause electrocution. 1
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BB
BB
AA
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9. Set the pallet (1) under the Li-ion battery.
Touching high voltage components without wearing
appropriate
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will
cause electrocution. To prevent the battery from falling and possibly result in
personal

injury, fasten the pallet and battery together
with fastening bolts.
10. Remove the remaining 4 Li-ion battery mounting bolts (A) . Touching high voltage components without wearing appropriate Personal Protective
Equipment

(PPE) will cause electrocution.
11. Carefully lower the pallet and remove the Li-ion battery (1) from the vehicle. Touching high voltage components without wearing
appropriate

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will
cause electrocution. 1
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12. Lower the Li-ion battery from the lift table together with
the pallet.
a. Lift up the Li-ion battery using a stacker.
b. Move the lift table.
c. Lower the Li-ion battery.
d. Operate the stacker and move the Li-ion battery. To avoid serious personal injury, do not move the stacker while the Li-ion battery is lifted
up

because there is danger of tipping over.
13. Be sure service plug socket and high voltage connectors (battery side) are covered with insulated tape.
14. Dismantling the remainder of the LEAF may be performed like conventional NISSAN vehicles once the high voltage system is properly shut down and discharged.
5-4 Recovery/Recycling of the Li-ion High Voltage Battery
The Li-ion high voltage battery is fully recyclable. For information regarding safe recovery and recycling of
the high voltage battery, please contact the nearest NISSAN dealer. For assistance in finding your
nearest dealer please call NISSAN Customer Assistance at: • Nissan EV Customer Support: 1-877-664-2738 (Hours of operation are Monday-Friday 7am -7pm, Saturday 8am - 4:30pm Central time zone)
• 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) a
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