Fiat 500 Quick Manual To Repairs page 25

4.7 Making the vehicle safe after an accident if the
airbags were deployed
ATTENTION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR DEACTIVATING THE HIGH-
VOLTAGE SYSTEM
• Use personal protective equipment (see Chap. 3)
• DO NOT CUT OR TAMPER WITH ORANGE CABLES AND
CONNECTORS
• The orange cables and components connected to these cables
are part of the high-voltage system and may be energised.
• The energy is still present in the high-voltage battery.
The high-voltage system is automatically deactivated after an
accident in which the airbags were deployed.
Proceed as follows if the vehicle was damaged in an accident
making it impossible to access the motor compartment or the boot:
No access to the motor compartment
- Open the tailgate (A)
- Perform a the key-OFF (see 4.1)
- Remove the cover (B)
- Cut the low-voltage cable (C) from the high-voltage discon-
nection device (black-green SERVICE connector). CUT THE
CABLE ALONG THE YELLOW LABEL ONLY, OR IN ANY
CASE AT THE OUTPUT OF THE BLACK-GREEN SERVICE
CONNECTOR.
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