Error 1554 - Wiki says I need to pull battery fuse and pull ESS switch. Where?

[Chillout]

hi all,

I got Error 1554: VMS: Not receiving VDS version number.
The wiki says:

Car can drive but a full RESET is needed: In the front hood pull battery fuse and in the trunk pull the orange ESS Main switch. Then wait 3 minutes.

But where do I find the battery fuse in the front hood? And what is the orange ESS Main Switch that needs to be pulled? I can't seem to find them. Thanks in advance for assisting! I already tried a different method I read about: pull blue and black cables from VMS. It resetted the VMS, but didn't do much good.


Note: it's a 2.5

 

[Chillout]

edit: found the Main ESS Switch. But which fuse is the battery fuse?

 

[Habious]

If you get a chance, can you tell us where the switch you found is? I didn't know there was an "orange ESS main switch" in the trunk.

 

[spaceballs]

If you get a chance, can you tell us where the switch you found is? I didn't know there was an "orange ESS main switch" in the trunk.

it's not really in the trunk, it's behind the left strut trunk lid, around the area of the left rear tire wheel liner (where the OEM sub woofer would be).

 

[wiztecy]

The orange ESS service disconnect is located on the drivers rear section of the ESS, exactly as spaceballs had indicated:

When the disconnect is pulled (cap removed) it looks like this:

 

[Nvbob]

edit: found the Main ESS Switch. But which fuse is the battery fuse?

Under the hood, passenger side.

 

[Chillout]

Under the hood, passenger side.
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Thanks all!

Okay. I found a fuse there but thats just a teeny Tiny one... I was expecting a 50A one

Thanks so much. I will try it out tonight.

 

[Chillout]

Mission accomplished! Thanks everybody

 

[Mark77a]

Out of interest which of the 2suggested fuses (front or rear) did the trick ?

 

[Chillout]

Out of interest which of the 2suggested fuses (front or rear) did the trick ?

the combination of both, I guess