Câble ou borne de phase haute tension endommagé

The three heavy orange conductors carrying each motor's phase currents between the inverter and the machine — and the cheapest suspect on any phase-current code, because they live where vibration, heat, road debris and careless previous repairs all reach them, and a deteriorating terminal unbalances a phase exactly the way a failing winding does.

On rear-motor vehicles these cables run the length of the car underneath it, which moves them further up the suspect list after winters, unsurfaced roads or any underbody impact.

The orange colour is a warning, not a decoration: these conductors carry several hundred volts. Inspection and repair are for hybrid-qualified hands only — but asking whether the cables and terminals were inspected before a motor or inverter was quoted costs nothing and is the right first question.