09 Nightmare

[gstreetcomic]

I know my gas guage tends to not register all the way full even though it is. I use the tripdomdemter to go by as far as how far i can get.

Originally Posted by smark

Have them give you a loaner car, till your car is fixed right. Be very firm go to the general manager of the dealership. The tech there needs to find a himself a new job.
Oh by the way there is no fix for the gas gauge!!!! Been there. I called Smart, about the same gas gauge issue. They said it's normal to read 1/4 off.

[mdfortwoguy]

Originally Posted by msjohnson1974

A battery is one thing and I don't think I'd get bent about that... tearing the instrument cluster out or the computer? That's a little more like major surgery on both cars.

You do realize that they simply snap in or out of this car, right? It's not "tearing apart" when it is clipped in.

I would refuse delivery of a car I ORDERED (like a smart) if I knew they held back delivery because they raided it for parts to fix someone else's car.

Customer ordered cars are another story. If there is an orphan on the lot - that's another story. They are not going to swap problems to another car pending delivery...

[PeteInLongBeach]

Originally Posted by gstreetcomic

I know my gas guage tends to not register all the way full even though it is. I use the tripdomdemter to go by as far as how far i can get.

Mine does this at about half of the fill-ups. It doesn't bother me in the least, since I don't need to know the tank is absolutely full, and it is perfectly accurate and consistant when the tank is approaching empty.

[msjohnson1974]

Originally Posted by mdfortwoguy

You do realize that they simply snap in or out of this car, right? It's not "tearing apart" when it is clipped in.

Everytime I've taken a dash apart or any clipped in plastic peice it NEVER goes back in as tight as it was from the factory... its pointless to argue this as its obvious that neither of us will change our minds but I still contend that raiding parts from any working peice of equipment to fix a broken peice of equipment is a bad idea. You run the risk of having two broken cars, planes, whatever.

[wrumbarger]

Howdy all

Almost half the smarts that our dealership delivers have the issue with the last fuel bar not blacking out when full.

Usually it goes away by the 3rd fill up (seems to fix itself)?
We inform our customers that if it doesn't, bring it in and it will be fixed under warranty.

First fix is to reload and reboot the onboard computer. (works most of the time?)
If that doesn't work, then a new sensor is installed in the fuel tank.

The speedo module will just pop in and out (handy for running GPS and Sat radio cables up to the dash?) with no damage.

[jetfuel]

...the last block will fill in after a few miles...ours does...and so does many of the folks here, is something that we have learn to live with, like marriage, so is not a big issue...
..the gas tank thing...

jetfuel

[propes]

Good to hear, as I'm having that minor problem myself. Honestly, I doubt I'd even notice it if I hadn't read it on here, first.

Because my garage is unheated, I haven't let my car sit overnight without at least half a tank full, as it keeps fuel lines from freezing up. I figure the smart is just doing its part to keep starting in -15 and colder weather.

Originally Posted by wrumbarger

Howdy all

Almost half the smarts that our dealership delivers have the issue with the last fuel bar not blacking out when full.

Usually it goes away by the 3rd fill up (seems to fix itself)?
We inform our customers that if it doesn't, bring it in and it will be fixed under warranty.

First fix is to reload and reboot the onboard computer. (works most of the time?)
If that doesn't work, then a new sensor is installed in the fuel tank.

The speedo module will just pop in and out (handy for running GPS and Sat radio cables up to the dash?) with no damage.

[ckigar]

A programmer, hardware engineer, network engineer and a department manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes failed. The car careered out of control, bouncing off guard rails until it miraculously ground to a scraping halt along the mountainside. The occupants of the car were unhurt, but they had a problem. They were stuck halfway down the mountain in a car with no brakes.
"I know" said the manager. "Let's form a team, have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and through a process of Continuous Improvement, find a solution to our Critical Problems and we'll be on our way."
"No," said the hardware engineer. "I've got my Swiss army knife with me. I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we'll be on our way."
"Hang on," said the network engineer. "I'll grab my sniffer and put it right on the brake lines so I can look directly at the fluid flow. I can trace the symptom faster and we'll be out of here in no time."
"Wait," said the programmer. "Before we do anything, shouldn't we push the car back to the top of the mountain and see if it happens again?"

[JOHNSTEICHEN]

Ha and you believed them?