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Old 12-10-2008, 11:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hi everybody, I'm not sure if this subject has been talked here, but today, after 4 days of not driving the Smart I got this on the display: instead of displaying the miles shows a -5 along with a tool icon it goes away after putting the shifter in "D" and starting to drive. But everytime I start the car it happens.
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I think you are five days and/or 4,000 miles past your scheduled "A" service interval.
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Look at page #14 of your maintenance manuel. You're past due for your oil change. The manuel tells you how to reset it, but it didn't work for me, I had to take it to the dealer to reset it with his computer. (I did my own oil change) He did it free of charge.
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Ahh, theres nothing like reading the manual.
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Ahh, theres nothing like reading the manual.
Manual?

We don't need no stinkin' manual


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4000 mile oil change

WTF have been reading for a while on this site that you do one at 1000 break in then at 10,000 and 10,000 is what smart says to do?????

is this right or is in now 4000?????
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The 4102.0 you see in the display is the trip odometer. Don't worry, fts1966. It's still 10k.
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Ahh, theres nothing like reading the manual.
As a matter of fact, I read the whole manual, from page 1 to page 309, but that was when I got the car, almost 10 months ago, and unfortunately my brain is not a computer.
Ahh, there's nothing like the possitive attitude some members show 24/7.
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Thanks everybody for your replies, I'm relief now knowing that there is nothing wrong with the car.
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