Auto lights feature and DRL

[SmartCard]

and I guess the dealers don't know how to program it yet either?
The rain sensor is a fairly large round disk that is just below the rear mirror...it actually is kinda big.....don't know if I like it!

[jwight]

Originally Posted by spyderman33

Tried it and it didn't work.

I think there was a Step 1 left out if I remember correctly; first the dealer has to program the car for "DRL on."

Then the rest of the sequence can be used by the owner to change DRL settings. So far I haven't heard any dealers saying they can program the US 451s DRL function.

[Harleyduo]

I recently picked up my car from the Smart Center in Bloomfield (Michigan) and I had contacted the service manager about this very item several days in advance of picking up my car asking if the could do it. He said he'd try to do some research on how to do that, since they had not mentioned it at Service Training. A few days later he informed me that he had done everything he could think of to locate instructions on how that's done, and he was not able to come up with it, just yet, but he'd keep inquiring but my car would not have it done if I still wanted to pick it up right away. I chose to have him contact me once he finds out anything and I'll drive the car back to the dealership. I know they are still in the learning stages, because I was also the first to have several things happen and everybody wanted to know how I had found out about things like prices, available accessories, and even parts that I had from Canada that are not seemingly available in the U.S. at this time (snow tires, baby moon hubcaps by Smart, etc.) I'm confident that at some point there will be additional information being released to the U.S. dealerships, or they will learn 'tricks' on their own from other sources outside the U.S.

[Old smart]

It is hard to believe that the smart service managers and techs don't have a central organization that they can call into for guidance (France? Germany? even Canada?) instead of flailing around on their own.

[eqwalker]

Agreed. You would think with the smart connect computer setup, and the internet as well, that there would be a central Q&A or support for the service departments to find info or even post questions to the plant or engineers.

[jwight]

The info I got on having the dealer program the DRL function came from one of our members in Germany. So, either the info hasn't reached US smart centers yet or the US 451s aren't set up that way. Maybe we'll find out in the next few months.

[spdickey]

I'm sure to prevent confusion the USA smarts dealers are getting all their info through Bloomfield. Stuff we want, like the modifications to Euro/Canadian DLRs, will start floating around soon enough.

[Old smart]

The service manager trying to figure out where the information is on activating the DRLs IS Bloomfield! ??

[spdickey]

Originally Posted by fishrdnc

The service manager trying to figure out where the information is on activating the DRLs IS Bloomfield! ??

See, non-USA mod, not communicated through smart USA organization. Hope you find the work-around, I'd like to turn that on myself. Perhaps you can post the instructions when they are found.

[CTJon]

The auto lights on and wipers is only part of the package correct? It isn't actually standard in all the cars?