Some of the same problems.
I know this has been written about before, but I can't find a definitive answer.
I was told yesterday I have a cylinder 1 misfire on my 2008 Smart Fortwo. It has only 90,000 miles, but from what I've read, it's going to cost me several thousand dollars to get this fixed.
Does anyone have any advice?
Is it possible to take it to a non SmartCar dealership for repair? Won't the dealer be much more expensive?
Am I just screwed?
Thanks for the help.
I know this has been written about before, but I can't find a definitive answer.
I was told yesterday I have a cylinder 1 misfire on my 2008 Smart Fortwo. It has only 90,000 miles, but from what I've read, it's going to cost me several thousand dollars to get this fixed.
Does anyone have any advice?
Is it possible to take it to a non SmartCar dealership for repair? Won't the dealer be much more expensive?
Am I just screwed?
Thanks for the help.
Some of this is a repeat and a Smart Electric for sale correction.
I took a two hour drive. It has been cold in mid state NY for an extended period of time.
No sooner did I read your post I went out for a bit.
At the first stop, I felt a skip, or miss. It was so smooth before yesterday, just a solid engine sound.
The engine skip was more irritating than the wind noise.
The rubber molding on the window, attached to the door slid down into the door. I checked the other side and saw there was no gap.
I lowered the window and at least I was able to grip it with both fingers and pull it upwards to try and close the gap. There was some success.
The pull up closed the gap a bit. The gap between the little piece at the top closed but I couldn’t get them to meet.
The other side had no gap. The wind noise was the same. Would it be all right to use WD-40 on the softer rubber molding on the door posts ? Just a little on a rag.
It does sound like it is coming from the top but it's too loud to be a quarter inch gap.
I believe it's all because of the cold and humidity. I had to roll the window down to drop something in a post office outdoor mail box.
The window made a pop noise or frozen to the window, pop, which probably pulled the stiff rubber piece down initially.
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Tranny problems mentioned in another post came and went.
In economy drive and auto shifting, I had to accelerate down my hill to make it shift properly.
It would stay in first too long, then bang or pop close to an over rev condition into second and third, etc.
I gave in to pressing on the gas to make it shift normally.
It seemed the computer recognized it was faulting and self adjusted. I don’t know that did it, I don’t think there is a rational explanation for it. Not a problem now, it just coasts and shifts at the right time.
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The windshield cover that flew off the car and was retrieved, was indeed broken. I found another piece of it in the windshield wiper well.
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The tire pressure light was on so I went out and tried to get them corrected in one degree weather.
The suspension was rock hard. I like a tight ride but this was really bad. The warm up, 55 degrees today, made the tire pressure in the 40 psi range.
This could account for the bad ride too. I lowered the pressure in all four tires.
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The pads were frozen to the discs. I thought I had the emergency brake on.
There was a bang. One or more wheels. Sounded like it came from the back.
I might have done some damage. Not sure. It seems normal. It has happened in the past.
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There was a post on trying to rev the car in park or neutral. Today, the same thing happened to me after I had checked and lowered the tire pressures. I don’t know if this is a normal computer thing to prevent engine damage or not.
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The 1 degree temp which held there for nearly two weeks had a lot to do with the problems. It was the only time I felt happy it was a lease car. There has to be a lot more colder weather than that in the US.
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I have to correct the Smart Coupe for two, for two sale at Baker Motors in MA. It is a 2015 Electric, all white with 2000 miles on it. It's coming off lease in the next days to a week. It looks like it's in excellent shape but with one year of batttery warranty and MB not doing the assure soon, I didn’t feel comfortable at 11,000.
Although I did find some at 9999$ used, it was too much of a risk. Most of the 2015's were between 5000-6000$ No service centers close to me at all.
