Having an issue with alarm going off whenever it feels like it.....

It sounds like the hood alarm needs another adjustment. There's an article on Evilution (subscription required, but well worth it...): Evilution - Smart Car Encyclopaedia

jwight said:

It sounds like the hood alarm needs another adjustment. There's an article on Evilution (subscription required, but well worth it...): Evilution - Smart Car Encyclopaedia

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Thanks for the read, I figured it was something like that as when they did a so-called fix they said they did something under the hood...which I now see did not work. I will be going in on the 23rd and I will inform them of this issue and see if they will try that solution....But what I can not understand is this, the car is sitting still in driveway, and when we had those 50 mile per hour winds the other day the alarm stayed silent. The the next day it snowed and boom the alarm went off. Now the weather is fine and all last night it was going off. Sometimes I think this Smart Car is haunted LOL
Hopefully a good solution will be made.

Its just the plunger on the hood alarm switch not going in enough. Just glue a packer piece in front of it so plunger goes in further, and switch remains closed. (Its a very common fault on the 453).

Ahh, right. Nowadays smart even has a fix for that. You need part number MA000 998 13 23, which costs less than a Euro. It's a small knob you stick on the sensor that's checking of the boned hood is still closed.