A new common problem started appearing quite regularly on 451 Electric Drive Fortwos, the heater stopped heating. Sometimes it'll work for a while and stop working again. The issue here is that when you own an electric smart, if you want to use the heater, you must...
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451 Headlight Pin Out
Nearside Headlight (Left) 6. 5. 4 3. 2. 1. v Pin Number Wire Colours Function Function 1 Brown Headlight Adjuster Ground Chassis earth 2 Green/Red Headlight Adjuster Data Headlight stalk pin 11 3 Grey/Yellow Low Beam & Headlight Adjuster + SAM unit plug 3 pin 6 4...
453 Digital Speedo Coding
2 Types Of Digital Speedo Depending on your skills, tools and testicle volume, you have 2 options for a digital speedo. The small digital speedo is easy, the large digital speedo is tricky but looks better. Small Digital Speedo The small digital speedo appears on the...
453 External Temperature Sensor
Unlike all other smart models, Smart (and by that I mean Renault) decided to stick the external temperature sensor in the offside mirror. There it is, the little plastic nipple. Adjust the mirror all of the way in... ...so you have enough room to get your fingers...
453 Scuttle Panel Removal
The scuttle is the panel underneath the windscreen that the wipers pass through. It's a decorative panel to hide the wiper mechanism. Mine was broken so I had to replace it. Pop out the clip in each corner. Lift up the rubber infill piece. Remove both wiper arms by...
453 Suspension Removal Front
Loosen the wheel bolts, jack the car up, remove the wheel bolts fully and... ...remove the wheel. Spray all of the fixings in penetrating lubricant and go have a cup of Bovril. On the top of the knuckle is a Torx 30 screw, remove it. Pull the brake hose grommet from...
Forfour 454 Key Fob Battery
How Do I Know It Needs Changing? When the battery gets low, the indicators will flash nine times in quick sucession when you lock or unlock the car. From this point onward, you have approximately 100 uses of the remote central locking fob before it won't open the car...
Roadster Key Fob Battery
How Do I Know It Needs Changing? When the battery gets low, the indicators will flash nine times in quick sucession when you lock or unlock the car. From this point onward, you have approximately 100 uses of the remote central locking fob before it won't open the car...
Fit A Cycle Valve
The older, lower powered smarts had a mechanical boost controller instead of the electronic boost controller in the 61bhp models. Fitting this part is cheap and quite easy.
Evilution Vinyl Logos
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450 – Reset The Service Indicator
If you do your own servicing or smart forget to do it, you will need to reset the service display, here's how.
453 R-Link Radio Issues
The Smart media system (Renault R-Link, TomTom) isn't the most reliable stereo. It looks to be powered by Android so it's no wonder it crashes and freezes up every so often. Apps crash and freeze, the touch screen stops working, music won't play, blanks screen, no...
Smart Paint Codes
Is your smart wearing its original panels? Want to find out smart's code for your particular panel colour? acknowledgement to The Almost Invisible Man
453 Rough Idle
My 453 Idles Badly Not just rough idle though. It can affect the acceleration or cause an intermittent knocking sound. It's now becoming a common issue with the 900cc turbo 453 engine. Smart initially stated that the cars required an ECU update. This may have been...
Smart Concept Cars
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453 Wastegate Fault
Pulsing? Lost boost on your 453 turbo or going into safe mode? It's becoming a common issue. This is the turbo on your 453 engine. Highlighted in the photo below is the part causing the issue. The wastegate actuator. The wastegate actuator adjusts the boost by...
Smart Brochures
Smart Catalogues & Brochures I have listed these in the year they were released. They are in English unless stated and for the UK market unless stated. If you have any others, please send them to me and I'll add them to this list. All languages accepted. The 1st...
What I Use To Make The Site
Here is a list of things I have that help make the site.
Roadster AC Drain
The pipe that transports condensed vapour out of the AC box to the outside of the car can fail to do so
Leak Detection
Detecting the position of a leak can be problematic and time consuming.