For ALL 454 Forfour Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over a...
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Roadster – Reset The Service Indicator
For ALL 452 Roadster Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over...
451 – Reset The Service Indicator
For ALL 451 Fortwo Models Please do not contact me saying they don't work because they do if you do it right. Just doing everything in the right order isn't enough, timing is very important. Distance Or Time? A service is due either after a certain distance or over a...
450 Almond To Peanut Facelift
Facelift From Almond To Peanut Headlights You can if you want. Some people liked the facelift design. You Will Need Peanut headlights, Partial wiring loom that connects to the headlights. Entire set of front panels from a Coupe with peanut headlights. Central beam....
evilution Christmas Message
There are 2 consistencies with me and Christmas. A Santa hat and being unimpressed with the whole thing. evilution Christmas Photo 2013 evilution Christmas Photo 2015 evilution Christmas Photo 2017 evilution Christmas Photo 2018 evilution Christmas Photo 2019 A messy...
453 Windscreen Noise
At the beginning of 2021 I started hearing people complaining about a squealing noise coming from the roof. This noise would disappear if the car slowed down and would often stop if you rolled down a window. Fewer people noticed the water ingress first. This is now...
451 Failed Clutch Actuator
Car Starts & Revs But Doesn't Move Yep, very common now on the 451. Snapped Clutch Actuator Spiral Gear The 451 and Forfour have very similar clutch actuators, both of which suffer from this same fault. Bigger motors and stronger compensation springs for quicker...
Jump Start Boxes
Jumper Cables In the good old days when everything was black and white, your only option for jump starting your car was a long set of unwieldily cables and a willing participant who owns a functioning car who was either there or willing to travel to you. That's all...
451 Heater Controller Disassembly
Heater Controller This is the last and hardest part to change the LEDs on because it's awkward to open. Remove the heater controller by following the 1st part of this guide. Set the fan speed to setting 2 and the heat to setting 22. (This lines up internal tabs). Look...
Drive Belt Information
Obviously the best option is to go to a smart dealer to buy your drive belts but I know some of you hate your own sanity so buy crappy generic aftermarket parts from random parts shops. The chance of buying exactly the correct length aftermarket belt is unlikely since...
453 ED-EQ Heater Fault
How Can A Heater Not Work? In petrol and diesel powered cars, the coolant is pumped around the engine and then into a radiator in the cabin. Air is blown over this radiator and into the car. On the electric drive version, the "engine" doesn't create enough heat to...
451 ED Heater Fault
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...
451 Headlight Pin Out
Nearside Headlight 6. 5. 4 3. 2. 1. Pin Number Wire Colours Function 1 Brown Headlight Adjuster Ground 2 Green/Red Headlight Adjuster Data 3 Grey/Yellow Low Beam & Headlight Adjuster + 4 Black/White Indicator 5 Brown Bulb Ground 6 White/Red High Beam ...
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.