Who knows about Smart Cars

[Wasted]

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So......Mrs. Wasted had an 'incident' yesterday and there was a relatively Minor front end impact to her 2011 Smart Fortwo. There is no visible damage to the vehicle except where the license plate bolts damaged the plate itself. She backed the car away from the inanimate object that she hit and thought that she had dodged a bullet. This morning she is ready to go to work, reverses, and then the car won't shift into Drive. It will shift between P, N, and R as per normal but that's as far as it goes. The car is rear engine and RWD so I'm sure that there isn't any transmission damage, so I'm thinking either a sensor or linkage issue. Does anyone 'round here know anything that might help me diagnose the issue. I'm good with a wrench and do my own maintenance work on my TDi, but I don't have any experience with this little things.

 

[chiefswallow]

I heart smart cars

If you can't get it fixed easily my friend has a Turbo Busa Smart kit that'll drop right in your smart car

[video=youtube;PFT3sTkR5sI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFT3sTkR5sI[/video]

 

[Mr.Azim]

^^^ so he can install the turbo kit while you flash tune the ecu?

 

[chiefswallow]

^^^ so he can install the turbo kit while you flash tune the ecu?

Nope, engine comes with custom ECU set up for the smart car already

 

[SunnY S]

Just drive into work using reverse.

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[N3WMAN]

Brian P might know.

 

[Wasted]

Brian P might know.

Thanks, I'll ask him

 

[Brian P]

Transmission is shifted through the electronics on these cars, the only linkage is for operating the parking lock. I haven't had to do any diagnosing on mine. Does the display on the instrument panel display "D" - or if not, what does it display when you shift to the "D" position?

Try searching through www.smartcarofamerica.com

From what's said on the local internet group, best local dealer appears to be the Oakville smart center.

 

[LiNK666]

This is more baller

[video=youtube;f0PMXnYmxWk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0PMXnYmxWk[/video]

I heart smart cars

If you can't get it fixed easily my friend has a Turbo Busa Smart kit that'll drop right in your smart car

 

[ToSlow]

it coded itself out, likely a wrench light on in the the cluster. iv'e changed a few clutches on these cars, there is an electronic shifter that engages the clutch, if it don't see the engagement it will code out automatically should be pretty easy to fix. only problem is Mercedes wont help you unless you pay them Hugh sums of money to fix it. if you can get it scanned for codes would be a start.

 

[RockerGuy]

Welcome to german luxury cars, pain in the arse to diagnose. Thank goodness I washed my hands clean of them

 

[Wasted]

They ended up swapping out the shifter unit itself under warranty. Got lucky and dodged a pretty expensive bullet there.

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