Tag: Repairs
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Why I use a Smart Car specialist!
I’ve been asked more than once, why I take my Fortwo all the way to SmartCars in Ringsted, 30 km away, instead of using one of the local garages, of which there are plenty of in this area. The question is often accompanied with a “…it’s a 15 year old vehicle, surely <Insert name here>,…
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Unresponsive throttle and low RPM
As mentioned at my last trip to the smartcars garage, it still had a few issues with cold starts. I was hoping that it would get better, and that it only was coke deposits, that needed to be burnt clean, after they fixed the other issue I had with it regularly going into limp mode.…
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Visiting the Smartcars workshop
I’ve previously bought spare parts for my old Smart Fortwo coupe, from the garage smartcars.dk, but this is the first time I have used their garage. Actually I tried to contact them, back when I had issues with my Lambda sensor, but I couldn’t get hold of them by email. This time I had better…
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Getting the soft top unstuck on a Smart Fortwo
I got rather nervous, when the soft top on my Smart Fortwo Cabrio began to get stuck, when I tried to close it, and had to help it shut by pulling its sliders manually, while operating it. It started doing it two weeks ago, but the last few days it has gotten far worse, and…
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Engine light and Limp mode
My Smart Fortwo’s engine light lit up today, and the engine management sent it into “Limp mode”. Next trip will be to the mechanic. Well actually the next trip was to the mechanic anyway, because it’s going to have a service tomorrow, after being parked in its garage, for a long period of time. When…
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My Smart Fortwo has a broken coil spring
I heard a small, sharp bang while driving on a gravel road, and upon closer inspection the front right coil spring had snapped. When it happened, I had no idea of how much Smart needed to be removed, to be able to change it for a new one 🙂 Well, off with the entire front,…