Changing Colour of Smart Car with Panels

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Permalink Reply by Brabus007 on October 17, 2009 at 7:03pm

Hi,... How many miles on that 2008 you just bought...???
Yes you can change them Panels yourself, and buy panels from the dealer or buy panels that other owners are selling... Its vary easy to change panels...

Note: make sure your car has the Free 2.0 firmware update, and remember the first sign of shifting problems, to get it to the Dealer for a NEW Clutch ASAP... Its a problem with 2008's...!!! There is a New Improved Clutch for this known problem...

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Permalink Reply by Anestis on October 18, 2009 at 12:11am

Thanks for the reply. My car had 16000 kms. Is the free 2.0 firmware something I can do?

Is there any way to tell what firmware I have? I watched a youtube video and one of the things they did was switch to gear mode from drive mode by just hitting the paddles. Is this a 2.0 feature ?

Thanks for your help!

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Permalink Reply by Anestis on October 18, 2009 at 4:04pm

haha. i dont know if this is by chance BUT my engine light JUST went on today and when my car is shifting I can hear it being louder like its almost grinding. Taking it in tomorrow to get it checked.
I wonder if that is the shifting problem?

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Permalink Reply by Anestis on October 18, 2009 at 4:54pm

well i took of the gas and put it back on and its fine now. as for the engine sounding lounder, i had pulled up to a tim hortons with the window down and never had heard the engine before. iv'e always driven with the windows up. How loud is a smart engine supposed to be?

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Permalink Reply by Brabus007 on October 18, 2009 at 12:56am

Its a Dealer installed Shifting update to the Cars Computer... Dealer could check to see if its been updated...

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Permalink Reply by SATO on October 19, 2009 at 3:40pm

If you tap the (-) paddle on your steering wheel IN DRIVE, and the dash turns to a number "1,2,3,4,5" instead of "D" you have the transmission flash update on your 2008 Passion or Cabrio. Pures, I don't know how you would check as they don't have paddle shifters. to re-engage "D: drive you must hold the (+) paddle for 2 seconds... and the dash will turn back to "D".

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Permalink Reply by Anestis on October 19, 2009 at 6:39pm

cool, i got the update then!! thanks!

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