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John K. Bond
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Tranmission problems here too...
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I have only had my Smart for 2 yr's and only have 21,000 km's on it... But it has been to the Dealership 8 or 9 times with Transmission problems! I had to get towed in several times due to the Stuck…
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michelle Marie Odrzywolski Aug 27.
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Very interesting....I too am experiencing the same mechanical problems. I will let you know how I am taken care of and would be interested in some form of recourse if not taken care of properly make sure you document everything as it's your best mea…
I would get a scan gage ll and read the code off it when it dose happen. Had about the same thing with a Dodge dealership and an oil leak they could not find until i parked at dealership down the road from them and the oil leak showed up in there dr…
I've had my smart for just over 2 yrs & have had no problems. However, a wrecker driver I talked to today (we own a body shop) told me he has towed 5 in the past 2 weeks, and he was told there IS a recall. I haven't been notified yet, though.
From what I have been told by the local Handler here in Kaiserslautern and a Smart enthusiast in the UK, this is a North American problem. The shifter is set-up like a normal automatic transmission with Park, Drive and the typical Automatic Creep. C…
I have only had my Smart for 2 yr's and only have 21,000 km's on it... But it has been to the Dealership 8 or 9 times with Transmission problems! I had to get towed in several times due to the Stuck Shifter, and I am also experiencing the car not m…
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- Im 56 and I am on Disability, and have a strong interest in the Environment...(which is why I chose the SMART).. ... There are many things about the SMART that I like... but the Service Dept. at my Dealership must be totally incompetant... Cause EVERY TIME I take it in for something... It ALWAYS has to go back for the SAME THING days later cause it was done WRONG... I want to feel safe in my car, not like Im going to DIE today!!
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Michelle,
It's not just volume of smarts in Europe..
The fault lies with smart USA and the special transmission shift and programming for North America.
France, UK, Australia... in fact most the world, have the original transmission shift design w…
AHHHHHHHHHH FURIOUS!!! I AM DEALING WITH THE SAME EXACT CRAP!!!!!!!! GOT THE RUN AROUND FOR 3 WEEKS!!!!!!
well American companies and to be fair most others as well want to sell you the NEXT one and people are suckered into the whole Bigger, better, more horsepower, 45 cup holders, gps/cd/dvd/bluetooth/backup camera... crap. most gadgets can be had as a…
hope all goes well tonight Stacey! They apparently are going to hook my car up to some computer device and reprogram the transmission.....think that's what they told my husband. Hopefully my problem is being resolved:) You know when I was in Paris t…
my car's in getting fixed for the ac today and i have the extended 5 year warrenty so if they call me up for cost i'm going to flip my s**t on someone...i warned them in a half jokingly way (cause they know i'm not too happy with their service) that…
Very interesting....I too am experiencing the same mechanical problems. I will let you know how I am taken care of and would be interested in some form of recourse if not taken care of properly make sure you document everything as it's your best mea…
Hey also had the air conditioning problems. Don't know if we're allowed to say but the dealership I normally go to is great they fixed it no problem. I was just too far from that dealer to be towed:( They really seem to know what they are doing! Thi…
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