Servicing mileage

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 5, 2009 at 7:08pm

the US smart has 10,000 mile service intervals. today i hit 7,500 miles and the wrench blinked when i started it at 7500 miles, i guess meaning i'll need service in 2500 miles. i did my first oil change at 5200 miles. i plan on 5000 mile oil changes and getting dealer service at the 20K mile intervals.

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Permalink Reply by susan on January 6, 2009 at 12:39am

I think it depends on time interval as well as basic oil change (desiel, gas, etc). I thought the service was at 15 000 km, but when I had my car in, they said it should have been around 10 000 km. Having said that, my wrench came on one day to the year of car being "built" date.....having not been reset as to purchase date.
I didn't get the "mileage" counter on mine as I got the 1, 2, 3, 33, etc instead (counting days past service).
I contacted Smart Canada who in turn contacted my local dealer and they called me to answer my question and book a service to look at it just in case it was something other than date (yes I did look to find the date my car was made because it was about 2 months early). So I recommend you call them and see what they say...

Susan
Heh, we got a chinook today - anything above -5oC is soooooo nice, even if we had the wind as well. Now, if the feet of snow on the raod would melt (hmmmm..... ok, maybe not all melt tonight... but got snow and ice tires for am).


Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 6, 2009 at 8:55am

hmmmm, my car was built in december '07 and it did flash a "-1" in the odometer space.

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Permalink Reply by NS320 on January 7, 2009 at 5:02pm

Rang the dealer and they said it was dependent on use.

So booked it in. Have to say I'm a little disappointed that it needs servicing so soon.

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Permalink Reply by sheureka on January 8, 2009 at 2:03am

The dealer is wrong - it's based on time and/or mileage - whichever comes first. - sheureka

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Permalink Reply by Carlos on January 8, 2009 at 4:27pm

Correct, the dealer is wrong. I don't get it why they advise you wrong.. Want to get some $$$
This "problem" is that the car starts to count when it 's build. Not when it's delivered.

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Permalink Reply by susan on January 8, 2009 at 7:42pm

Yes, but they will reset it when you get there, or......
You can reset it when you buy it (if you read the manual,and press the right buttons, etc.

Susan

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Permalink Reply by NS320 on January 9, 2009 at 4:11pm

Thanks for the info.

How do I check the build date?

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Permalink Reply by susan 1 day ago

It is really easy - something I learnt as a kid.
Driver's door, inside on the frame is a metal plate that has (near the rear side, mid way up before the window):
tire pressure - in the case of the smart, front and back (how many have noticed you have two different sized tires?)
serial number, etc
date built on

Susan (ps - all cars have this)

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Permalink Reply by NS320 1 day ago

Ta.

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