2008 Smart Fortwo Coupe problems, complaints & recalls

2020-06-23 · Steering · 61,500 mi

“power steering fails while driving and becomes like steering a mac truck extremely difficult to turn the wheel forcing the vehicle to go straight instead of turning causing the car to come into oncoming traffic. *tr…”

2016-10-17 · Engine And Engine Cooling · 80,000 mi · 🔥 fire

“while driving down the north dallas tollway i heard a sudden loud "pop" noise in the back of my car where my engine is located. it was startling enough to pull off onto the shoulder of the highway and exit my car immediately to see where the noise came from. upon exiting my vehicle, i saw coming from the back of the car where the engine is locate…”

2015-09-25 · Power Train · 38,326 mi

“several times my 2008 smart will not go into reverse gear.or start sometimes as explained in many other post here. mb said that its my clutch assemby, mb report says (1) transmission need to be removed inspect clutch disk pressure plates and thowout bearing/ clutch will not teach in causing engine lamp cost $1359.00 and if that dont work (2) clutc…”

2015-09-01 · Power Train · 22,000 mi

“this car has periodically failed to go into reverse and drive. last event that i experienced is when i actually realized it to be an safety issue. i got into my car that was parked in my drive way to take my daughter to school. i started the car as usual and proceeded to place it in reverse. it was backing down the driveway as i believed it should…”

2013-11-19 · Power Train · 38,760 mi

“i own 2 of the 2008 smart fortwo automobiles (pure & cabrio). both have periodically been balky shifters (stuck when trying to move the gear selector out of park). one has briefly refused to shift into any gear, independent of the gear indicated. both have briefly refused to shift out of park... until today when my wife was stuck in park at a red l…”

2013-08-15 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 39,630 mi

“this being a 2008 smart passion for two......a leaking gas tank on a 4 year old vehicle......contacted mb/smart at their headquarters in nj...trying to get them to replace this under the manufacturer defective part to no avail. local mb/smart dealership charged me $1717 for its replacement.....no vehicle should lose its gas tank being only four yea…”

2011-09-10 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · 25,646 mi

“driving on ca70 south towards plumas lake blvd. exit, braking lightly from 55 mph to 35mph to exit the freeway caused abs and electronic stability program (esp)((electronic stability control)) exclamation lights to light up which denoted the abs and esp disabled. when coming to a stop at the stop sign, the smart was shut down and restarted to rese…”

2011-02-08 · Electrical System · 53,945 mi

“1.high failure rate of heater blower motors. 2.high replacement cost $340+ (price gouging) for a blower motor based on the believed high current failure rate. 3.3 blower failures have occurred in 54k miles. 4.vehicle was new in 4/2008, i am original owner 5.no heat creates a high safety risk to consumer who use the vehicle in extreme weather co…”

2011-01-19 · Structure · 2,000 mi

“the plastic roof in my 2009 smart fortwo had been cracking substantially from either heat or cleaning chemicals. *tr…”

2010-08-26 · Structure:body · 5,300 mi

“crazing and failure of makrolon (polycarbonate) roof on all smart for two coupes from 2008 to present. polycarbonate (pc) material the transparent roof panel is made from disintegrates from uv sunlight or heat beyond its 150f rating exacerbated by smart's sunshade inside the car. pc is not resistant to ozone and other chemicals listed here: http…”