jbcollier

Can't help you with your issues on your older ED but the Grand Prairie chap was wondering if a Smart ED is a "smart" choice in cold climates. I'm a wee bit further south in Edmonton and I would say yes if you have a modestly heated garage for it at the end of the day, and a 240v charger. Battery performance is reduced with cold temperatures, the car has to warm-up very cold batteries before use (otherwise the battery will be damaged) and the 110v charger takes too long a time. Combine all three with all night outside parking outside, and you have a car that will take a long time before it's ready to drive and possibly never properly charged. If you have heated garage parking and a fully charged battery (240v charger) then it's no problem at all. Perfect winter car with amazing traction, instant toasty heat and reasonable range. We'll never buy another combustion-engined car for city driving.

I was told the next service requires a battery coolant change. Raised my eyebrows a bit as most coolants are good for much longer.

Proper winter tires make a huge difference. Make sure you use windshield washer antifreeze and throw a brush and scrapper behind the seats and you're done. We have a 450 from new (2006) and now the 453ED, both saw there first miles in winter and get driven daily regardless of the weather or season.

Took my 2017 Smart ED in for its first service. They did the service, washed the car and gave me a bottle of "Mercedes" water all for $125. I'm a retired mechanic so I know the local shop rates, and I know there is sweet diddly to do on an electric vehicle, but that is cheap. Didn't even bill me an hour.

It takes a lot longer to charge with 110v. Other than that, no difference. Perhaps you are not quite getting a full charge with 110?

Another '17 453 chiming in but our ambient is substantially lower here in Edmonton. It mostly goes from garage to garage but a few times it has been parked outside at sub-20°C for hours at a time with no heat issues. I think you need to bring it back to the dealer.

There is this site: https://www.smarttekinfo.com/SmartTek/index.jsp But you have to have a credit card with a billing address in the US.

These are not standard OBD codes. They would be Smart specific.

I have a pair of Philips H4 LED bulbs and ballasts on order. The LED bulbs are longer as they have cooling fins. Hopefully they will fit in the housing.

The alarm wasn't consistently sounding the horn when engaged and it had started going off in the middle of the night. A wee bit of searching on the internet came up with the diagnosis: front service compartment cover not pushing the sensor pin far enough in. One solution is to fit a plastic rivet where the pin strikes on the cover. Still under warranty as it's not even a week in service yet so I didn't want to be drilling holes. I just fit a rubber vacuum cap with a 3/16 ball inside onto the sensor's pin. Sleeping much better now, thank goodness.

Found this: https://app-453.secure.smart.com/app/#/choose Not sure it is operational yet. Will not bring up an actual log-in screen.

Use less power as well, 35w vs 55w.

... but it is just an info app. No link to the car.

Different name brings it up: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/smart-experienc-e/id1248183749?l=en&mt=8 You have to search for it using an iOS device. Search for: smart experience-e

Having grown used to HID lighting, the H4 headlights are not inspiring. It's just a city car so I guess it isn't that much of an issue.