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I park mine for the winter, remove the battery, before reinstalling it in the Spring, I give it a 4 hr. charge, install it and turn the key. I also change the oil when it tells me to.

This is my first diesel, can one do a compression test and narrow down the cause?

Previously to parking the 05 CDI ( 145K) for the winter, I got the PO302 and about a month later the P0303. It would fire up on the first pull but run rough (2 cylinders I'm guessing) until it warmed up a bit and as soon as I drove away increasing the RPM (high fuel pressure), it drove as it should for the rest of the day. But as the temperatures dropped (from 10C, the above example, to 5C and then around 0) it would take 4 pull cycles to keep running, but again once the fuel pressure increased, it would run fine for the day. I'm leaning toward replacing injector (s). I was also putting injector cleaner in every other tank, it made no difference. What should I do when Spring rolls around?

A cabrio would have done better, the ladder at a 45 may have pulled it off. I brought back 2x4s that way and felt secure on the drive home:)

I erred yesterday by backing into a hedge that had the invisible Bell phone box hidden in there (not the pale green one but a steel one, must be old). Anyway damage was done, I have the larger of the broken pieces but at the moment haven't found the small one. I am looking at Gorilla tape from behind as the temp repair. Is the small third rear bumper panel available or does one have to get the whole unit? Any available?

Not the brake switch, I tried 2, I am concerned about bypassing since someone mentioned above that it might brick the car if one bypassed the SAM. I am going to try a parallel bypass and see what happens. Item 12 on my list of things to do....

Follow up troubleshooting, I have 12V+ on both sides of the fuse with brake on and off. My obd2 reader is simply a code reader, I would need a more precise one, suggestions? I was thinking a grounding issue, I've read lately someone asking for all ground locations. Is that available? A question about Day running lights, do the rear top lights come on with the daytime running lights?. Mine are always on (rears) Lastly, does someone have the wiring diagram for the brake circuit? Thanks

The 05 CDI has no brake lights, it had...The brakes lights used to work prior to the ABS/caution light coming on (which was associated with the using the hand brake, shifting and brake pedal). Now the brake lights do not work at all. Did the obvious, bulbs, fuse and brake switch. I am leaning toward a wire/connection/solder in the SAM. Can I just bypass the SAM by connecting the brake switch wire to piggyback fuse holder on an existing fuse in the fuse box? Or is there something more obvious that I am missing?

I took a tester to the old brake switch, definitely u/s, re-inspected the new one to see if it was defective, I got readings with the tester, so I will say it functions. At the moment I have no brake lights, ABS and caution light are on. I checked the rings, clean and unbroken, pick up sensor is in the same condition. bulbs, fuse all good. Now working on the grounds.

I replace the brake switch a few days ago, it made no difference, prior to that, I found the top rear lights always on with the car running and sometimes the front left blinker light is always on. I did the obvious first, I checked the fuse and the bulbs, all good, sounds like a grounding issue to me, where to look?

Follow up troubleshooting; on start up the dash is clear of lights, at idle in the driveway, pump the brakes a few times, nothing, hand brake up and down a few times, nothing, in gear and hand brake down, abs/caution light turns on, also , foot on brake in gear, release foot brake, abs/caution light turns on. Would this be associated with the brake sensor under the car under the brake pedal?

After 5.5 months of winter storage, Smartypants kicked over about 4-5 times and sparked right up!! Prior to storage (few days) I lost power (I think I mentioned this in a post last Fall) my troubleshooting consisted of inspecting the waste gate arm and the EGR. While looking at the EGR I noticed a wire hanging down with a sensor dangling. It was the AIT, cleaned and reinstalled and the power is back. My question, why did it not throw a code? ABS/caution triangle; also previously mention but hey, this is a new season so I will start all over. The light(s) have come on before and maybe a month later would just go out and life is back to normal. When it happened again, I took a closer look at the ring sensors, and their respective connectors, all looked clean. What is my next troubleshoot?

I was finishing my quick TransEuropean tour when I spotted the next generation Smart #3 in Nantes,France. First impression was that this was not a small car anymore.

If I saw this in my rear view mirror, I would be pulling over at once....

I feels like limp mode but I can hit 4000rpm, maybe it is my sensitivity but as I accelerate, I feel/hear air escaping ever so lightly behind me, I checked that out with my neighbour but did not find anything. My previous limp mode was limited to exactly 3000, so I am leaning toward Xen0 above. Checked OBDII yesterday, nothing. I did however find a new oil patch (size of a couple of loonies) at the end of the suspension arms joined at the center (right behind the bumper) it looks like the oil is traveling down the sloped arm all the way down to the left near the corner bumper.. Looking at the oil source today. the 05 gets parked on Saturday for the winter. I have not swapped out/blanked the EGR, on the todo list.....