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Took car in to Mr Freeze.  Sounds specialized but it’s a full service auto repair shop.  I show up for a/c service and, of course, it’s the hottest day of the year so far (34C) and he’s swamped.  But he fits me right in partly due to the fact it’s a Smart car and his son drives an ‘06, partly due to the fact I have the front grill removed, partly due to the fact he knows Glenn quite well and partly due to my ability to look sorrowful and helpless. 🥺 This was a full evac/recharge of the system rather than a top up as I had in 2018.  He also added dye to the coolant to make it easy to find a leak(s) should the need arise in the future.  Now it’s like a meat locker in my car.  Hasn’t been like this for several years as the refrigerant slowly faded/leaked. Many, many thanks to Bob, owner of Mr Freeze.  He seemed quite knowledgeable in the eccentricities of Smarts, and I recommend anyone check him out.  FYI… Glenn, everyone’s favourite Smart repair guy, will likely be out of the picture for a while with a hip replacement next week. Hope im not telling secrets, but this may be a service path in the short term for anyone with a problem. Stay cool everyone !!  Oh and btw, my driver’s side front turn signal doesn’t work now.  Loose bulb?  Just another little problem.  

Hope someone has some knowledge on this happening. I recently disconnected my battery to remove a permanent battery charger setup I had installed and put back everything as it was. When I started the car up again the park brake light ( park brake is off ) is on as well as the abs light and the yellow exclamation light. They stay on and won’t go out. The car runs fine as before except for these new lights on the dash that won’t go out. Any ideas ? 

Took car into Glenn’s shops so he could pop off the front grill.  Needed to remove to have access to A/C. Taking car into a shop for a system recharge.  It was ‘topped up’ in 2018, but weakened last year to nothing now. i hope it just needs charging.  I’ll keep y’all posted. I tried for a hour+ sitting in a chair in my garage to remove grill.  I have limited abilities due to broken hip. My efforts brought me as close to crying as when I was passing kidney stones years ago. 🥵

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