If you want to remove the dashboard, it's a good chance that it's because it looks like this. Airbag go pop. I bought this brand new replacement dashboard direct from smart. December 2022 is cost me £330. Every generation of smart gets harder to remove the dashboard....
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453 Glovebox Removal
Removing the glovebox is one of those annoying jobs that requires a lot of other things to be moved around it. This is for a Right Hand Drive car but for a Left Hand Drive it should just be the mirror of what you see below. Pull the surround away from the glovebox....
453 Belt Change
Post yourself under the car on the right hand side. You'll see a cover that partially covers the crankshaft pulley. This sucker has got to go. Grab yourself a 10mm socket and take out all of the bolts that hold the cover to the engine. Get off the floor (make all of...
R-Link: Go To Your Local Dealer
This seems quite rare but some people (mainly Renault owners) are seeing the below fault on the R-Link radio (smart media system). Go to your local dealer No thanks. I found this on a smart EQ I bought that had been lightly crashed. Luckily I had all the replacement...
Coding DAB To 453 R-Link Stereo
If you have the R-Link stereo and don't have DAB radio, you can probably* code it with DDT4All for free in about 5 minutes. Older models of 453 may not have the hardware but that's covered later. This was in a car I was playing with. It had the R-Link stereo but no...
453 EQ Power Display
What Do The Lights Mean? There are 12 LEDs in an arc over the top of the dash pod. If you don't know what they mean, they could look random. However, it's not random but the info it tells you isn't exactly important or interesting. It's just showing how much power you...
453 Brake Light Switch Removal
Look up underneath the dashboard at the top of the brake pedal. Twist it a quarter turn anticlockwise and... ...it'll pop up out fo the bracket. Disconnect the electrical connection and that's it. Movie Time x
453 Fortwo Quarter Glass Removal
The quarter glass is the small triangle glass piece on the back of the door. First, remove the side window and then remove the door panel. At the front of the door handle, you'll find the 1st Torx bolt. Remove it. At the bottom of the rail is the final Torx bolt....
451 ED HV Disconnect Plug
If you are doing any electrical work on your 451 ED, you really should disable the high voltage battery. This is easily done. Make sure the car is turned off before disabling the HV battery. Look underneath the dashboard, next to the fuse box. See the red plug, pull...
451 ED Onboard Charger
I'd been driving my 2013 451 ED for over 4 years with very few issues. Once a year it would cut out but restart immediately with no issues. The error code was about the contractors and they were quite loud when they closed. Then in Q3 2022 I started getting a warning...
453 Wiper Mechanism Removal
Remove the bonnet and remove the scuttle panel and scuttle bucket. Underneath the removed scuttle panel and scuttle bucket is the wiper mechanism. Remove the 4x 10mm bolts, lift the assembly from the car and disconnect the electrical connection. Right Hand Drive Left...
450 600cc Steering Wheel Info
Can I Use a 700cc Smart Fortwo Steering Wheel On A 600cc Smart Fortwo? Yes. Will The Paddles Work? No. Can I Use a Smart Roadster Steering Wheel On A 600cc Smart Fortwo? Yes. Will The Paddles Work? No. Can I Use a 600cc Smart Fortwo Steering Wheel On A 700cc Smart...
Roadster Air Filter Change
You will need a screwdriver to aid removal of the air box lid. Open up the rear of the car, lift the carpet and take off the engine bay lid. Using the screwdriver flip back the 4 clips as circled above. Due to the clearance it isn't very easy to get the lid out of the...
Roadster Clutch Actuator Servicing
Originally there were 3 options to fixing a slipping/badly adjusted clutch. Have the clutch actuator retaught on a star machine. If that couldn't be done as the machine bought up errors, New clutch actuator fitted. This was the option given to me at smart. If that...
451 CDI Exhaust Removal
45bhp Diesel Exhaust Remove the rear panels and the crash bar to get good access to the exhaust. Disconnect the breather pipe by squeezing the hose clamp with pliers... ...and pulling the pipe off. You have 2 options regarding the lambda sensor. If you are fitting a...
451 CDI Turbo Removal
The 45bhp diesel turbo and the 54bhp diesel turbo is the same unit. The only difference is the way that the wastegate is controlled. The 45bhp wastegate is boost controlled and the 54bhp wastegate is vacuum controlled. Once you've removed the rear panels, crash bar...
450 Door Catch Removal
Remove the exterior door handle and exterior door panel. Remove the 3x Torx45 bolts. Disconnect the 2 electrical connection from underneath. Clean them up with electrical contact cleaner as they tend to corrode. Cut the cable tie that holds another electrical...
450 Lower Fuse Box Pin Out
The lower fuse box is ONLY found on the 450 fortwo with the 600cc petrol and 800cc engine built between 1998 and December 2002. It's located under the carpet, under the seat on the nearside of the car. You don't have to remove the seat but it does make things...
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451 Lambda Sensor Removal
Euro 4 Lambda Exhaust Remove the rear panels and the crash bar. Spray both lambda sensors with PlusGas before attempting to remove with a 22mm spanner. The upstream sensor in in the upper elbow. The 2nd is in the silencer. This uses the same 22mm spanner. Disconnect...