Smart 453 Camshaft Control Solenoid
The smart 453 3-cylinder petrol engine utilises a camshaft control solenoid that is located in the top of the timing cover on the right hand side of the engine (easy …
Smart 453 DCT Clutch Replacement & Adaption
Before reading this you might want to check out my previous post on this transmission: Smart 453 6DCT250 DCT Transmission / Clutch Deep Dive GETRAG 6DCT250 Clutch Pack The 6DCT250 …
Smart 453 Transmission Fluid / Oil Change
Drain plug: 8mm Allen KeyFluid: 1.7 Litres of Castrol Transmax Manual FE 75W The very early Smart 453’s have a filler plug on the side of the differential housing which …
Smart 453 6DCT250 DCT Transmission / Clutch Deep Dive
Unlike earlier smart cars that featured an automatically actuated single clutch manual transmission, the later “Twinamic” version introduced in the 2014 to 2019 (A453) Smart ForTwo and ForFour models employs …
Smart Fortwo 451 Transmission Wiring Loom Damage
If you’re having shift issues on your Smart Fortwo, P0707 & P0914 error codes [The signals from the incremental sensor of component M17 (Gear motor) are implausible] that you just …
Smart 451 Gearbox Selector Motor
The gearbox selector started playing up on our 2009 Smart Fortwo and diagnosing the fault led me down a rabbit hole of trying to understand how the selector motor works …