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2015 Smart Coupe 2 DR RWD

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Recalls
7
Complaints

Safety Ratings.

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Frontal Crash
Side Crash
Rollover
Overall Front Star Rating

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Front Driver Side
Front Passenger Side
Overall Side Star Rating

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Driver
Passenger
Overall Side Pole Star Rating

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Rollover Star Rating

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Rollover Risk: 21.2%

Complaints
Recalls

7 Complaints

for 2015 SMART COUPE
04/21/2021
Components: SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Incident Date: 04/21/2021
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ3BA2FK******
Summary

CAR HAS MAJOR DELAYS MANY TIMES WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS PEDAL - YOU CAN BE TURNING INTO TRAFFIC AT TIMES AND THERE'S A MAJOR DELAY TO PROPEL THE VEHICLE FORWARD WHEN YOUR FOOT IS ON THE PEDAL - THIS DELAY IN GETTING THE CAR MOVING COULD CAUSE A MAJOR CRASH. MOTOR MOUNTS WEAR OUT UNDER 50,000 MILES SEEMS TOO SOON WHEN COMPARED TO MOST OTHER VEHICLES - SUSPENSION (SHOCKS) COME SUPER HARD FROM THE FACTORY.

10/15/2020
Components: AIR BAGS
Incident Date: 07/23/2020
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEK3BA4FK******
Summary

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A SAFE DISTANCE BEHIND A LINCOLN NAVIGATOR WHEN THEY FOR NO REASON SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND STOPPED. I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THE NAVIGATOR. THE REAR OF THE CAR WENT UP INTO THE AIR CAME DOWN AND SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. MY WIFE WAS INJURED. SHE SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB CUTS AND SCRAPES AND CHEST PAINS. NO AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED IN THE CAR AT ALL.

02/11/2019
Components: POWER TRAIN
Incident Date: 02/08/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ3BA1FK******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SMART FORTWO COUPE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MERCEDES-BENZ MANHATTAN (212-629-1600, LOCATED AT 770 11TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10019) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,700.

01/10/2019
Components: TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Incident Date: 12/01/2016
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ3BA3FK******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SMART FORTWO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH OLMSTED (28450 LORAIN RD, NORTH OLMSTED, OH 44070, (440) 716-2700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR CAUSED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TO SEIZE. ALSO, THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

07/24/2017
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 07/22/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ3BA9FK******
Summary

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED-WAS NOT OUT OF GAS- TOOK A WHILE AND STARTED BUT SHOOK VIOLANTLY AND DIDN'T STAY STARTED- WAITED A WHILE LONGER AND IT STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME.

05/02/2017
Components: SERVICE BRAKES
Incident Date: 04/22/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ9AA9FK******
Summary

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES FAILED, BRAKE PEDAL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO DEPRESS WITH NO BRAKE RESPONSE, AND A WARNING LIGHT INDICATING A BRAKE FAULT CAME ON. FORTUNATELY, DRIVER WAS ON A SLOW MOVING CITY STREET AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP USING HAND BRAKE FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP. OTHER ELECTRICAL RELATED GLITCHES IN THIS CAR CAN BE 'RESET' BY TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING. DRIVER TRIED THAT, ERROR CLEARED, DRIVER PROCEEDED CAREFULLY, TURNING ONTO A QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET. BRAKES WORKED FOR TWO BLOCKS, BUT ON 3RD BLOCK SAME THING OCCURRED APPROACHING A STOP SIGN - BRAKE PEDAL BECAME UN-USABLY STIFF WITH NO APPARENT BRAKE RESPONSE, INDICATOR LIGHT CAME BACK ON, BRAKES DID NOT WORK, HAND BRAKE WAS AGAIN USED TO SLOW AND STOP VEHICLE. TWO MORE ATTEMPTS TO RESET, NO CHANGE, USED HAND-BRAKE WHILE MOVING VEHICLE OUT OF STREET AND INTO A LEGAL PARKING SPOT. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER INDICATES THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE, FIXES PROBLEM, BUT DEFLECTS ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF A PRODUCT-WIDE RECALL. DEALER NOTES ON REPAIR FORM ARE EQUALLY EVASIVE, CLAIMING THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM BUT DID FIND FAULT CODES IN THE COMPUTER. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT SMART/MERCEDES IS TRYING TO HIDE A KNOWN BRAKE FAILURE DEFECT THAT COULD EASILY RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC AND FATAL CRASH - HAD THE DRIVER BEEN ON THE FREEWAY OR A VERY FAST MOVING BUSY STREET, THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE ENDED WITH A SIMPLE HAND-BRAKE PANIC STOP. THIS ISSUE, A RUBBING WIRE HARNESS THAT THEN CAUSES A SHORT, IS WELL KNOWN ENOUGH THAT THEY HAVE AN INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT - IF IT IS THAT COMMON, THEY NEED TO RECALL ALL IMPACTED VEHICLES AND FIX/REPLACE/IMMOBILIZE/REINSULATE THE DEFECTIVE WIRE HARNESS WHERE IT RUBS ON THE FRAME, AND THEY NEED TO DO IT BEFORE SOMEONE IS GRAVELY INJURED OR DIES DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT.

09/30/2015
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 05/16/2015
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WMEEJ3BA6FK******
Summary

I HAVE TAKEN CAR BACK TO DEALER WITH COMPLAIN THAT SPEED INDICATED ON SPEEDOMETER IS 10% LOW. THEY SAID COULD NOT FIX AND MERCEDES SAYS IS WITHIN TOLERANCE. SINCE MY WARRANTEE IS BASED OFF OF MY ODOMETER AND THE CAR AND IT IS INCORRECT BY 10% I AM LOOSING 10% OR MY WARANTEE. THEREBY THEY ARE VIOLATING THE AGREEMENT OF WARANTEE AT PURCHASE. THEY ARE REFUSING TO CORRECT PROBLEM OR ISSUE EXTENDED WARANTEE.

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