2008 SMART FORTWO COUPE ESP

Let the fun begin!
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with
your smart fortwo coupé or smart fortwo ca

brio and read through the Operator’s Manual
before setting off. This will ensure you get
more fun out of your vehicle
and avoid dan

ger to yourself and others.
This Operator’s Manual contains very impor

tant information about how to safely and ef

fectively operate the vehicle. It is important
to note that this is a unique vehicle. It is obvi

ously smaller than most vehicles on the road
and, for this reason, it can provide both
unique experiences and special responsibili

ties. It is extremely important that you read
this entire Manual and that you familiarize
yourself with how the vehicle works. Some of
the features may be different from the fea

tures on other compact passenger vehicles.
Should you have any questions about the vehi

cle and how to safely operate its features,
please use common sense and contact smart
dealer representatives, who are available to
help you.smart is a vehicle manufactured by
DaimlerChrysler, distributed in the United
States by the Penske Automotive Group, and
sold and serviced by independent, authorized
smart centers.
Because of this vehicle’s unique characteris

tics, we strongly recommend that you service
and maintain the vehicle only at authorized
smart service facilities. A list of service facil

ities is available by calling smart Customer
Assistance representatives at:
1
800
762
7887.
Although we cannot prevent you from servic

ing the vehicle at facilities other than smart
authorized facilities, this is not advisable.
Optional extras are identified with an
asterisk *. The equipment in your vehicle may
vary depending on the model, version and
availability. smart is constantly bringing its
vehicles up to the very latest state of the art
and reserves the right to modify them in form,
equipment and engineering.Should you find that a particular feature in
this manual is important to your decision to
purchase the vehicle, we recommend that you
personally check the vehicle to ensure that
this feature has been installed before buying
the vehicle.
The Operator’s Manual, Quick Guide and Main

tenance/Warranty Booklet (USA only) or Ser

vice/Warranty Booklet (Canada only) belong to
the vehicle. You should always keep these
documents in the vehicle and make sure that
you pass them on to the next owner if and when
you come to sell your smart.
Please contact an authorized smart center if
you have any further questions.
The Technical Documentation team at
DaimlerChrysler AG wishes you many happy
hours at the wheel.

>> Keywords
5
Display message
Data bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Shifting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Display, see Multifunction display
Door control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Door locking system
Locking and unlocking from outside . . . . 83
DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Drive lock function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driving off
Uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driving safety systems
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Activating the hazard warning flasher . . 76
ESP
® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Hydraulic brake assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
>> EElectric fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Electrical and electronic devices, see Engine
electronics
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Electronic Stability Program, see "ESP
®"
Emergency Tensioning Device . . . . . . . . . 53
Emmission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Malfunction indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 305
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Pressure indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
EPS (Electronic Power Steering)*
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
ESP
®(Electronic Stability Program) . 73, 243Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Exterior lighting
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
See also Brake lamp
See also Front fog lamps*
See also High beam headlamps
See also License plate lamps
See also Low beam headlamp
See also Parking lamps
See also Sidemarker lamps front/rear
See also Turn signal indicators
See also Turn signal lamps, side
Exterior rear view see Mirrors
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
>> FFirst
aid kit* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 265
Fluid capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Front fog lamps* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 255
Front lamps
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

>> Keywords
7
>> KKey
Replacing the transmitter battery . . . . 252
With remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 134
Kilometer reading, see Trip odometer>> LLabels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lamp in the overhead control panel . . . . . 64Lamps, indicator and warning
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Air bags, SRS indicator lamp . . . . . . . . 246
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Engine malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
EPS* warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
ESP
® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Front fog lamps* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
High beam headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Low beam headlamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Passenger air bag off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
TPMS combination telltale . . . . . . . . . . 239
Turn signal indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Layout of the poly
V
belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
License plate lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Light alloy wheels
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299Lighting
Automatic headlamp mode . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Coming home function* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Daytime running lamp mode . . . . . . . . . 103
Exterior lamp switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Front fog lamps* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
High beam flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 223
Multifunction display, instrument
illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 141
Parking lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Limp
home mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 185, 204
Locking
And unlocking, inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
And unlocking, outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Loss of
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Service and Warranty Information
Booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Low beam headlamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Product information
16
>> Introduction. We recommend using Genuine smart Parts as
well as conversion parts and accessories
explicitly approved by smart for your vehicle
model.
We have tested these parts to determine their
reliability, safety and special suitability for
smart vehicles.We are unable to make an assessment for
other products and therefore cannot be held
responsible for them, even if in individual
cases an official approval or authorization by
governmental or other agencies should exist.
Use of such parts and accessories could
adversely affect the safety, performance or
reliability of your vehicle. We strongly recom

mend that you not use them.Genuine smart Parts as well as conversion
parts and accessories approved by us are
available at your authorized smart center
where you will receive comprehensive infor

mation about use and installation of appropri

ate parts.

Operator’s Manual
>> Introduction.
19 Maintenance
The Service Booklet describes all the neces

sary maintenance work which should be per

formed at regular intervals. It is important
that you service your vehicle in accordance
with the prescribed maintenance schedule.
Failure to do so may render your vehicle un

safe, it may affect the durability of the vehi

cle, and it may otherwise void the limited,
express warranty.
Always have the Service Booklet with you when
you take the vehicle to your authorized smart
center for service. The service advisor will
record each service in the booklet for you.
Roadside AssistanceThe smartmove Assistance (Canada) and
smart1 (USA) Program provides factory
trained technical help in the event of a break

down. Calls to the toll
free Roadside Assis

tance number
1
800
762
7887 (in the USA)
1
877
627
8004 (in Canada)
will be answered by smart Customer
Assistance Representatives 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Roadside Assistance will be provided in
accordance with standard program guidelines
which include providing service to the vehicle
up to a reasonable distance from a paved
roadway. We will make every effort to assist in
a breakdown situation, however, the accessi

bility of your vehicle will be determined by our
authorized smart center technician or the tow
service provider on a case
by
case basis and
may be a factor in our ability to respond.Additional charges may be applicable for a
breakdown location determined not to be a
reasonably accessible roadside location as
determined by our authorized technician and
tow service provider.
For additional information refer to the smart
Roadside Assistance Program brochure in
your vehicle literature portfolio.

Symbols
>> Introduction.
21
Trademarks:
•Bluetooth
® is a registered trademark of
Bluetooth SIG Inc.
•ESP
® is a registered trademark of
DaimlerChrysler.
The following symbols are found in this
Operator’s Manual:
!
Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your vehicle.
i
Helpful hints or further information you
may find useful.
*
Optional equipment is identified with
an asterisk. Since standard equip

ment varies between models, the
descriptions and illustrations in this
manual may differ slightly from the
actual equipment of your vehicle.
G
Warning!
Warning notices draw your attention to
hazards that may endanger your health or
life, or the health or life of others.
>
This symbol points to instructions
for you to follow.
>
A number of these symbols
appearing in succession indicates a
multiple
step procedure. (several >)

page
This symbol tells you where you can
find additional information on a top

ic within this Operator’s Manual.

Vehicle data recording
26
>> Introduction.
Information regarding electronic
recording devices(Including notice pursuant to California Code § 9951)
Please note that your vehicle is equipped with devices that can record vehicle systems data.
This information helps, for example, to diagnose vehicle systems after a collision and to continuously improve vehicle safety.
smart may access the information and share it with others
• for safety research or vehicle diagnosis purposes
• with the consent of the vehicle owner or lessee
• in response to an official request by law enforcement or other government agency
• for use in dispute resolution involving smart, its affiliates or sales/service organization and/or
• as otherwise required or permitted by law.

Instrument cluster (miles)
>> At a glance.
35
Function
Page
1
Selecting display for status
indicator
Setting digital clock
138
138
2
Left indicator lamp display
with:
¡Low beam headlamp
indicator lamp
AHigh beam headlamp
indicator lamp
HCombination low tire
pressure/TPMS
malfunction telltale
=SRS indicator lamp
102
104
239
245
246
3
LLeft turn signal
indicator lamp
247
4
vESP
® warning lamp
243
Function
Page
5
KRight turn signal
indicator lamp
247
6
Speedometer
7
Right indicator lamp display
with:
GEPS* warning lamp
±Engine malfunction
indicator lamp
¬ABS indicator lamp
;Brake warning lamp
243
242
237
238
8
Adjusting instrument cluster
illumination
Setting digital clock
141
138
9
Right center indicator lamp
display with:
PEngine oil pressure
indicator lamp
DCoolant temperature
warning lamp
242
241
Function
Page
a
Multifunction display with:
• Fuel level display
• Transmission position
indicator
• Main odometer display, or
when active, distance to
next maintenance service
• Digital clock
• Outside temperature
display
136
137
136
138
136
b
Status indicator with:
• Trip odometer display
• Maintenance service
interval display
• Reserve fuel indicator
139
139
136
c
Left center indicator lamp
display with:
–Battery indicator lamp
238