2008 SMART FORTWO COUPE turn signal

>> 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

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11
Temperature
Setting (air conditioning with
automatic climate control*) . . . . . . . . . . 152
Setting (heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tire and Loading Information . . . . . . . . . 186
Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tire and loading terminology . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tire care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tire Identification Number see TIN
Tire inflation pressure, checking . . 191, 192
Tire inflation pressure, recommended . . 189
Tire repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 265Tires
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Direction of rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Flat tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Important guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Life of tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) . . 192
Problems under
/overinflation . . . . . . 195
Rims and tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Rotating tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Snow chains* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 203
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 208
Treadwear indicators (TWI) . . . . . . . . . 184
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Top tether* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tow
away alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Towing (Vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 203
Transmission position indicator . . . . . . 137
Transmitting power values see Engine elec

tronicsTransporting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 206, 208
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Treadwear indicators (TWI) . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turn signal indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 255
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Turn signal lamps, side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
TWI see Treadwear indicators
>> UUniform Tire Quality Grading Standards . 202
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
From inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Vehicle manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Unlocking/locking manually . . . . . . . . . . 250
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Cockpit>> At a glance.
33
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Model pure only:
The steering wheel in this vehicle varies from
steering wheel illustrated.
Function
Page
1
Exterior lamp switch
Low beam
Turn signals
High beam
102
104
104
2
Steering wheel
3
Instrument cluster
•Miles
•Kilometers
34
36
4
Wiper switch
Windshield wipers
Rear window wiper
109
111
5
Tachometer*
140
6
Cockpit clock*
140
Function
Page
7
Overhead control panel
Interior rear view mirror
Interior lighting
57 Passenger
front air bag off indicator
lamp
43
97
107
64
8
Upper center console
38
9
Glove box release
Glove box lock
160
160
a
Glove box
smart MP3 interface*
(AUX
socket*)
160
144
b
Gear selector lever
128
c
Starter switch
91
d
Coin holder
Retractable soft top switch
1
1 cabrio
only.
159
114
Function
Page
e
Cup holder
155
f
Right shift paddle
1: Upshift
1 Model passion only.
133
g
Horn
h
Left shift paddle
1: Downshift
133
j
Opening and closing side
windows
Adjusting exterior rear view
mirrors
120
96
k
Inside door handle
85

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

Instrument cluster (kilometers)
>> At a glance.
37
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
3Brake 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

Opening and closing
>> Controls.
83
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USA only:
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follow

ing two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful inter

ference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
Any unauthorized modification to this device
could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.
i
Canada only:
This device complies with RSS
210 of Industry
Canada. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause interference,
and
(2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the device.
Any unauthorized modification to this device
could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.
!
The remote control has an operating range
of approximately 50 ft (15 meters).
This can fluctuate greatly as a consequence of
local conditions (reflective or absorbing
objects) and interference emitted by other
radio
transmission systems. Similarly, the
operating range fluctuates in line with the
direction from which the remote control is
activated.
To prevent theft, however, it is advisable to
only unlock the vehicle when you are in close
proximity to it.
Locking and unlocking from the
outside> Selective unlocking: Press button
©
on
the key once. All turn signal lamps flash
once.
The anti
theft warning system* is disarmed.
The driver’s door and the fuel filler flap are
unlocked.
•Global unlocking: Press button
©
on the
key twice. All turn signal lamps flash once
again. The passenger door and the tailgate
are unlocked in addition to the driver’s
door and the fuel filler flap.
> Global locking: Press button
ª
on the key.
With the doors, the tailgate(s), and the fuel
filler flap closed the turn signal lamps flash
three times.
The anti
theft warning system* is armed.
The indicator lamp on the central locking
switch (

page 85) flashes.
The interior and exterior
1 lamps come on
and then go out again after 12 seconds.
1 Vehicles with rain
light sensor* only.

Opening and closing
84
>> Controls.
Automatic lockingAuto
relock function
The vehicle will lock again automatically within
approximately 60 seconds of unlocking with
the key if neither the driver’s nor passenger
door is opened.!
To prevent an inadvertent lockout, never
leave your key lying in the vehicle.
Drive lock function
The vehicle locks automatically when the igni

tion is switched on and the wheels are turning
at vehicle speeds of approximately 8 mph
(14 km/h) or more. The drive lock function is
enabled at the factory.>Switching on: Switch off the ignition.
>Press the central locking switch
(

page 85) and button
ª
on the key
simultaneously.
An acoustic signal sounds.
The drive lock function is switched on.
>Switching off:
Switch off the ignition.
>Press the central unlocking switch
(

page 85) and button
©
on the key
simultaneously.
An acoustic signal sounds.
The drive lock function is switched off.
Locking and unlocking from the
insideYou can lock and unlock the vehicle from
inside using the central locking or unlocking
switch. This can be useful, for example, if you
want to unlock the passenger door from inside
or lock the vehicle before starting to drive.G
Warning!
When leaving the vehicle, always remove
the key from the starter switch, take it
with you, and lock the vehicle. Do not
leave children unattended in the vehicle,
or with access to an unlocked vehicle.
A child’s unsupervised access to a vehi

cle could result in an accident and/or
serious personal injury.