2015 Smart car Brabus question.

[chief916]

OK....i'm a little confused here.  have spent the past 2 hours on the Resource site trying to answer a question.  Having done that...I now turn to the guys who have them on the HDT site.  I have a 2015 Smart Brabus....and believe me here...up until last month I had no idea what a Brabus was, having said that the DW and I took a trip down to Alpharetta GA to look at it.  Gorgeous car...we bought it...loaded it up on our TH and started home...bent an axle, for those who remember on our TH, at Blacksburg SC...bobtailed it home...30 days later we go back to pick up the TH with the Smart still in the garage.  get it home and drive the Smart around, you know, looking spiffy and full of myself and then I finally notice about a week later that when I start the car up...I keep getting this little flashy thingy that looks like a wrench in the LED screen that shows the MPH and time and all that.  I spent all last evening reading the users manual and I'm still not sure if that little flashy thingy..ie: the flashing wrench is supposed to do that.  I might add that after a couple of seconds or twelve, when I put it into gear and start driving in auto....it stops flashing.  Can any of you guys tell me if this is normal???  

Ben

[PaHunter]

Not sure what it is, but I am sure the fix is expensive.

[Roger & Margaret]

The wrench is the maintenance light and it can be easily reset.  Here is one of several videos that shows you how to reset it.

 

 

[Darryl&Rita]

Before you reset the maintenance symbol, make sure the maintenance has been done. Otherwise, get it done. 

[HERO Maker]

Like Darryl said.  You must have just passed the 10k increment mark on the odometer, or your coming up on it.  If not, then it just might need serviced for something else.  Don't wait.

[TreyandSusan]

451 Service Schedule  & Reset Service Indicator

[HERO Maker]

OK, so I'm going to need to check and see what size I have to determine length of service, or look into the owners manual and see what it says to keep it covered under warranty.

Thanks for the info Trey.

[billr]

Good advice not to ignore it! Take it from me having records of the service will save your bacon if you have a failure during warranty and other obvious reasons. 

We lost an engine with a blown head gasket last year on our 2011 Smart. When the head gasket went the antifreeze abd syn oil mixed causing the oil to congeal all through the eng. Kaput!! 

Was in last month of 2 year Ext warranty. They tried to deny but in the end replaced with new engine at their cost of $10k. 😳

Proof of service was a big deal. 

I had even done my own services. But that was a battle with them but records meant everything. I think in the future dealer service while under warranty will be my plan. 

[chief916]

Thank you all for this info.  Trey....this info is invaluable...thank you so much.  The only thing I did when we got home was to replace the air filter with a K&N and dry cleaned the engine with a small brush and compressed air.  I may have triggered something to set off the maintenance wrench.  I'm a little over 21000 miles.  It could be that when they serviced the car when we bought it...they forgot to reset it.  

Thanks again.

Ben

[Brad & Jacolyn]

My wrench starts blinking every 10,000 miles. I think it is telling you to change the oil. I change my own oil every 8500 so I just reset the indicator when it comes on. I have the directions in the car but it always takes about 5 tries before it resets.

Brad

[Darryl&Rita]

The wrench is a lot more than an oil change indicator. There's a whole list of service items to be checked at each service interval.