This price is 22.4 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $4027
Fair price: $4894
High price: $5760
MPG: 33 mpg city / 41 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Blue Metallic
Dealer: Elgin Toyota
Mileage: 77,961
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 smart fortwo pure
Estimated: $32826 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1480
$710
$622
$562
$503
$3877
Insurance
$1559
$1614
$1671
$1729
$1789
$8362
Fuel
$1054
$1086
$1124
$1169
$1221
$5654
Maintenance
$2763
$1513
$830
$472
$2291
$7869
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$410
$410
$410
$410
$410
$607
Total Ownership Costs
$8244
$6108
$5603
$5387
$7485
$32826
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 1000.0
Displacement CI: 61.02374409473
Displacement L: 1.0
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 3
Engine HP: 69.733136
Engine KW: 52
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: SMART
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ CARS
Manufacturer Id: 1042
Model: Fortwo
Model Year: 2008
Other Restraint System Info: Load limiter
Plant City: Hambach
Plant Country: France
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Fortwo
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
I PURCHASED A SMART PASSION ON ABOUT SEPTEMBER 19, 2008. WHEN I WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH THE SALES REPRESENTATIVE, HE WAS SHOWING ME ALL THE FEATURES OF THE CAR AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE SUN SHADE WHICH BLOCKS OUT EXCESSIVE LIGHT FROM THE GLASS ROOF, THE REP. HAD DIFFICULTY OPERATING THE SHADE AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BEING RECALLED. APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING, MY SHADE BECAME COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL IN THE OPEN POSITION. I NOTIFIED THE SMART NATIONAL CUSTOMER CARE CENTER BY PHONE & THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SHADE WAS NOT RECALLED. I'VE GONE ONLINE TO SMART FORUMS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SHADE IS DYSFUNCTIONAL IN MANY OF THE CARS. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR CENTER YET BUT PLAN TO ASAP. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS VISUAL HAZARD DURING BRIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS. ON THE SAME VEHICLE, MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES WHICH WE ARE UNABLE TO GET THE BACK GLASS TO LATCH IN THE CLOSED POSITION. ONCE I WAS OVER 160 MILES FROM HOME. I NOTIFIED THE SMART CUSTOMER CARE CENTER AND WAS TOLD TO TRY TO USE BUNGEE CORDS TO KEEP IT CLOSED. I WENT ONLINE TO A FORUM AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS TOO WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN UNSAFE METHOD TO DRIVE A VEHICLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REAR GLASS TO COME OPEN DURING TRAVEL OR ALLOWING WATER TO SETTLE IN THE VEHICLE DURING RAIN. *TR
2008
POWER TRAIN
SMART CAR HAD HISTORY OF NOT GOING IN REVERSE. "R" WOULD NOT COME UP ON SCREEN, CAR WOULD JUST ROLL FORWARD, HITTING VEHICLE(S) IN FRONT. THEN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, (2 YEARS) CAR WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, (EVEN ON HIGHWAY) COAST FOR A WHILE, THEN SHUT DOWN, AND NOT RESTART. IF YOU WAITED 10 MINUTES, IT WOULD USUALLY RESTART. IF TRIED SOONER, IT EITHER WOULD NOT RESTART, OR ONLY GO INTO NEUTRAL. IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. THE OTHER DAY, AFTER APPROACHING HILL, AT RED LIGHT, CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL, THEN SHUT DOWN, AND BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH SINCE CAR TURNED OFF, AND HIT TWO (2) PEDESTRIANS, CROSSING IN INTERSECTION. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, WAITED 1 1/2 HOURS, WOULD RESTART AT TIMES, BUT STAYED IN NEUTRAL, (10/2013). HAD TO BE TOWED TO SMART/MERCEDES CENTER, QUOTED ME $3000, TO CHANGE ACTUATER, CLUTCH MOTOR, CLUTCH PRESS, CLUTCH PLATE, AND MAYBE MORE IF NEED TO REPLACE CLUTCH. SMART FORUMS ARE ALL FULL OF THE SAME PROBLEMS, WITH THE SMART CARS, ESPECIALLY THE 2008. MANUFACTURER MUST HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE BY NOW, BUT IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM, APPARENTLY CHANGED DESIGN AND CLUTCH PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR 2009 SMART CARS. BUT HAS NOT RECALLED 2008 YEAR WHERE PROBLEMS ARE COMMON, AND VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
