Smart Fortwo
Registered from 2008 to 2020.
About this model
The Smart Fortwo is a two-seater city car manufactured and marketed by the Smart division of the Mercedes-Benz Group for model years 1998–2024. The car was sold across three generations — each using a rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and a (generally) one-box design body shape. Much like the original Volkswagen Beetle decades earlier, the Smart car's identity is interchangeably associated with both its brand name and its model name.
From the Wikipedia article Smart Fortwo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Optional |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 930 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2018 | 930 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 205 Wh/km · 93 km electric range · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2017 | 930 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.7 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 6.0 motorway · 205 Wh/km · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2016 | 930 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.7 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 6.0 motorway · 196 Wh/km · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2015 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 6.9 L/100km city · 6.2 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2014 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 6.9 L/100km city · 6.2 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2013 | 790 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 6.9 L/100km city · 6.2 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2012 | 790 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 6.9 L/100km city · 6.2 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2011 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 6.0 motorway · 242 Wh/km · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2010 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 5.7 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2009 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 5.7 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2008 | 840 kg · 1870 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (EPA) · 7.1 L/100km city · 5.7 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Pedestrian alert sounds
Defect petition, opened January 2023, closed August 2023.
Engine Compartment Fire
Engineering analysis, opened September 2017, closed August 2018.
Engine Compartment Fire
Preliminary evaluation, opened December 2016, closed November 2017.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Smart filed 24 bulletins about the 2019 Fortwo.
- Electrical system: 10
- Exterior lighting: 6
- Steering: 3
- Power train: 2
- Visibility/wiper: 2
- Equipment: 1
- Single throttle lift-off clunking noise from the side shaft when moving off (audible at the outboard end). The noise is heard once in each instance when changing direction of travel. Note: Sound file… · July 2026
- Complaint There are several types of complaint about noises or poor windshield wiper wiping performance: A: Wiper blades squeaking, chattering, shuddering B: The windshield is not wiped completely… · May 2026
- Complaint Headlamp, front fog lamp leaky or fogged. Cause Fogging of the headlamps is a natural phenomenon, which can occur under certain climatic conditions. It does not lead to any technical… · April 2026
- Complaint The following symptoms with electrical range: • Displayed electrical range is implausible for charging process (SOC) . • Displayed electrical range reduces rapidly after short period of… · December 2025
- Complaint Single throttle lift-off clunking noise from the side shaft when moving off (audible at the outboard end). The clunk is heard once when changing from forward to reverse (and vice versa).… · June 2025
- Complaint Headlamps leaking or fogged Cause The fogging of the headlamp is a natural phenomenon which can occur under certain climatic conditions. In contrast to a leaky headlamp, physical fogging… · May 2025
- Complaint Headlamp, front fog lamp leaky or fogged Cause Fogging of the headlamps is a natural phenomenon, which can occur under certain climatic conditions. It does not lead to any technical… · May 2025
- Complaint During a phone call, the called party has difficulty understanding/cannot understand the driver, or interference/background noises are audible to the called party during a call. It becomes… · March 2025
16 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.