Tl* the contact owns a 2013 smart fortwo. The contact stated that the motor hesitated and the accelerator pedal was slow to respond and accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the spark plugs, brakes, and rotors, but the failure continued. The contact constantly had to change gears back and forth due to the transmission being slow to change over. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact took the vehicle to more than two independent repair shops for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failures and was unable to supply a permanent remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 11,000.
Acceleration & cruise control
2013 Smart ED Acceleration problems
Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2013 Smart ED's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on December 15, 2015. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.
- Complaints
- 1
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Acceleration complaints
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data