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2005 Smart Other Repair Question


Topics covered: Battery, Abs, Alternator.
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Asked on March 16, 2011

Battery flat

I have a Smart Forfour, the battery has been flat, changed the battery and absolutely no electricity whatsoever (no clock on dashboard etc), think new one was duff - but when I put the old one back in although the clock shows etc I can't jumpstart it with leads - any ideas?
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Replied on March 16, 2011

Use a DVOM check voltage at BATT then from BATT POS to engine block

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Replied on March 16, 2011

Understand the meter reading from battery -but where do I test after that ? Could it be an issue with the alternator ?

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Replied on March 16, 2011

suspect battey cable or connection fault. so measuring voltage fron batt terminal to block will test good connection

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