How To Add Water To A Smart Car

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In 1998, the first smart cars came out. There are both electric and gas-powered Smart cars in the line-up. The Smart car is made so that most routine maintenance, like adding water to the washer fluid, is easy for the owner to do. In the Smart car’s owner’s manual, there are steps and times for regular maintenance.Fold the service flap levers outward and lift the front of the service flap to take off the service flap on a Smart car.

Find the reservoir for the windshield washer fluid in the front compartment next to the left headlight.

  1. To open the cap on the windshield washer reservoir, lift it up.
  2. In 1998, the first smart cars came out.

To open the cap on the windshield washer reservoir, lift it up.

Fill the reservoir with water or a mix of water and windshield washer fluid until the “maximum” mark on the reservoir is reached. Use the mixing ratios given in the owner’s manual for your Smart car.

Close the cap on the windshield washer reservoir and put the service flap back on.

Fold the service flap levers in toward each other to lock the service flap in place.

According to the owner’s manual for a Smart car from 2008, mix the following amounts: — above 0 degrees C (32 degrees F): 1 part of summer-marked windshield washer concentrate to 100 parts water — -10 degrees C (-14 degrees F): 1 part windshield washer concentrate marked for winter to 2 parts water — -20 degrees C (-4 degrees F): 1 part of winter-marked windshield washer concentrate to 1 part of water