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My smart has been dropping into limp home again so I booked it into smart Manchester and took it in last Wednesday. After drinking their free coffee, using the free wireless, looking at the £60k CLS Estate, £102k C63 Black and £190k SLS Convertible I was told that they'd reset the engine warning light...
They told me that they hadn't enough time for a full diagnosis so would need it back. Manchester is about an hour away and the M62 is interesting to say the least when in limp home mode. I took it back on Friday (limp home mode 3 times on the way there) and left it with them, no calls today to update me on their findings. I'll call them tomorrow.
In comparison my 911 also went into limp home mode last Tuesday, I called my local Porsche specialist on Wednesday morning and booked it in for Thursday (it took 2 weeks to get a booking with smart Manchester). On Thursday my 911 was plugged in the diagnostic software said misfire on cylinder 1, a new coil pack was fitted the car tested put back together then road tested and I was on my way again within the hour and just £93 lighter in the pocket.
They told me that they hadn't enough time for a full diagnosis so would need it back. Manchester is about an hour away and the M62 is interesting to say the least when in limp home mode. I took it back on Friday (limp home mode 3 times on the way there) and left it with them, no calls today to update me on their findings. I'll call them tomorrow.
In comparison my 911 also went into limp home mode last Tuesday, I called my local Porsche specialist on Wednesday morning and booked it in for Thursday (it took 2 weeks to get a booking with smart Manchester). On Thursday my 911 was plugged in the diagnostic software said misfire on cylinder 1, a new coil pack was fitted the car tested put back together then road tested and I was on my way again within the hour and just £93 lighter in the pocket.