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smart Fortwo 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin SMB-54-10-08 · NHTSA communication 10053507 · issued Nov 21, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Smart: information provided, on certain vehicles, regarding the handling and replacing of an hv battery,on electric vehicles. Models 451.390/391, 490, 491. No model years listed. *pe updated 3/4/14. *pe

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.