Problem with my Smart
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight to everyone on this sub! I hope life finds you well!
I've got a Smart Fortwo 451 Pure non-MHD 71hp from 2008, bought in December of last year second handed as my first car. I've been loving it! However, since mid January, my car as started to show some problems that I can't understand.
Sometimes my car rumbles a lot, like changing gears or gets stuck trying to change gears, like when it changes from 1st to 2nd, the car takes like 2 to 4 seconds to change gears, and when it changes, the car jerks a lot, it almost jumps. Sometimes it gets stuck in 2nd gear and when i stop, the car stalls, and then to start I have to wait like 5 minutes to reset the gearbox. And other times, I'm driving normally and randomly the N with the engine gears shows on my visor, again, making me wait 5 to 10 minutes to reset the gearbox.
It used to be like 2 or 4 times a month, not normal, but not terrible, but now, it's all the time. Driving my Smart is like playing Russian Roulette, I may get lucky and nothing happens, or I can get 1 or 2 problems, or all of them at once. I'm starting to get worried.
I've taken the car to a mechanic and they found nothing, likethey did a diagnostic test on the car and they found nothing that may explain this behavior.
However, I've noticed that sometimes my car struggles to start, or sometimes my lights dim for like a second before becoming normal again. So I'm thinking it may be a battery issue, i don't know.
I'm going to a battery shop this week to test the battery and see what it can be.
I'm open to advices, i genuinely don't know what it can be and driving the car like that is very scary and unsafe.
Thanks for reading!
Hoping to hear from you guys!