Hi Bill etc So is Mercedes or Smart now going to match other EVs with a 100k mile 8 year battery/drive train warranty and provide a service manual with a Canbus obd2 reader and not require annual bogus dealer padding checkups to keep the battery warranty in place? Have a renewable energy day Mark in Roanoke Va
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 24, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Bill Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's what my local expert says: > > "Go take a look at the Smart Club of America forums because this has been > discussed and Mercedes Benz is not only turning off that program but they > have no interest in going after the vehicles that came off lease. In fact the > legal responsibility is on whoever bought the vehicle at auction they signed > the paperwork and they're the ones that are on the hook for it, if it's > changed hands at a couple dealerships you got nothing to worry about. I want > to say yours the battery was bought out right because the guy who originally > owned it lived in Sanford and that's why it's got such high mileage" > > I will check out the forums when I have a chance. > > No, it does not have a way to shut it off remotely. I suppose they could try > to keep the car if I took it in for service, but I don't think they would > have any legal grounds, since I have no contract with them. > > Bill > > > >> On October 24, 2017 at 4:52 PM Mark Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Bill >> When I called smart 2 years ago they said that they track used cars and >> force the new owner to either pay an additional $5k or about $99 battery >> payments. How did you get around that? Did they change their policy? >> Best regards >> >> Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
