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Smart Fortwo engine life - is this true?

Our MB/Smart Service Dept reckon we will need a new engine at 70,000 miles. The car goes as well and uses the same amount of oil at 65000, current mileage, as it did at 44000 miles; about 2Lt/10000miles. Sounds like sales talk to me. What sort of engine life could we expect doing about 10,000 per year?

Asked on 27 July 2012 by Ian Machin

Answered by Honest John
MB only ever warranted this engine to 25k miles. Some go on to past 100k miles, but not many.

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