ForFour longevity - highest mileage?

[mutley]

My 1.5 95hp manual diesel is just coming up to 150k miles and is still going strong.  Only significant issues have been with wear-and-tear replacements of running-gear components (no surprise there), and had the dreaded rear bushes done last year.  Air-con packed up a few years ago and was just too expensive to fix so has been left u/s, but otherwise all is well and it's still in use for my daily commute and clocking up over 15k miles per year.

Anyone else out there with big(ish) mileages on their cars, and has anyone seen any problems starting to crop up at high mileage?  I'm going to keep running it until it goes "pop", I just wish I has a crystal ball and knew when that "too expensive to be worth repairing" fault was going to happen!

[CrazyG]

It could be a very long time before your beloved CDI 'bites the dust'...
as MB tested the CDI engine for over 1 million miles !

With regular servicing and the use of good oils etc there is no reason
for you to give the life expectancy of your CDI a second thought.
Other parts may wear out many times, but that engine will keep on going.

[Alex]

~241.000kms so right around 150 thousand miles myself with my '04 1.3 manual.

One rear bearing packed and the tailgate and drivers door actuators died, and all 4 springs and rear shocks changed.

Other than that just regular servicing, oil, filters, discs&pads, spark plugs and aux belts were changed, and lots of body panels over the years.

Engine and gearbox are still strong and will more than likely last another 150K but other parts are showing their age. A/C command pannel sometimes snags, heat setting has a mind of it's own in days when it's cold but not freezing, windscreen wipers start working only after a couple of minutes after the engine was started, headlights are dim, door seals are perishing...

If something major fails i hope i can find a donor car and repair mine.

[steddie eddie]

G'day mutley,
At just over 100k KM mine is just run in i think.....lol.
Greetings,
Eddie.

[mr singh]

my 1.1 had 133,000 miles when i sold it 18 months ago...

[lil.smartie]

One of the cdi's we look after just flew through mot again at nearly 190,000 miles

[BlackCDI]

175.000 km now. Love it more than ever
That 3 cyl CDI is a beast.


BUT MAN I MISS THE 6th GEAR!!!!!!! Drive from Amsterdam today made me think of it.
My dad was with me, he drives A class w169 with basically the same engine and 6th gear added.


Driving 130 kmh at 2.500 rpm is tedious sometimes in my 44

[mr singh]

if its the 'same engine' in the W169 then have a look to see if the 6 speed box will mate up to the forfour...

[CrazyG]

Just seen a 2005 silver 1.5 CDi manual for sale on ebay with 201,532 miles !
(ok, so it needs a new EGR valve, but it's fixable and still drives)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-SMART-FORFOUR-PASSION-CDI-68-SILVER-SPARE-AND-REPAIR-/232259695362?hash=item3613c1b302:g:Aj8AAOSwB-1Yudgw

[mr singh]

i don't like how the drivers seat belt is buckled and the 'across chest' section is over the head rest... shows that the driver doesn't care for there safety much.

is a 12 year old diesel with 201,000 miles on the clock... its low for a diesel, id expect it to have at least close to 240,000 miles given the age

[mutley]

Car got through its MOT today with over 161k on the clock, 25k in the last 12 months.  Looks like it will be with me for another year at least!

[Problemchild]

 

nice

JJ

[Scoobysook]

That's good going. On the mot and 25k in the last year. What's your range like to a full tank roughly?

[mutley]

Range is a little over 500 miles before the warning starts to flash - so somewhere in the mid-late 50s mpg.  That's on a steady 45-mile each way commute, all A-road / dual carriageway at 70mph on the GPS (about 76mph indicated).

[CrazyG]

My remapped 1.5 CDI AMT gave just over 600 miles when
I 'rode shotgun' behind the S2smarts race truck and trailer
down and back to the middle of France on 2 occasions...
all at 55-60 mph. Was a bit boring mind....