I love the chuckle of success at the end, the best thank you for the video demonstration

Thanks a ton for this video, my blower just went out last night and I was pissed I might have to shell out 4-500 dollars to get the motor replaced. Did a little extra digging and found this. I'm much happier to pay $5 for some 400 sand paper and 5 minutes taking the blower out.

Thanks for posting this on you tube. The blower motor on our Smart stopped working. It took me 30 minutes to get it running again. The biggest challenge was to get into a "comfortable" position to get the blower out without breaking my back. One hint: The holding latch for the connector is part of the plug and not part of the the socket. To unlock, push the latch with a screw driver towards the plug.

Mine was working intermittently, just did that and the cooper wasn't as dirty but I gave the whole thing a good clean. Hope it will work continuously from now on...

just did mine today, if it worked, it was blowing like "1" when set at "4", cleaned it in 2 minutes with a piece of sandpaper, works like new :)

Thanks!!! you just saved me $$ :) You rock!

Thank you! Saved me $380+ and headache :)

Thanks a lot for the video! Helped me a lot!

We had a rather different problem with our Smart 4 2. The blower was intermittent and when pulled, the brushes which are under a pair of white rubber boots, were worn to the point that the connectors were blocking any other forward travel toward the commutator. I bought brushes (little rectangular profile graphite slugs with the a curved surface matching the communtator diameter on one end and a couple of angle cuts to retain the feed spring on the other) from EBAY, and they were identical to the originals except they were 3 times as long and the conductor pigtail was only a third the size of the original. I am concerned that the brushes might not transmit enough current through the skinny pigtails, so I made flat brade from stranded wire from lamp cord that approximately matched the original pigtails and soldered them in. We just put the motor back in the car, which since we have a US left hand drive edition is a torturous blind operation for someone with a lot of left hand arm strength. The motor now works like a champ, but now it makes a droning noise.

Is there a trick to getting the top latch in place? Don't know how it snap's back in.

Lol that laugh

is that why it stops working? mine has nothing no air at all blowing. can you post un speed up video on replacement. also it there a fuse to check first?

How do you actually take the motor out is what I don't understand? Can somebody please explain?

Do you know where the heater core hoses are to flush it out?

I fixed the fan motor as well but my car always blow hot air even when i slide it to the lowest... Any video or help please!

What dremel attachment did you use?

it should be the same for Smart Fortwo 450 2005?

My blower started making a whining noise, this will fix it? Just wanted to check.

Thank you!!! Using a screw driver to get the wirething out saved my thumbnail! My blower only works on 4 still, but at least it's blowing again!

Why didn't I find this sooner Haha

hey I have been trying to figure out what kind of bolt is holding in the blower?

Hm! A bit quick on the beginning for me to understand how you managed to remove the fan motor, but I got more details here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMh2hLiWzdWZh3k.html

SHOCKER, I have the exact same problem...TWICE. Way out of warranty now at 98,500 miles. - I read one of your comments...it's just one clip to struggle with and it removes? - What about the power connecter? Did it match up like a puzzle piece or did you have to somehow connect it before remounting? Thanks in advance.

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Thank you! This video and (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qsVym6Rkl7qponk.html) both helped me fix my A/C! Thank you both so much for the informative videos!