Smart Fortwo Coupe

Owners filed 23 complaints across 4 model years of the Smart Fortwo Coupe. The 2008 drew the most (20).

Model years4
Complaints23
Recalls3
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Smart Fortwo Coupe years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Smart Fortwo Coupe model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Smart Fortwo Coupe model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20161
1——Service BrakesRoutine
20152
1——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20140
1———Routine
200820
01—Power TrainRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.