Smart Fortwo Coupe

Owners filed 23 complaints across 4 model years of the Smart Fortwo Coupe. The 2008 drew the most (20); the 2016 the fewest (1).

Model years4

Complaints23

Recalls3

Fires1

Deaths0

Every Smart Fortwo Coupe model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2016	1	1	—	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2015	2	1	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2014	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
2008	20	0	1	—	Power Train	Routine

Which Smart Fortwo Coupe years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2008 is the weakest year on record, with 20 complaints concentrated in the power train.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

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