Screw you, smart.

"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
05/29/2019 at 16:22 • Filed to: None

New HV battery box filled with 2.5 garbage barrels of vermiculite. It gets everywhere. It takes an hour to clean out just to get to the battery. They don’t pay us to unbox this shit. You know how Christmas makes most people feel? Full of love and happiness? I’m the opposite x1000 right now. Do not approach me at work today.

Smarts are the only things I'm working on today. I mega-loathe smarts.

DISCUSSION (34)

benn454 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:31

Your poor shop vac.

TysMagic > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:32

I feel like that dramatically increases shipping costs

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:32

Not all vermiculite has cancer causing asbestos but...

Kinja'd!!!

Brickman > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:36

But it makes for a great addition to water loving plants :D

Thats probably like $1 00 worth of vermiculite . Think of the savings!

Ash78, voting early and often > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:40

We once made an offer ( accepted) on a house, only to find during the inspection that the entire attic — 1-story and 2,500 sf -- was filled with about 6" of this stuff. It was pretty common insulation back in the 50s and 60s, and most of the old stuff had asbestos. The seller had it tested and proven to be asbestos-free, but we still backed out. The stuff just gets everywhere, and it’s not very good insulation to start with.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:41

thats not sawdust?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:45

So Smart batteries are shipped with complimentary asbestosis?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > benn454
05/29/2019 at 16:47

I scooped most of it with an old coolant jug that I cut up. But yeah.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:47

man.. my cats would have been in that box soon as you opened it

thats a whole lot of kitty litter

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TysMagic
05/29/2019 at 16:47

No idea. But it makes them safe to air ship from Germany. So saves a ton of time.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Brickman
05/29/2019 at 16:48

I don't have a green thumb though.

TysMagic > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:49

does that stuff serve any additional purpose now? Could it be vacuumed out of that box?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
05/29/2019 at 16:49

Nope. I could see how it looks that way in the photo. But no, definitely not.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/29/2019 at 16:50

Yup!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/29/2019 at 16:50

You could use it that way! But it's so light they would just track it everywhere.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TysMagic
05/29/2019 at 16:52

Makes the battery safe to air ship from Germany. So saves a lot of time that way. It can be vacuumed but you need to empty the shop vac about 10 times. I scooped 90% of it out with an old coolant jug that I cut up, then vacuumed the rest.

Mercedes Streeter > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:54

New HV battery? How many miles did the victim have before its factory HV died?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:55

honestly... my cats track everything everywhere.... they are assholes

but for the time being they seem happy enough to have a sandbox outside

Chariotoflove > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 16:59

Is it worse than styrofoam dust that sticks to everything and can’t even be vacuumed up?

benn454 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 17:00

I bet smart has a special aircraft aluminum coolant jug that they'll sell to your service department for $500.

XJDano > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 17:09

I know the feeling. I’ve cleaned out a few attics with this stuff.

Ever heard of Libby, Montana?

I’m sure what your unpacking is safe.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > XJDano
05/29/2019 at 17:11

Libby, where the asbestos is made up and the lies don’t matter.

dogisbadob > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 17:13

Kinja'd!!!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Mercedes Streeter
05/29/2019 at 17:18

Almost 10k. This is my first one. But the other smart electric certified guy in my shop has done like 10. In 6 months. Failures happening new on the showroom floor. 451 electric? Great! 453 electric? Trash.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Chariotoflove
05/29/2019 at 17:19

No not that bad. No static here.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > benn454
05/29/2019 at 17:20

Fuck smart.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > XJDano
05/29/2019 at 17:20

Yeah, this variant is safe luckily.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > dogisbadob
05/29/2019 at 17:22

You would have to empty it 10 times. The battery itself is in a large plastic bag. There are ratchet straps on the outside of the bag holding it all in place. This shit gets inside all of the little creases. And you need to be careful not to get any into the electrical connectors on the battery itself.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 17:54

As I am pulling timing chains off of a n ew QX80 and saw this .... honestly I kinda miss working on Smart’s. Kinda. But not really as I was the only electric certified person in the shop.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > GoodIdeaAtTheTime
05/29/2019 at 18:59

There’s only the two of us. I miss 451 electrics. Those were great to work on. Literally every other smart can fuck itself. Especially 453 electric. I would rather do SLS airbag recalls all day every day than one 453 battery.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/29/2019 at 19:52

I’ve done exactly 1.5 453 batteries. I quit half way through the second one. For other reasons, not the battery . And t hat car sat like that for about 2 months until they could get the next guy trained on Smart electrics . I think he quit not long after. Saw him delivering parts for NAPA once.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > GoodIdeaAtTheTime
05/29/2019 at 20:07

The actual work isn't hard. It's what the job pays, all the paperwork, the self discharge measurement that takes an hour with the SDS hooked up the whole time, cleaning up the fucking vermiculite. And the fact that they took away all the best functionality points of the 451 electric and added in a bunch of stupidness for the 453 as far as serviceability goes.

Mercedes Streeter > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/30/2019 at 14:32

Geez...I think I’ll stay away from the 453 electrics. Good job, smart.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Mercedes Streeter
05/30/2019 at 16:10

I’ll let you know if they improve as production goes on. This one is a 2018.