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Premium Mod Roadster Indicator Faults452 Roadster

Roadster Indicator Faults It's surprisingly normal to hear Roadster owners come up against a strange issue along the lines of: 1 or both indicators come on and stay on when I indicate. 1 or both indicators come on and stay on when I turn the car on. 1 or both sides...

Premium Mod Roadster Indicator Wiring

Key:
E = Earth
C4/8 = Connection plug 4, pin 8
Fuse* or F* = Direct connection fuse number
Black Yellow = Wire colour

Modules are labeled in the picture.

Normal Mod Roadster Inner Door Removal452 Roadster

Lever off the front of the interior door handle. It's just clipped on. Remove the two Torx 25 screws holding the handle to the door panel. Pull the handle clear. Pull the bottom of the door panelaway from the aluminium interior frame. It can be easier from the...

Premium Mod Roadster Interior Lights Wiring452 Roadster

Key:
E = Earth
C4/8 = Connection plug 4, pin 8
Fuse* or F* = Direct connection fuse number
Black Yellow = Wire colour

Modules are labeled in the picture.

Normal Mod Roadster Interior Roof Trim452 Roadster

Fold down the sun visors... ...and remove the Torx25 screw found underneath. Pull the sun visor from the panel. Lever out the plastic pin on the far edge. Repeat the same above steps on the other side of the car. Grab the front of the panel and pull down to unclip the...

Normal Mod Roadster Internal Door Handle Fix452 Roadster

If your Roadster interior handle stops opening the door but you can still feel that the cable is attached you are suffering from a very normal problem. It's not the cable or the lock but the handle itself. Remove the exterior door panel. Feel through the weather...

Premium Mod Roadster Island SMD LEDs450 Fortwo452 Roadster

The Roadster uses a great deal more surface mounted LEDs than the For2 which restricts the changing and what colour filters you can use.

Normal Mod Roadster Key Fob Battery452 Roadster

How Do I Know It Needs Changing? When the battery gets low, the indicators will flash nine times in quick sucession when you lock or unlock the car. From this point onward, you have approximately 100 uses of the remote central locking fob before it won't open the car...

Premium Mod Roadster Keys Stopped Working452 Roadster

Both Keys Don't Work When I say "don't work", I mean nothing. Not even the indicators flashing 9 times. Sometimes both keys will be temperamental but both will either not work at all or work OK. Firstly, check that both key batteries are OK by fitting new ones (not...

Premium Mod Roadster Larger Oil Sump Pan452 Roadster

More Oil, More Better OK, the grammar is terrible but facts are there. The more oil your engine has available, the slower it will degrade. Now, I'm not saying to put more oil in your engine, that'd be terrible. What we need is a bigger sump. Bigger Sump, Bigger Cost?...

Premium Mod Roadster Lateral Movement Sensor452 Roadster

ABS warning light on? /!\ Light on as well? Busted out your generic error code reader and got any of the following codes? P2039 C11D2 C11F3 Sounds like your lateral movement sensor is shafted. What Does The Lateral Movement Sensor Do? It measures the G force of the...

Normal Mod Roadster LED Headlights452 Roadster

The Roadster Headlights Are Crap Preach! The whole optic set up for the standard Hella headlights are terrible. The reflectors are tiny and the projector lenses are inadequate. The light collection and throw of the 90mm Hella lights just doesn't light the road very...

Normal Mod Roadster Light Cover Tabs452 Roadster

The Roadster headlight covers are held in with tabs that don't want to let go, this can lead to breakages which we don't want so let's modify

Normal Mod Roadster Lower Light Removal452 Roadster

Remove the front panels from the car. Disconnect the indicator and side light and, if you have them, disconnect the fog lights. Unscrew the 2x Torx screws from the light units and side the unit towards the outside edge of the panel to unclip it.