You didn't pass the active make to template once again.
The code you have posted is not enough so I used sources posted above
insert below the line
$smarty->assign("makes", $makes);
this one
Code:
$smarty->assign("make", $make);
and in tpl:
Code:
<select name="make" style="width: 90%;" onchange="javascript:document.mmysearchform.submit ();"{if $year == ''} disabled="disabled"{/if}>
<option value="" {if $make ne ''}selected="selected"{/if}>Select Make</option>
{foreach item=make from=$makes}
<option value="{$make.makeid}"{if $make.makeid eq $make} selected="selected"{/if}>{$make.makename}</option>
{/foreach}
</select>
I used to take the sheet of paper and make a draft when something is unclear.
