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Dec 11, 2022

Suzuki Jimny Crash Safety Ratings

Are you wondering what the crash safety ratings are for your new or used Suzuki Jimny?

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Jan 21, 2020

Peggy

Hi, I just bought a Jayco campervan. It is a very small one with only 1 side having a pullout bed. The other side doesnt have an opening. The Tare rating

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Sep 19, 2019

My first jimny

I just bought my first Jimny & will need it to tow a 6 x 4 to the local tip with green waste, but i cannot see where a tow bar could possibly be connected

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Nov 17, 2018

Rock around the clock - while swerving

it is about the jimny, with weight on the roof, rocking sideways as soon as you swerve a bit (jimny with 50mm lift from old man emu). It also rocks when

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Sep 15, 2018

jimny steering wobble, Maths has the solution

....this is an issue the plagues all classic car enthusiast, including the modern day suzuki jimny. you have heard solutions from thicker shims on the

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Jan 17, 2017

jimny towing 2009

Hi , I have a 2009 jimny which I would like to tow a camper with. Reading your article gave me some hope as my jimmy has the ABS . After calling Suzuki

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Dec 18, 2016

Me and Jimny

Absolutely love my Jimny. He is the man in my life and we share great times. Sad I know but he is so much fun. We also suffer with the dreaded steering

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Sep 22, 2016

Steering

steering wobbles at 60mph when u break suddenly

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Mar 26, 2016

2009 Jimny and Tiny Rough Roader

My wife and I traveled from Pretoria to Cape Town which is roughly 1 500Km one way for a 2 week holiday during February 2016. The Jimny is my wife's runaround

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Oct 02, 2015

Driving my 99 Jimny from Melbourne to Darwin, any tips?

Driving my 99 Jimny from Melbourne to Darwin, any tips? Its my first time driving across state lines. Does anyone have any tips? I'm concerned with my

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Jun 10, 2015

Overheating after 350km

I have a 2008 automatic Jimny and I regularly do a 400km drive. The car goes well until around the 350km mark when it starts to overheat badly and I have

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Apr 21, 2015

Kayaks

Hi there, I am planning to buy a Jimny and wonder if anyone can share their experience with carrying kayaks on the roof of the Jimny. We need to carry

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Jan 03, 2015

To Buy or Not To Buy?

Hello, My wife and 3-year old daughter will be moving to the Philippines in 2015, and are planning on buying a brand new automatic 2015 Jimny. I have

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Mar 24, 2013

Child safety?

I cannot find an NCAP rating for the Jimny. We are looking at a Jimny for my husband's car primarily, but we may use it as a back up car if we need to

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Aug 01, 2012

2 Nights Winter Bush Camp (2 people + child)

This is just our winter escape list. Even though we bring a shovel, we tend to camp where there's a drop toilet nearby. Capacity 1300 kg Weight 726

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