[Ragul]

Originally Posted by vishwaschettri

In my case battery failure cannot be attributed to auto start/stop feature. I had disabled it even before the vehicle left the showroom along with rear seat belt reminder. There is no way I was going to live with SHEER STUPIDITY of suzuki even for a second.



Jump start pack is a good option but I am old school and prefer good old heavy duty jump cables which will never go flat / bad.

Fellow Amaron fan boy here. All my cars run Amaron battery.

Cheers
Vishwas

Well.., Batteries for cars with auto start/stop feature are destined to be a little more heavy duty then regular batteries due to the 10x instances of auto start compared to a regular car. All this is factored in during the design stage and specifications sent to the battery manufacturers. So with every reported failure, we may just be looking at the outliers in the overall QC statistics given that the Jimny and its performance is under heavy scrutiny and every minor detail is being reported online particularly on this forum. Personally I have no issues with the auto-start/stop feature of the Jimny - it appears to start for me within approximately 400msec of pressing the clutch in my guesstimate. And I am proactive in toggling it off in traffic jams that are not at an absolute standstill.

The pocket jump start battery in any case is likely to be used once in 5 years on average ( unless your car battery is dying sooner and more routinely) so I wouldn’t worry about the cables. The wire guage appears to be the same or close, only the length is not humongous like from the 80s era. I wouldn’t do an outstation trip without it. And the sheer instant convenience beats waiting hours for a rescue car of a friend or passing stranger to stop by and help. Amaron has my trust definitely!

[dot_tsi]

Jimny owners in Bangalore, any recommended service centre for the Jimny (preferably around Bellandur area).
Also is there a Jimny owners whatsapp group?

[vikramvicky1984]

Originally Posted by vishwaschettri

In my case battery failure cannot be attributed to auto start/stop feature. I had disabled it even before the vehicle left the showroom along with rear seat belt reminder. There is no way I was going to live with SHEER STUPIDITY of suzuki even for a second.



Jump start pack is a good option but I am old school and prefer good old heavy duty jump cables which will never go flat / bad.

Fellow Amaron fan boy here. All my cars run Amaron battery.

Cheers
Vishwas

Please sharehow you disabled the auto start stop and seat belt reminders
Will be greatly useful to fellow owners.

[dileep]

Originally Posted by vikramvicky1984

Please sharehow you disabled the auto start stop and seat belt reminders
Will be greatly useful to fellow owners.

Here's the fix I used for the rear seat belt reminder.

https://www.team-bhp.com/news/how-i-...y-maruti-jimny

Looking forward to the Start/Stop fix (other than putting it off manually by hitting the button everytime you start the car)

[motorguy]

Can one disable the auto start/stop feature to not start whenever the vehicle is started? To my knowledge there is no way to disable it. One can turn it off (A light showing indicating it is off), but once you start the vehicle it again comes active. So is there a way to disable using the Suzuki Diagnostics software (at Nexa?)?
On a another note, has anyone change the lane change blinkers from 3 flashes to 4 flashes - according to the user manual this can be done - but they say to contact the dealer

[cogWheel]

Originally Posted by vikramvicky1984

Please sharehow you disabled the auto start stop and seat belt reminders
Will be greatly useful to fellow owners.

Originally Posted by dileep

Looking forward to the Start/Stop fix (other than putting it off manually by hitting the button everytime you start the car)

Originally Posted by motorguy

Can one disable the auto start/stop feature to not start whenever the vehicle is started? To my knowledge there is no way to disable it.

There is a auto-stop canceller available on Amazon Japan. Not sure if this will work for the 5-door Jimny.



https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B0C...COPTAEUF&psc=1

Has anyone tried this?

[Andyzoom]

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Thanks!

Originally Posted by Andyzoom

This would be my first post on TeamBHP and I am really excited to write about my Jimny tales.

I have a question for the Pro's in this forum - i have instaled the Iron man and now the Steering wheel is Mis-Aligned by a degree - any reason why that would be the case - i am using the Alpha AT

[fiat_tarun]

Had a nice drive to Rajmachi with a Pune-Mumbai owners group. The trail is 90% doable with 4x2 but is rocky and muddy which the Jimny made look easy thanks to the awesome suspension.

It was a fun drive with a nice group and a must do if you have a Jimny to appreciate the capability of this vehicle. This same trail in the monsoons will be something else !

[GT145]

Originally Posted by Ragul

I didn’t ask for oil change. I had enquired about oil change after the first 1000km not just for engine but also differentials. As for engine they said that with the new composite metals in use within the engine block, there is no risk of metal shavings falling off. In any case it is the job of the oil filter to collect metal shavings that will cling on around the magnetic filter - assuming it’s not all aluminium. As for the differentials I chose to let it be as I did a lot of nitpicking and overthinking with mods to my Gypsy over many years and now I just want to lie back and take it easy. If there was a real and genuine risk then Suzuki would have discovered it from its metallurgical studies during engine design and development and modified the oil change schedule appropriately.

I was just trying to answer your question on if anyone felt there is a change in how car behaves after 2nd service which involves an oil change, which could have been the only common factor in both cases and not referring to the need for an oil change at the earlier stage.

[Chetan_Rao]

Anyone needing a coolant top-up, please ensure the ASC uses the correct recommended coolant (Suzuki Blue Super Long Life Coolant), not the regular green one Maruti uses on all other cars, or worse, just topping up with distilled water (which most ASCs do at first inspection service).

[DDIS_RE650]

Hi Gurus, I have posted some queries on Jimny in another thread and got all the response.
Now I have new sets of queries, please guide me.

1: Is there any upgrade expected from Maruti Suzuki to address high performance and below avg. FE when compared with other MS cars.
2: I called couple of dealers in Patna and they have denied any discount, now the top variant cost approx. 18 Lakhs. Can we expect similar discount by end of this year.

Note: I am not in hurry, can wait for an year for better deal and better product. But for sure only Jimny is going to replace Spark and Ertiga will be there as secondary car. Jimny is as exciting as RE Interceptor was when launched.

[Chetan_Rao]

Originally Posted by DDIS_RE650

...

1: Is there any upgrade expected from Maruti Suzuki to address high performance and below avg. FE when compared with other MS cars...

It's a heavy, tall, boxy car with a naturally aspirated motor. It'll be free-revving, but never have outright grunt or more-than-decent FE. You can't beat physics. Given how conservative Maruti are with motors, don't expect any 'performance' tweaks from factory either. Be sure you can live with the factory spec, or are comfortable making aftermarket performance mods, before taking the plunge.

2: I called couple of dealers in Patna and they have denied any discount, now the top variant cost approx. 18 Lakhs. Can we expect similar discount by end of this year.

No official word, and likely nothing forthcoming either, but it's likely Maruti will divert production towards exports, and India availability might be more full-price and made-to-order (or at least smaller production batches). They definitely won't be pushing volumes to dealers like the initial batch anymore.

Stock clearance discounts will always be a thing, but there may not be as much sitting inventory to clear come end-2024 as there was last year.

[fiat_tarun]

Originally Posted by DDIS_RE650

...
1: Is there any upgrade expected from Maruti Suzuki to address high performance and below avg. FE when compared with other MS cars.
...

The spec. of Jimny sold here is the exact same as sold in other markets as well (mechanically) and hence MSIL will not do anything exclusively for the India market.

Going forward with the original pricing retained, the Jimny will be a low volume product and hence domestic will not be much of a focus area.

[Ragul]

Originally Posted by fiat_tarun

The spec. of Jimny sold here is the exact same as sold in other markets as well (mechanically) and hence MSIL will not do anything exclusively for the India market.

Going forward with the original pricing retained, the Jimny will be a low volume product and hence domestic will not be much of a focus area.

I am sure there will be some improvements that will magically appear in foreign versions as compared to the Indian one - like for example the missing rear seat pressure sensors will quietly make an appearance and no foreigners will ever have to complain about it. The color choices provided will be more attractive and peppy, in tune with its lifestyle vehicle image, apart from the anticipated desert and olive shades preferred by the more seasoned 4x4 overlander community, which will also help to distinguish the foreign versions as superior to the Indian ones - for its international clientele.

[Catamaran]

Originally Posted by Ragul

I am sure there will be some improvements that will magically appear in foreign versions as compared to the Indian one - like for example the missing rear seat pressure sensors will quietly make an appearance and no foreigners will ever have to complain about it. The color choices provided will be more attractive and peppy, in tune with its lifestyle vehicle image, apart from the anticipated desert and olive shades preferred by the more seasoned 4x4 overlander community, which will also help to distinguish the foreign versions as superior to the Indian ones - for its international clientele.

I have checked the top end GLX Auto in UAE. Could not identify any difference between this and our alpha AT except that it doesn't come with a start stop button and you have to use the regular key like in our Zeta version. So its one step down on features.

Regarding the color there is a cream dual tone and the jungle green one which looks really cool on the Jimny.

Not sure about the rear seat pressure sensors though, as the car was parked in showroom.