2000 mile check up.

Was surprised to arrive at the dealers this morning. I was expecting a day around Coventry whilst they work there magic on the "micro grind" issue (or non issue).

But nope, im in for a mere 40 minute wait while they kick the tyres, ddink coffee and have a nosey through my luggage, wondering why i have 4 knifes, a pellet gun and rubber gloves in my side door :laugh: :laugh: :silly: :laugh:

So yeah..... 30-40 mins only. The real meaningful check ups cost ..... MONEY.

Yup... same with mine when it went in. No real point to it haha

Micro grind issue referring to the grind noise when pulling away??

Yes mate, i tried to explain the noise it made, hahaa..... so i did the best i could, so theres me making all these noises, it went summit like this....

Me: "Yeah well it makes a kinda zizzy noise"..

Monkeyman: A what?

Me: "A noise like ziiiiiiiz"

Monkeyman: So like a scatchy noise?

Me: "No...its more of a micro grind"

Monkey: A what? Whats a microgrind

Me: "Like a grinding noise but very short, like a waspy ziiiz or like Ziiiiiip"

Monkey: ok, so a waspy ziiiizy kinda noise. Dave....this guy has a waspy noise!

Dave: A what???


And so it continued....

:lol: Sounds about right. Haven't told my local yet as I kinda want the challenge of working out where it is coming from myself....


Mine is under acceleration for the first pull away and is more prominent when its loaded up with people or stuff (notice the or instead of both :lol:)

Maybe a UJ bind as the axle twists under hard load eg initial pull away or when more torque is required due to extra mass? with the hand brake on and rocking it backwards and forwards you can see the axle deflect so it is possible for the pinion angle to change and maybe bind a little?


Just my thought at the mo!

Yeah well as we've said before, because everybody is getting this noise then at least it's something standard from the factory. If it was an individual thing, it would indicate a failure or mess upbof some sort, which would be worrying.

At first I wasn't too bothered about the noise, thinking I could live with it, but having my father in the car the other day and him passing comment and flapping about it, I would now like to get it resolved, as it doesn't inspire confidence in passengers and they'll always be questioning it, and that's something I don't want to live with long term.

There was mention of some kknd of kit available from suzuki which fixes the problem, so i will be looking into this asap. It should be a free kit and fitted at the dealers under warrenty.

Hows everyone else feel about this micro grind?? Its not acceptable in my book!.

That noise could be just the nature of the beast. Most of us like the mechanical clunk as it goes into 4WD and the whine of low4 so this could be accepted as part of the Jimny experience. I have to be more tolerant as I have an aversion to dealers.
Chris