Upcoming heatwave

With temperatures expected to breach 40 Deg C in the next few days, l was wondering if the Gen 4 Jimny is okay to be left out in these temperatures.

My wife commutes in the vehicle and it's 
in an unshaded car park all day. Should she leave the windows open?

The car park is at her work and the car won't be in danger from thieves.



 

Car manufacturers including Suzuki go to a lot of trouble to ensure the vehicle will work in extreme environmental conditions. They even leave plastics, headlamps etc out in the sun to ensure they are good to go. 
So don't be concerned, just don't leave children or dogs in it and you will be fine.

Enjoy the sun and put on the sunscreen, the Jimny will be fine. May stop the rust for a few days! 

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With temperatures expected to breach 40 Deg C in the next few days, l was wondering if the Gen 4 Jimny is okay to be left out in these temperatures.

My wife commutes in the vehicle and it's 
in an unshaded car park all day. Should she leave the windows open?

The car park is at her work and the car won't be in danger from thieves.




 

Lol.

Very much doubt it’ll be 40 degrees. Maybe 33. The rest is likely media hyperbole!

The Jimny and plenty of people live in far hotter climates than even the hottest day in the U.K. Why worry about something that is just normal use for 100’000’s of people.

Great thank you for the replies l thought it would be okay but just wanted to be sure.

Quick related question - what's the best thing to do with Jerry cans filled with fuel? OK left in or on the car in such hot weather?

Good question to which I don't know the true answer.
Any risk assessment would say store out of direct sunlight and outdoors.I certainly would not keep any inside the vehicle if it's parked and sealed, simply as if it did leak it's a big mess to deal with. Outside the vehicle not as worried.

I Guess you could open each to normalise the pressure at some point during the day, but I have no idea of the actual container pressure rating if it even has one.

Your wife's car will be just fine - I'm one of the folks in the tropics with a JB74 that lives outdoors, we're expected to hit around 36*C today.

To help me cope with the heat, my car is fitted with window tint on the sides & rear and with "vent visors" that allow me to leave the windows down a half inch or so, without concern for sudden rain storms or thieves.

Gas/petrol in a plastic jerry can, inside the car is a big NO, outside the car in the sun is still a NO - you're going to develop some surprisingly high pressures in the can due to expansion & evaporation.

What did the temperature end up at? here in Australia were getting reports that the UK has broken the 40⁰ number

It was 40 degrees in some parts (Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire). 39 in the shade where I live in Essex, never felt heat like it in the UK, but thankfully not humid, so more bearable than somewhere like Florida.