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Servicing my Jimny - Chip on my shoulder...
- Groenewald
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I need some advice about servicing my Jimny. (2020 Gen 4 bought second hand with 7500km)
What are the Suzuki dealerships like?
Firstly some irritating aspects of my personality from a workshop perspective.
When my vehicle is being serviced I strongly prefer to stand by and help.
"Quis, quid, ubi, quibus, auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando???"
I want to know exactly what is going on.
Will the dealers be able to accommodate this kind of OCD behaviour?
If not... Self service?
I have a reasonable amount of mechanical affinity. I have a small hobby workshop with a lathe, milling machine, tig welder, grinders etc, so I am not totally hopeless.
What would you guys say about me servicing my Jimny myself?
Points that I like about this idea:
* The Jimny - Suzuki did not go the Defender 2020 route of making the thing so damn complicated and electronic that you need a PHD to open the bonnet.
* Being a full on 4x4 that is to be taken into remote areas from time to time, I like the idea of knowing how it works.
* I HAVE to learn new stuff. If a month goes by without me learning something new, I get frustrated.
Resources - I will need the workshop manual for the Gen4.
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Notwithstanding the health and safety aspect.
Servicing the Jimny yourself would be as you say not difficult, however it would invalidate the warranty so l would not recommend it certainly for the first three years of ownership.
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Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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lightning wrote: Although l can understand your reasoning, l doubt that many dealerships would be happy to have a customer fussing around and "helping" their engineer while he services their vehicle.
Notwithstanding the health and safety aspect.
Servicing the Jimny yourself would be as you say not difficult, however it would invalidate the warranty so l would not recommend it certainly for the first three years of ownership.
I will see what happens - The guys at BMW usually tried to accommodate me except when guys from head office was around.
Hopefully I can come to some arrangement somehow. At least I am not asking for a winch to be fitted to a defender lol....
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lightning wrote:
however it would invalidate the warranty so l would not recommend it certainly for the first three years of ownership.
100%.
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groenewald wrote: Although l. At least I am not asking for a winch to be fitted to a defender lol....
Enjoyed that comment... wonder did they actually installed it in the 3rd defender
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So you need to prove it's been serviced to schedule which is the "stamp in the service book" provided by any garage. With this in mind how about a reputable home mechanics service. You get your book stamped and have the ability to stand around offering cups of tea and offering helping. It's your property the vehicle is being serviced on, so "getting in the way" is almost expected.
Just throwing in a suggestion.
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lookonimages wrote:
groenewald wrote: Although l. At least I am not asking for a winch to be fitted to a defender lol....
Enjoyed that comment... wonder did they actually installed it in the 3rd defender
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I am sure they asked for it. Also pretty sure the mechanic / engineer involved is not working at the workshop any more.
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Conditions of sale and transfer of warranty vary from country to country, importer to importer and dealer to dealer. I have seen some 5 year CPS Programs and warranties cancelled and replaced by the statutory 3 month Govt mandated warranty on used 4 wheel drive vehicles that were sold by dealers as used cars.
Check this first!
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EU legislation (again! ) requires all car manufacturers to offer a minimum two-year unlimited mileage new car warranty on all their new cars (from date of registration), regardless of any change of ownership.
If the warranty term is longer than the minimum two-year period you need to check that the warranty provider is the same for the whole warranty period. Some importers offer a longer period, but after two years the warranty is provided by the local importer rather than the vehicle manufacturer, so the terms and conditions may change.
But you are ok for 2 years if you are part of the EU (Brexit unlikely to change this, but it is possible).
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I will find out from my local dealer about this. Also, the car was bought in another city about 350km from here.
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