Rear cabin lamp installation

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Introduction

• Jimny does hot have a rear cabin lamp (neither in the trunk nor above rear seats).

• Most Jimnys have a factory-made hole in the body above the rear left window, which was meant for a rear cabin lamp.
• However, only some "Japanese domestic market" Jimnys have that lamp installed.
• On other Jimnys, that hole is covered by the upholstery, with the position of the hole clearly stamped in it.
• The OEM part number of the lamp is 36210-74F10-6GS.

• That lamp has only two switch positions written on its body (ON and OFF), and no "DOOR" position.
• However, it has been confirmed that the intermediate "DOOR" position actually exists in the lamp's switch, but is simply not written on lamp's body.
• Therefore, this lamp can work in automatic mode to shine only when the doors are open.

Solutions

Obtaining the lamp

• It should be possible to order this OEM lamp from Suzuki dealers.

• However, it appears that exactly the same lamp is a standard equipment in vehicle model Suzuki Vitara/Escudo Mk2 (a.k.a. "Grand Vitara") produced from 1998 to 2005.
• The LWB edition has this lamp above the trunk area, while it appears that the SWB edition does not feature it.
• There could be some other Suzuki vehicle models with the same lamp, who knows.

• So, look around for a dead LWB Vitara/Escudo Mk2.

If you obtain this lamp from a dead Vitara or other Suzuki vehicle, don't forget to also get the electrical connector from the cable which connects to the lamp. Getting the entire cable is even better.

Installation of the lamp

• Once you obtain the needed parts, install the lamp in the pre-drilled factory hole above Jimny's rear left window.
• It should fit perfectly.
• Beware that you will have to install some wiring as well, because Suzuki did not install any wiring in that rear lamp position above the rear left window.

• The following two forum discussions contain pictures, details and installation guides for this lamp:
  • A South African forum discussion;
  • A German forum discussion;

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Page last edited on 4/01/2019 by user Bosanek