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Washer fluid warning light (Gen 4)

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03 Nov 2024 04:18 #258149 by Filipao
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I am the only one missing the little warning light?

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03 Nov 2024 05:58 #258152 by Lambert
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I know mine is older but it doesn't have a light, in fact I can't remember any of my cars having one even my land cruiser, it's just a part of the weekly under bonnet inspection.
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03 Nov 2024 08:43 #258156 by Motacilla
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You made me go out to the garage to check. No warning light on my '22 LCV EU model. Nothing in the owner's handbook either. Weird! Would seem to be a useful warning light, especially since the Gen4 Jimny has as many as three washer fluid pumps.
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03 Nov 2024 09:29 #258157 by Soeley
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Mine doesn't have one, and to be honest I never expected it to have one.
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03 Nov 2024 12:22 #258158 by fordem
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I've never owned a car that had one.
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03 Nov 2024 15:39 #258159 by mlines
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Mine has a buzzer under the bonnet that makes a loud noise to warn you the bottle is empty

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03 Nov 2024 18:32 - 03 Nov 2024 18:32 #258162 by Motacilla
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I've never owned a car that had one.
Just the opposite for me: in >20 modern cars, the J is the first I've had that doesn't have such a light.  

I thought maybe no-light was a Japanese thing -- the Jimny is my first Japanese car -- but a quick google shows that many other Japanese models have this light.

So I don't know.  Up until now I thought it was universal, since apart from the safety factor running your washer pumps dry can damage them.
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03 Nov 2024 18:53 #258167 by DrRobin
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My other car (2001) has a washer fluid low light, it comes on all of the time as I have a small leak somewhere and I am sure all of the other lease cars I had over the past 20 years had a washer fluid light, so I had just assumed my Jimny would have one, but I have never checked.

Martin, is your buzzer the pump complaining as it runs dry?

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03 Nov 2024 19:47 #258169 by mlines
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DrRobin wrote:
Martin, is your buzzer the pump complaining as it runs dry?

Robin

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2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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04 Nov 2024 20:26 #258190 by Dan
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First thing that I did when I got my gen 4 from the dealership was skoosh off all the supplied screen wash and put my own in. There was no warning light.
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05 Nov 2024 08:08 #258194 by lightning
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Why would you do that. Surely screen wash is screen wash, l've never found any that's noticeably better or worse except for the "Winter" type that supposed to not freeze.

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05 Nov 2024 13:01 #258196 by Lambert
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I thought that until I used some cheap car plan stuff that coagulated into a gell in the lines on both jimny. The gelled goo then fed bacteria and went black and was a real pig to remove.
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