Re:Weird grind\rattle taking off in 1st gear 2019 Jimny

Hi all

New to this site which is full of interesting topics!......
Can I ask, has anyone heard this noise on the new commercial variant?


Blondie

Hi all
Looks like I answered my own question!
We collected our new commercial variant last Friday and heard the noise straight off the forecourt!......zzzzZzzTT

l think it's just a "feature" of the Jimny, but if you are worried about it tell your dealer, so it's registered.

Then if you get any further trouble with it in the future, you can say "l brought it up when we collected the vehicle"

You have a three year warranty and l've not heard of any Gen 4 Jimnys where anything else had happened, except for the noise.

Hello. I have found what I think is a direct reference to this noise in the owner's manual.

In the English (Australia) book, Page 3-55, Section "How ABS Works", Paragraph 1, Sentence 4: "When you start your vehicle or when you accelerate after a hard stop, you may hear a momentary motor or clicking noise as the system resets or checks itself."

There is a second reference to this same sound, in the same book, Page 3-56, Section "Anti-lock brake system (ABS)", Italic Note 3: "You may hear an operation sound when you start the engine or after the vehicle begins to move. This means that the above systems are in the self-check mode. This sound does not indicate a malfunction."

I definitely hear a sound like the book describes, occasionally, when I take off at the lights. It's a mechanical sounding whirring sound from somewhere underneath where I'm sitting. Maybe towards the back of the car. I am considering this sound completely normal per the notes in the book I've mentioned above. Does anybody else think this is the sound they're hearing?

Edit: I bet the Suzuki engineers pained over this sound but ultimately decided it didn't sound like something was failing, so they abandoned their efforts and updated the book to include it.

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Hello. I have found what I think is a direct reference to this noise in the owner's manual.

I can only assume you haven't heard the noise that's being discussed - this is not a "momentary motor or clicking noise", and it is NOT coming from the ABS - it's a grinding noise, emanating from the transfer case.

Put your hand on the transfer case shifter - if you don't feel the grinding in sync with the noise you're hearing - then you're hearing a different noise.

Mine sounds like a mechanical parping noise when you give it revs in first.