Newbie Conundrum

Hi, I am the proud owner of a 2019 1.5 SZ-5.   In the week or so I have had it, love has already blossomed.   More importantly, my wife loves it too.

However, it has me - and my dealer - puzzled.   Thanks to my careless pressure-washing, a plastic clip found its way onto the ground under the car.     Neither I nor my dealer can work out where it belongs.  It looks to be some sort of pipe/cable protector or router - see pictures attached.   The car runs perfectly fine without it but Suzuki wouldn’t have added something without a purpose.

I should be very grateful if anyone can solve this puzzle for me.

Thanks, Brian 



 

It's usually on (or in) one of the front frame hooks #6 in the diagram

Thank you so much. I may sleep tonight now, safe in the knowledge that some pipe/cable is not going to fail for want of a clip.

This said, what is its purpose? To protect the hook, stop rattles…?

My guess is it's to protect the hook during transportation, one of my Jimnys came with it, the other didn't.

It looks as though it could protect the hook from rope damage if you tie the car down with it.

Anyone else just dashed outside to see if they have any?


My 2019 SZ5 doesn't have any, and couldn't have had any from about 3 months after I bought it new because I sprayed the underneath including the hooks with black Dinitrol the first Summer I had it.

Maybe they are supposed to be removed after transport but someone forgot one of yours, and you dislodged it with the jetwasher.

You are a brave man though, I wouldn't dare take a jetwasher anywhere near the micro thin "paint" and protective coatings on mine, just the hosepipe!

Make sure you keep it away from the ball ends on the axle, a pressure jet will go straight through the dust seal and fill the housings with water, which the lower bearings won't appreciate.

Thanks again.

It’s lasted well whatever its purpose; it must have been in place for nearly 4 years.

I managed to find an image of one in situ from YouTube, to confirm its orientation. See:

I was using a low-pressure washer under the car to prepare it for some Lanoguard, as quick and easy way to give some rust protection - I hope to keep the Jimny for a long time. I’ll see how it goes and whether I need to look at something ‘more sophisticated.

Happy Jimnying, Brian

 

I didn't realise you wanted see it "in situ" and no, it's not an LCV thing, this is a JC74 GLX or in your parlance an SZ5

None on mine, but then it was 3 years old when I took ownership.

Welcome to the forum, I am sure you will continue to love your Jimny, they are definitely keepers.

Robin

Brian J wrote:

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I was using a low-pressure washer under the car to prepare it for some Lanoguard, as quick and easy way to give some rust protection - I hope to keep the Jimny for a long time. I’ll see how it goes and whether I need to look at something ‘more sophisticated.

Happy Jimnying, Brian
 

I was thinking of getting a gallon of lanolin, warming it up and spraying the axles & running gear using the waxoyl gun during the hot weather, but we don't seem to have had any!

If we could have a couple of weeks of warm dry weather I'd top up the Dinitrol at least - it has been 5 years since I did it, how time flies!

By all accounts though, lanolin only lasts a couple of years, so hardly worth putting the waxoyl gun away if I do it......

 

Lanoguard is advertised as lasting a year. But it is very easy to apply. I did mine without lifting the Jimny and crawling around underneath. The car needs to be left a day or two afterwards for the wax to cure.

Lanoguard is quite a runny liquid and easy to apply with a hand sprayer that you can get as part of a kit. It is worth protecting your driveway possible staining from run-off with plastic sheets. This said, it is a great deal less messy than alternatives and doesn’t need any sophisticated equipment.

The real test, though, is how the underneath of the car looks next year. I live in a rural area where animal and other muck abounds, and our main road, as a schools bus route, is routinely salted.