Manuals and Owners Guides

Introduction

[ This entire page is still in the making!!! ]

Suzuki Jimny has been in production since 1998 up until now. That is nearing 20 years.

During that time, there have been several smaller and larger revisions of the vehicle, as well as different editions for different world markets. The most notable example of market differentiation are Japanese Domestic Models (JDM) versus international models. JDM models are even smaller and "tinier".

This page deals mostly with the international edition (known in Japan as "Jimny Wide"). See the section Jimny History for more information

(Another good source of information on the history of the Jimny is Wikipedia:Suzuki_Jimny#Development_history)

The purpose of this page

Since Jimnys have been in production for almost 20 years, it is no surprise that there are many versions of user and service manuals for all the different vehicle editions and revisions through the last 20 years!

The purpose of this page is to help you find the reference numbers of user manuals and service manuals your specific model.

However, when you find reference numbers, it's up to you to find the actual documents (either electronic or printed form), as they are most probably copyrighted. That is why you can not download them from here. Also note that more recently manuals were never published, instead they are available from Suzuki as a online subscription.

The process of finding the correct document name for a certain Jimny is generally almost as complicated as deciphering a Russian computer code written reverse in Egyptian hieroglyphs with bad handwriting.

However, it has been deciphered, and presented in this page in a intuitively laid-out three-phase-driven process. If you follow the phases, you should have no problems determining the names of the required documents.

The general process of determining the names of exactly matching Suzuki's documents for your Jimny are:

1. Determine the VIN (chassis) code of your vehicle. It can be found in the engine compartment (somewhere below the front window) and engraved in the chassis rail behind one of the rear wheels. You can also probably find it in your vehicle's documents when you registered it for road use, but reading the VIN from the vehicle itself is most reliable source.
2. Based on your VIN, determine to which technical "type" number (factory revision) your vehicle belongs. This is the most complicated step. A range of VINs is presented for each type in a set of tables. You need to determine in which range your VIN fits. The ranges do not overlap - therefore there can be only one (or none) match!
3. Based on the determined type number, see which document names are meant for that type. And read the notes below the tables!

Get ready and read on!

Basic vehicle components

All international vehicles have the same chassis, as well as the basic body contours. Therefore, all have the same wheelbase and the number of doors.

Regarding body types, there is a metal top, a soft top convertible (made by Wikipedia:Santana_motors) and a hard top convertible. Regarding transmission, all have part-time 4WD system where default is 2WD (RWD). Gearbox is manual or automatic.

Seating is for 4 (passenger edition) or for 2 (van editions, rare).

There was also a "2WD only" edition produced from 1998 to cca 2001. It has no 4WD system elements installed.

Differences between factories

Jimnys are or were produced in several factories worldwide, not just in Japan. Some of those factories strictly adhered to genuine Suzuki specifications, while others had or have certain level of technical "autonomy". The most notable "autonomous" Jimny factories are/were Santana in Spain and a factory in Brasil.

Technical autonomy means that not all mechanical, body or electrical parts of the vehicle are the same as in the genuine Japanese model. One example is tie rod ends - they are different (specific) in some spanish-made Santana model revisions.

Santana made Jimnys primarily for the European market, until 2011 when they went bankrupt. Therefore, you can find both Japanese-made and Spanish-made Jimnys in Europe. They are visually identical.

So how to determine where the vehicle was made?

It used to be generally presumed that all soft-top (convertible) Jimnys and all diesel (DDiS) Jimnys were made by Santana, as well as many petrol "tin-top" (non-convertible) Jimnys. However, there have been confirmed findings of several DDiS Jimnys which were made in Japan. Based on those findings, it can not be certain that all convertible ones are Spanish either.

The only certain way to determine vehicle's birthplace is by its VIN code.

• If the first three digits of Jimny's VIN code are "JSA", then it was made in Japan by Suzuki.

• If the first three digits of Jimny's VIN code are "VSE", then it was made in Spain by Santana.

• Only the above two VIN codes should be encountered in Europe. As for the rest of the world, information is lacking (for example, VIN code of Brasilian-made Jimnys). International users are welcome to contribute the missing info.

Santana's Jimnys have their own Owner's manuals and service manuals, which are hard to find since the company is defunct.

Note: Suzuki also has its own factory in Hungary for the European market. However, as far as it is known, that factory has never produced Jimnys. On the other hand, it appears that Suzuki's main Europen vehicle parts warehouse is located there as well.

Key model changes

Note: not all international markets have all options.

• 1998 - circa 2001: Petrol with G13BB engine (59 kW)
• Circa 2001 - circa 2005: Petrol with M13A engine (62 kW)
• Circa 2006 - today: Petrol with M13A VVT engine (63 kW)
• Circa 2003 - Circa 2005: Diesel with K9K 700 engine (48 kW)
• Circa 2006 - Cordca 2011: Diesel with K9K 266 engine (63 kW)
• Circa 2005 - Front interior completely redesigned (dashboard, controls, ventilation, etc.)
• Circa 2005 - manually shifting transfer box replaced with electrically controlled ("push button") transfer box
• Circa 2005 - 1st gen front bumper replaced with a much deeper 2nd gen front bumper
• Circa 2012 - 2nd gen front bumper replaced with a slightly smaller 3rd gen front bumper
• Circa 2012 - front hood redesigned to have separate grilles with more "aggressive" look
• Circa 2014 - Electronic Stability Control (ESC/ESP) added as standard in some markets
• Circa 2014 - dashboard changed

Key models

Suzuki has several ways to generally differentiate Jimnys.

You may encounter these technical model names when browsing through aftermarket parts databases (for example: Febi Bilstein's parts database) or catalogues of vehicle fluids (for example, Castrol's oil catalogue).

Therefore, these models are mentioned here for that purpose.

On the other hand, these model names can not be used to determine the matching manual/document name for a particular vehicle. In order to determine that, you need to determine to which factory "type" your VIN belongs, and then obtain the appropriate documents for that type, according to the tables below.

Differentiation 1:

• SN413 is the petrol edition (with any petrol engine)
• SN415 is the diesel edition (with any diesel engine)

Differentiation 2:

• JB33 are early petrol Jimnys with G13BB engine. They have "33" in 7th and 8th VIN code positions.
• JB43 are later petrol Jimnys with M13 engine (either with or without VVT). They have "43" in 7th and 8th VIN code positions. The currently produced petrol Jimnys are still classified as JB43.
• JB53 are diesel Jimnys with K9K engine (both early 48 kW non-intercooled and later 63 kw intercooled). They have "53" in 7th and 8th VIN code positions.

Factory types by VINs

Introduction

Suzuki made several smaller and larger revisions of Jimny through the long production life.
In order to discern their changes, they classified Jimnys in several "types".

A "type" is essentially a technical revision. Therefore, type 1 is the initial model. Type 2 is the first model revision, type 3 the second and so on.

Some revisions are non-visual, and it is very difficult for a normal human being to discern why Suzuki made some revisions (what has actually changed in between).

Also, types (revisions) encompass all vehicle editions (petrol with this or that engine, or diesel with this or that engine). In other words, a type (revision) affects any vehicle edition more or less equally.

All Suzuki's official documentation (user manuals, mechanical service manuals, electrical wiring manuals, etc.) are divided by these types. In other words, a particular manual is made for only one type (in most cases). Or in more other words, each type has its own set of manuals.

Therefore, if you want to operate or service your vehicle per Suzuki's official documentation, you first need to determine to which "type" (technical revision) your Jimny belongs, and then find an exact Suzuki manual for that type.

Jimny "types" by VIN ranges

The tables below contains Jimny VIN ranges divided by types. The purpose of the tables are to determine to which "type" your Jimny belongs.

All the "type" tables below were compiled from official Suzuki documents, which were allegedly dated from Q2 2007.

Therefore, type 6 Jimny was the newest (and still in production) at the time of those documents. Therefore, any newer types are still not mentioned here.

Also, a "#" character in certain VIN codes designates that it is a "wildcard" character position which can be any number or letter.

The first three letters show the country of manufacture: JSA = Japan, VSE = Spain.

VSE Jimnys are unfortunately not included here yet, as proper informations about them are still to be found.

TYPE 1 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJA33V00100001	any higher JSAFJA33V########
JSAFJB33V00100001	any higher JSAFJB33V0#######
JSAFJB33VW4100001	any higher JSAFJB33VW#######
JSAFJB33VX0100001	any higher JSAFJB33VX#######
JSAFJB33VY0100001	any higher JSAFJB33VY0######
JSAFJB33VY4100001	any higher JSAFJB33VY4######
JS3JB33V#14100001	any higher JS3JB33V#1#######
JS3JB33V#X4100001	any higher JS3JB33V#X#######
JS3JB33V#Y4100001	any higher JS3JB33V#Y#######
JB33V-100001	any higher JB33V-######
JB33W-100001	any higher JB33W-######

Note: Essentially, all Jimnys with "33" in 7th and 8th VIN character positions belong to type 1. Code "33" means that they have G13BB engine.

TYPE 2 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJA43V00100001	JSAFJA43V00140000
JSAFJB43V00100001	JSAFJB43V00140000
JSAFJB43V10100001	any higher JSAFJB43V10######
JSAFJB43V14100001	any higher JSAFJB43V14######
JSAFJB43V20100001	any higher JSAFJB43V20######
JSAFJB43V24100001	any higher JSAFJB43V24######
JSAFJB43VW0100001	any higher JSAFJB43VW#######
JS3JB43V#14100001	any higher JS3JB43V#14######
JS3JB43V#24100001	JS3JB43V#24140000
JB43W-100001	any higher JB43W-######

Note: Type 2 is the earliest type where vehicles with M13A petrol engine appear ("43" in 7th and 8th VIN character positions).

TYPE 3 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJA43V00140001	JSAFJA43V00160000
JSAFJB43V00140001	JSAFJB43V00160000
JSAFJB43V20140001	any higher JSAFJB43V20######
JSAFJB43V24140001	any higher JSAFJB43V24######
JSAFJB43V30140001	JSAFJB43V30160000
JSAFJB43V34140001	JSAFJB43V34160000
JS3JB43V#24140001	any higher JS3JB43V#2#######
JS3JB43V#34140001	JS3JB43V#34160000

TYPE 4 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJA43V00160001	any higher JSAFJA43V########
JSAFJB43V00160001	JSAFJB43V00200000
JSAFJB43V30160001	any higher JSAFJB43V30######
JSAFJB43V34160001	JSAFJB43V34200000
JSAFJB43V40160001	any higher JSAFJB43V4#######
JSAFJB43V50160001	any higher JSAFJB43V5#######
JS3JB43V#34160001	JS3JB43V#34200000
JS3JB43V#44160001	any higher JS3JB43V#4#######
JS3JB43V#54160001	JS3JB43V#54200000
JSAFJB53V00100001	JSAFJB53V00200000

Note: Type 4 is the earliest type where a diesel (DDiS) edition appears ("53" in 7th and 8th VIN character positions). Type 4 DDiS use older 48 kW non-intercooled K9K engine.

Note: Type 4 is the last type which uses manually shifted transfer box and old style (1st design) interior (dashboard, instrument panel, steering wheel, seats etc.).

TYPE 5 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00200001	JSAFJB43V00300000
JSAFJB43V60200001	JSAFJB43V60300000
JSAFJB43V34200001	any higher JSAFJB43V3#######
JS3JB43V#34200001	any higher JS3JB43V#3#######
JS3JB43V#54200001	any higher JS3JB43V#5#######
JS3JB43V#64200001	JS3JB43V#64300000
JSAFJB53V00200001	JSAFJB53V00300000

Note: Type 5 is the first type which uses electrically ("push-button") shifted transfer box and new style (2nd design) interior (dashboard, instrument panel, steering wheel, seats etc.). It still uses 1st generation front bumper.

Note: Type 5 had a relatively short production time span, approximately only during the second half of 2005.

Note: Type 5 DDiS Jimnys still use older 48 kW non-intercooled K9K engine.

TYPE 6 - VIN RANGE

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00300001	unknown
JSAFJB43V60300001	unknown
JSAFJB43V64300001	unknown
JSAFJB43V70300001	unknown
JS3JB43V#64300001	unknown
JS3JB43V#74300001	unknown
JSAFJB53V00300001	unknown

Note: Type 6 is the earliest type which uses 2nd generation front bumper.

Note: For diesel (DDiS) Jimnys, the major change from type 5 to type 6 is the change of engine - from non-intercooled 48 kW K9K 700 to intercooled 63 kW K9K 266.

Note: Type 6 table can be relied upon only in the "FROM VIN" column. All limits in the "TO VIN" column are unknown because type 6 was still the latest production type in the time when the source Suzuki documents were written in Q2 2007. There have been at least three more types (7, 8, 9) since then.

Types by approximate years

The table below gives a rough guidelines in which time period a certain type was in production.

The data in the table was compiled from official production dates of owner's manuals for each type. It can only be presumed that a manual was created at an approximate time when its corresponding type (vehicle revision) was put into production.

It is also presumed that the end-of-production time of a certain type is the same as the start-of-production time of a succeeding type. However, it is possible that certain types overlapped (were produced at the same time). Who knows!

The table below includes only Japanes-made Jimnys ("JSA" in first three VIN character positions).

TYPES BY APPROXIMATE YEAR SPAN

TYPE NUMBER	START OF PRODUCTION
1	1999 Q1
2	2001 Q2
3	2003 Q4
4	?2004?
5	2005 Q2
6	2006 Q1
7	?2008?
8	?2010?
9	?2012?

Official Suzuki manual (document) names by type

After you have determined to which type your VIN belongs, you can determine which set of manuals is meant for your vehicle.

Most manuals are meant only for one type. However, some manuals "cover" more than one type. All that is deductible from the table data.

Here is the table of Jimny manuals with correlation to types:

MANUALS BY TYPES

Type number	Owner's manual	Service manual	Supplementary service manual	Wiring diagram manual
1	99011-81A20-012	99500-81A02-01E	Does not exist	99512-81A00-015
2	99011-81A21-012	99500-81A02-01E	99501-81A00-01E	99512-81A30-015
3	99011-81A22-012	99500-81A10-01E	Does not exist	99512-81A30-015
4	99011-81A23-01E	99500-81A10-01E	Does not exist for petrol 99501-84A00-01E for diesel	99512-81A30-015
5	99011-81A24-01E	99500-81A10-01E	99501-84A00-01E 99501-81A10-01E	99512-81A40-015
6	99011-81A25-01E 99011-81A26-01E 99011-81A27-01E 99011-81A28-01E 99011-81A2A-01E see subchapter below	99500-81A10-01E	99501-84A00-01E 99501-81A10-01E 99501-81A20-01E	99512-81A50-015
7	99011-81A29-01E	?	?	?
8	99011-81A2B-01E 99011-81A2C-01E see subchapter below	?	?	?
9	99011-81A2D-01E	?	?	?

Note: When a supplementary service manual does not exist for a certain type, that means that the "baseline" service manual "covers" all servicing information for that type (apart from the electrical/wiring of course).

Note: When a supplementary service manual does exist for a certain type, that manual should be used primarily instead of the "baseline" service manual for that type. If the needed information is not found in the supplementary service manual, only then should it be searched for in the "baseline" service manual for that type.

Note: Some "types" have several supplementary service manuals, which are displayed in a list (for example, types 5 and 6). In such cases, the last supplementary service manual in the list (lowest position in the list) should be used primarily. If the needed information is not found in it, then a "previous" (next higher) supplementary service manual from the list should be consulted next. The iteration repeats either until the needed information is found, or until the "baseline" service manual is reached, where the information should at last be present. Complicated as flying a rocket, isn't it!? There is something worse than deciphering hieroglyphs after all! At least you can feel like Indiana Jones while hunting for the needed information from Suzuki manuals! I bet that the wise idiot who designed this "incremental" documentation system (and saved the company some paper) is very proud of himself.

Note: Some manuals have a letter code suffix in their technical name (for example: Type 4 owner's manual is 99011-81A23-01E). That suffix designates the language of the document (E = English, F = Français, G = Deutsch, S = Español). Therefore, if you are seeking for a document edition written one of those other languages, replace the suffix letter "E" with the corresponding one (F, G or S). If a document's technical name in the above table does not have a letter suffix, that means that the document is written in multiple languages, so it has no separate language-specific editions.

Note: There is one exception the the above mentioned rule about documents' language editions: The French, German and Spanish editions of the document 99500-81A02-01E (type 1 and type 2 service manual) are 99500-81A00-01F|G|S respectively. In other words, the English edition's naming is "out of rule", as the "base" name of the document is 99500-81A00-XXX.

Note: There also exists an "Air conditioning basic manual" which is generic to most Suzuki vehicles from 1990s and 2000s. The technical name of the manual is 99520-02130. When servicing the air conditioning system, that manual should be consulted only if the needed information is not found in your vehicle's supplementary or "baseline" service manual's chapter about the air conditioning system.

Additional notes for certain documents

Note: Service manual 99500-81A10-01E contains a reference in its second page to wiring diagram manual 99512-81A20-015 as a directly related manual. However, that wiring manual has been superseded (replaced) by the wiring manual 99512-81A30-015, which contains all the content from the older manual and some more. Therefore, the older manual is not written in the above table, while the newer one is.

Note: Supplementary service manual 99501-81A00-01E contains a reference in its third page to wiring diagram manual 99512-81A10-015 as a directly related manual. However, that wiring manual has been superseded (replaced) by the wiring manual 99512-81A30-015, which contains all the content from the older manual and some more. Therefore, the older manual is not written in the above table, while the newer one is.

Multiple owner's manuals for type 6 and 8

As evident from the table in the chapter above, type 6 and 8 have multiple owner's manuals. The reason is that, for types 6 and 8, there were some revisions even within a single technical type, and therefore Suzuki had to change owner's manuals in the middle of a certain type production. Apparently they did that several times for type 6.

If your vehicle is type 6 or 8, only one of those multiple owner's manuals is for you. So how to determine which one?

The tables below contains VIN ranges for each of those multiple owner's manuals.

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 6
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A25

FROM VIN	TO VIN
Start of Type 6	JSAFJB43V00326734
Start of Type 6	JSAFJB43V80300001
Start of Type 6	JS3JB43V#64300999
Start of Type 6	JS3JB43V#74302038
Start of Type 6	JS3JB43V#84300001
Start of Type 6	JSAFJB53V00313302

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 6
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A26

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00326734	JSAFJB43V00329354
JSAFJB43V80300001	JSAFJB43V80300061
JS3JB43V#64300999	JS3JB43V#64301148
JS3JB43V#74302038	JS3JB43V#74302335
JS3JB43V#84300001	JS3JB43V#84300085
JSAFJB53V00313302	JSAFJB53V00315309

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 6
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A27

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00329354	JSAFJB43V00340001
JSAFJB43V80300061	JSAFJB43V80340001
JS3JB43V#64301148	JS3JB43V#64301512
JS3JB43V#74302335	any higher JS3JB43V#7#######
JS3JB43V#84300085	JS3JB43V#84300944
JSAFJB53V00315309	JSAFJB53V00340001

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 6
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A28

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00340001	JSAFJB43V00344139
JSAFJB43V80340001	JSAFJB43V80340131
JS3JB43V#64301512	JS3JB43V#64301799
JS3JB43V#84300944	JS3JB43V#84301682
JSAFJB53V00340001	JSAFJB53V00343059

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 6
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A2A

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00344139	End of type 6
JSAFJB43V80340131	End of type 6
JS3JB43V#64301799	End of type 6
JS3JB43V#84301682	End of type 6
JSAFJB53V00343059	End of type 6

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 8
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A2B

FROM VIN	TO VIN
Start of type 8	JSAFJB43V00524710
Start of type 8	JSAFJB43VC4100001
Start of type 8	JS3JB43V#B4203125

VIN RANGES FOR TYPE 8
OWNER'S MANUAL 99011-81A2C

FROM VIN	TO VIN
JSAFJB43V00524710	End of type 8
JSAFJB43VC4100001	End of type 8
JS3JB43V#B4203125	End of type 8

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