A minor classic in its own (very short) lifetime, here's what to look for buying a secondhand Jimny.
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The engine wasn’t powerful, nor was it refined, so it wasn’t raved about by road testers who were obliged to grade it against other engines.
There have been two Jimny recalls to replace the fuel pump on 500 cars built between May and November 2018 and to replace the wiring loom for the airbags. That one affected all non-LCV Jimnys. Apart from that we’re not aware of any common problems. The old gen-three Jimny was surprisingly good off-road. We say ‘surprisingly’ because it didn’t have any of the new car’s tech driver aids like hill hold, hill descent control, autonomous emergency braking and the like.
The car’s reaction to bumps, especially in the LCV, was more or less to say to the passengers ‘here’s a bump, let’s deal with it together’. Put that down to the difficulty of delivering affordably compliant suspension in such a physically small package. Roll instability could be disconcerting at higher speeds, encouraging the driver to revert to lower speeds. Still, in spite of all its obvious shortcomings, the Jimny was hard to dislike.
Obviously you got a lot more boot space in the commercial version of the Jimny because apart from the two seats at the front the LCV was basically all boot. We tried to find out the distance between the seats and the tailgate in case a six-footer could lie down in the back. If they could, then you could potentially bung a mattress in there and hey presto! A cheap motorhome. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find that stat.
As a breed, side-hinged rear doors tend to develop problems over time, especially when they’re used as a mount for the spare wheel. It’s early days yet for the new Jimny but that’s a potential area of wear. Although the LCV was technically a ‘van’, whatever you take that word to mean, it had glass side windows. The Mk 3 Jimny was one of those rare cars that made you smile even though you weren’t always sure why. They didn’t stack up on many or indeed most levels.
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