[Lildave]

Hi,

Got up this cold morning and did what any loving Jimny owner would do...warm it up. Wlaking away from my car I realised that the reverse lights were on, even though the manual shifter was in neutral. Upon shifting into reverse I found the lights turned off, back into neutral they turned on again? I'm very puzzled. I can't find any loose connections in any wiring and the reverse switch on the g.box feels very tight. I haven't toughed anything on the car in months and this started overnight?

Not sure where to go from here, I can't find any threads on the issue. Can anyone help

Thanks

[Matthew]

Did you check te fuses? Suzuki's do whacky things with a blown fuse.

[fordem]

My guess is a bad ground on one of the rear light clusters.

[Rob`]

This probably isn't going to help much, but I remember having my Vitara's clutch cable replaced a few years ago and the workshop that did it messed around with the wiring for the gear shift.

So when I was in 5th gear the reverse lights would come on.

When I found out I finally understood why everyone was giving me weird looks on the freeway...

But I'm with Matthew, it's probably only a blown fuse.

[Lildave]

Matthew wrote:

Did you check te fuses? Suzuki's do whacky things with a blown fuse.

fordem wrote:

My guess is a bad ground on one of the rear light clusters.

Hi all,

Thanks for your replies. I've checked the fuses and everything is fine. What is the best way for checking a bad ground, and once you have determined that there is a bad ground somewhere, how do you find it in the plethora of wires in the vehicle


Thanks

[Matthew]

Have a search for a jimny wiring diagram, might be one here http://www.suzukiinfo.com/

[fordem]

Lildave wrote:

Hi all,

Thanks for your replies. I've checked the fuses and everything is fine. What is the best way for checking a bad ground, and once you have determined that there is a bad ground somewhere, how do you find it in the plethora of wires in the vehicle


Thanks

The reverse lights are where the problem lies - the reverse lights are at the rear of the vehicle - remove the rear light cluster, find the ground wire that the reverse light uses, and follow that back to where it connects to the chassis/frame.