Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Suzuki Jimny deliveries halted in Australia

Suzuki Australia has issued a stop-delivery order for the Suzuki Jimny five-door with instant impact, with sellers throughout the nation instructed by the automaker to stop all deliveries of the enduring compact off-roader till additional recommendation from the automaker’s head workplace in Japan.

Attracting a cult-like following, the Jimny is Suzuki Australia’s best-selling mannequin, greater than doubling the gross sales of the Swift hatch, the Japanese small-car model’s subsequent hottest mannequin to date this yr. 

It’s additionally one of many extra in style entrants within the gentle SUV phase, wherein it competes with the Mazda CX-3, Toyota Yaris Cross and Hyundai Venue

In a seller bulletin issued on Friday (July 25) and seen by CarExpert, Suzuki retailers had been instructed to cease all deliveries of the Indian-built Jimny XL five-door – not the Japanese-made Jimny three-door – together with showroom inventory and warehoused automobiles, with no particular cause issued. 

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“We haven’t informed any clients to get off the street, so it’s not a security concern,” Suzuki Australia managing director Michael Pachota confirmed to CarExpert

Talking on the launch of the Suzuki Fronx, Mr Pachota mentioned the stop-delivery order will proceed for the foreseeable future and performed down the influence it could have on sellers and clients. 

“We had been knowledgeable by Suzuki Motor Company, as we’ve been knowledgeable prior to now about different merchandise as nicely, that they continually overview high quality management in all places in each plant,” he mentioned. 

“Primarily based on an operational error, they’ve determined to do a maintain on gross sales, simply to overview that, examine that. They’re going to tell us after we can change again on.”