Dealers have been advised that deliveries of the five-door Jimny XL are to be halted, but no reason has been given.
A dealer bulletin distributed to Suzuki dealers has called for an immediate sales stop on the five-door Jimny XL.
The instruction comes from Suzuki’s head office in Japan, and applies only to the Indian-build Jimny XL, not the regular three-door Jimny built in Japan.
No specific cause for the sales stop has been given, but the dealer bulletin says the notice is tied to “an issue that is being investigated in current Jimny 5 Door vehicles that are either in Dealer stock or in our warehouse.”
A spokesperson for Suzuki Australia told Drive: “SMC [Suzuki Motor Corporation] is always reviewing quality control and an operational error, which hasn’t been disclosed to us at this stage, is being investigated for the Jimny XL.
“Due to the investigation, we’ve been asked to place a temporary sales hold on the Jimny XL. Information from SMC only specifically applies to this model/variant,” the spokesperson said.
“Customers who currently own or operate a Jimny XL on Australian roads have not been advised to cease use.”
The move joins a history of delivery delays for the popular light off-roader, with the three-door model expected to run short of banked stock before an updated model with Australian Design Rule-required safety updates lands in 2026.
Although the five-door Jimny is compliant with the latest changes, with a more advanced autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system, the three-door model can only sell as stock complied before March 2025, when the rule change came into effect.
Suzuki has faced delays in sourcing the original three-door model, with order banks growing to such a point during 2023 that a pause on automatic versions was put in place until backorders were met.
To the end of June 2025, the Suzuki Jimny has recorded 4365 sales, making it the third best-selling light SUV behind the Mazda CX-3 (8221 sales) and Toyota Yaris Cross ($5887 sales), and ahead of vehicles like the Hyundai Venue and Kia Stonic.
Jimny sales have tapered slightly compared to 2024, however, with a drop of 7.3 per cent year to date.
Unlike its class competitors, the Jimny offers ladder-frame chassis construction and a low-range transfer case, giving it genuine off-road ability not matched by other light SUVs.
The Jimny range is by far the best-selling model in Suzuki’s lineup, accounting for just over 51 per cent of Suzuki’s total Australian sales so far in 2025.
Kez Casey migrated from behind spare parts counters to writing about cars over ten years ago. Raised by a family of automotive workers, Kez grew up in workshops and panel shops before making the switch to reviews and road tests for The Motor Report, Drive and CarAdvice.
