Suzuki Jimny altenater belt keeps giving.

It could be the type or quality of belt or the tension. If its a cheaper brand, try a genuine Suzuki one. Also make sure its adjusted correctly.

Are you sure its the belt that is squealing and not the alternator bearing or even water pump if it is driven by that belt?

I did get a suzuki belt fitted and the mechanic said that that's the only problem with it. Everything on the car just dies and then he has to put another one in,

I would suggest getting a second opinion from another mechanic.
You would not normally have to keep replacing the belt unless something else is wrong.

Thank you. I will take your advice on that.

Your welcome and best of luck.

Check the belt is running true i.e in line . Get battery and alternator load tested in case working over time for some reason and dragging alternator .Check ATF fluid in g/box .If o.k need to get a diagnostic scan on box to see what is causing flare up .Could be something relatively minor or major if internal .

P.s
take " jota 1978s" good advice also especially re. second opinion .

After giving this some thought over my morning coffee ,something rings a bell about problems with the crankshaft pulley / harmonic balancer / damper giving problems on that car .I'll try and find more info .

Thanks for your opinion, legend!! If u get any more on that I would appreciate it,

This is the best I can do just now as going out shortly but gives you an idea of the possible fault from other previous owners .Hope it helps .


" by Gaston » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:07 pm

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread - we had this failure too (looking around for info about it prompted me to join here....)

The crankshaft pulley failed on our Jimny last week. The garage showed us the failed one - exactly as in the OP's post, the rubber section in the middle was completely destroyed, causing the pulley to throw the belts off. Given that the age & mileage on ours (2006 model, 29k on clock) is similar to the other cars mentioned in this thread, it implies that there might be a bad batch of pulleys.

The pulley was £143+VAT. To add to Beardie's post - we were charged the same (£14+VAT) for each belt."
Gaston

and

" Mine went last week and it was fixed on tues by my local garage - i dont have access to a air wrench or the likes else i would have done it myself. I went in last weds to book it in and it was fixed on tues - total cost including replacing both belts, the pulley and labour 210 quid which wasnt bad. The garage told me it was a main stealer part only so i dont think thats too bad. With the bank holiday weekend as well, i didnt think it was too long a wait

Strangely i heard mine go, the pulley became offset - it sounded like a bag of spanners in the washing machine so i drove it home gently and left it on the drive until tues morning. Then when i fired it up to take it in, the was a clunk and it had fallen off. Mines done 95k so its probably just expired "

there is a recall on the tensioner call your local suzuki garage