The Famous Jeep Grand Cherokee Electrical Problem

Just as you stated pulling on the connectors in my case the middle one made the engine begin to fludder and then stall. I still haven't completely determined if its in the connection or actually an issue with the PCM but right now im leaning more towards just oxidized pins.

I'm having very similar problems with my JEEP Cherokee Ltd. Do you have any information on what the problem is? Most electrical functions will fail at some point in the week and the only thing I have found as any sort of a solution is to take each and every fuse (the ones under the hood) out and put them back in. This seems to trigger some sort of normalcy throughout the car. When there is a 'glitch' I lose all automatic functions such as ALL dashboard functions, power windows, locks, cd changer, heated seats. For some reason the sunroof never fails to work. Any advice so far?

Hey terry! i really think i know your problem! as i had the same one! i bet you did the same as me, slammed the seat belt buckle in the door, and dinted in the inside of the door where the sensor goes! thats what i did! JEEZE! costed me hundreds, hopefully not you too... happy new year!

my Jeep had similar issues.
Interior lights wouldn't turn off and would drain the battery, then more things started happening...keyless remote wouldn't lock or unlock the front driver's side door (it would work on all other doors), windows wouldn't work.
I removed the electrical harness connector at the front drivers side door. there's a rubber boot/cover that houses the wires that run inbetween the door and the body if the vehicle.
i founds that 1 wire was completely broken...i spliced it back together and all my problems were solved.

the strange thing is when i disconnected the harness at the door in the same place i found the broken wire there were also 2 other wires (that are part of the same harness as the broken one) that were taped and looked like a repair...I did buy this jeep used but it was less than a year old and had less than 25K on it...No one has ever worked on my jeep since i've had it. I just thought that was strange.

I have a feeling that there were several wiring issues that Jeep knew/knows about even at the assembly plant. There were probably mistakes during assembly that were corrected (very poorly) before the jeeps even left the factory.

hope this helps

Finally after months of trial and error the problem seems to have been resolved. The symptoms / problem(s) were as follows:
- Erratic behavior of all instruments
- Lights coming on by themselves, or staying on and draining battery
- Dead battery next morning
- Shutting down while driving
- Blowing fuses (constantly)
- Door locks engaging or disengaging on their own
- Fuel Pump not pushing fuel

I have replaced the Battery, the ECM, oxygen sensors, power window motors, fuses, relays, and the fuel pump (twice) to no avail. Finally I gave in and handed the car over to an electrical mechanic who diagnosed the problem to a nicked wire in the electrical harness which was making momentary contact with the chassis. Well worth the $200 fee. The wire was found to have, over time, rubbed against a bolt in the engine compartment and have wore out the insulation. Since it was not a dead short, which explained why the problems seemed to come and go. Just in case you are wondering where the harness is located here is how I best could describe it. If you are looking down at the engine compartment's fuse box, its the harness leaving the fuse box going into the firewall. Mid way it splits into a "Y" shape. Near the split point you will find a protruding stud (I think it?s the tip of the ?passenger side? strut). The wiring harness is protected by flexible tubing which apparently has been rubbing against the stud for a long time as the mechanic pointed it out as having been punctured and that allowed for a wire to rub directly against the stud also puncturing its insulation and thus making intermittent contact. The point of all of this is, save yourself the hassle and needless costs of replacing parts that truly did not need replacing in the first place and take it to a good and reputable electrical mechanic. You can find one by calling your local mechanics and asking them to refer you to an Auto Electrical specialist.

I just found this board because I was having the same problem you all were experienceing.

The instruments would go crazy and the engine would cut off. The car would start up 5 minutes later and drive perfectly well and then the some thing would happen without warning.

After the first incident, the car was towed to the shop, the computer indicated that the radiator fan was bad so they replaced it and my wife (with our 2 & 4yr old boys) went to go retreive the car. Unfortunatley the car broke down with the same issue on the way back from the sh0p stranding my family on the side of the road!!!

I was pissed.

When they called to tell me the car was ready, I had the mechanic who did the work both times to come out and explain to me what happened and why he felt confident that he had actually fixed it. He pointed out the power harness and the how it traces along the firewall and then descends into the engine compartment. Right at that point, there is a large bolt end (looks like all-thread) sticking out of the engine. There are a few of these in the engine but the one closest to the firewall was coming into contact with the power harness and had worn through causing a short which triggers the engine to cut off.

The mechanic put a heavy duty rubber plug over the allthread, re-dressed the cable and wrapped it in a heavy duty plastic sheath.

I have had the car back for a day and it seems to be fixed. I hope this solves the problem.

FYI - Our vehicle is a GCL '03 with 60k miles.

Good Luck to all the other GCL owners out there.

I have a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 6 cyl with about 105,000 miles on it. It has been running great. Well, my check engine light has been on for quite some time and finally got the money up to deal with the problem. Upon pulling the codes, it came up with P0123, P0051 which indicated O2 Sensors. I replaced all four of them and now I get a P0135 code (O2 sensor) that I can't seem to get rid of. After reading the above post about the wiring harness rubbing on a bolt, I decided to go see if that was a problem I was having and sure enough, I found a hole worn through the wiring harness and it had exposed one wire that was yellow with what looks to be a brown or purple marking on it. I am not sure what this wire goes to but I have wrapped the wire and recovered the wiring harness. I am hoping it fixes the problem so I can get my emissions test to pass. I will post back if it does!

Valeria

all the same problems asit stalling at 35-40 mph crazy timing. actting as if someone just turn the key off. well on my jeep it turned out to be the coil pickup sensor inside of the distributer. just a little black plastic disc with three wires on it.

MY problem are just like yours too!!!!!!!! I av a 1999 grand Cherokee limited which has been given me a lot off problem pls i need your help as many auto electrician have tried many thing..... The problem is 'ITS GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WHEN DE VEHICLE COOL DOWN ITS STARTS AGAIN,


****NOTE***
DURING WHEN IT GOES OFF

1]THE KEY LIGHT REMAIN ON AN NEVER GO OFF UNTIL THE MINUTE THE VEHICLE COOL DOWN
2]THERE WILL BE NO CURRENT IN THE FUEL PUMP AN THE THE PLUGS
3]THE VOLTMETER GAGES WILL REMAIN DOWN UNTIL ITS COOL DOWN TO START AGAIN
Dead battery next mornin ,....


PLS HELP ME OR GIVE ME UR ELECTRICIAN .....,


THINGS DONE

Changing of fuel pump five times
changing a censor
changing the bartries
now am advise to change the brain box ,what do u suggest?

hi, I am an experienced Jeep Mechanic, to get there i needed to get a AA degree in auto technology, spend upwards of 50,000 dollars in tools and tool box. Continue taking courses through Chrysler to continue my knowledge in the electrical areas. Did you know that most newer vehicles have anywhere from 7 to 15 different computer systems that all need to talk to each other not to mention the miles of wiring and countless sensors, switches fuses and relays. I find so amazing how in todays world people still think its no big deal and a mechanic should just tell everyone how to fix their cars for free or while its in the air could you just.
How many hours per week do you do your job for free just because? If you have problems with your PC, home appliance, electric or plumbing how many of you have found someone to come to your house or fix it over the phone for free?
When was the last time you went to the bank, talked to the Dr., asked a lawyer a question, had a house built or anything else that happens, breaks or wears out and got the service for free.
When was the last time you did what you have been trained to do, got an education to do, purchased the needed tools and accesories to do for free???? Never, right?
So why do you think a experienced mechanic should take food out of his families mouths to give you the needed tools to do his job for free?

thank you
one tech thats tired of working for free

nvltgo... Thanks for coming on and jumping in... you are maybe one in a 1,000 that sounds as if you know what you are doing... I suggest to leave contact info or web site link here!!! If you are as good as you say you are, your reputation will spread fast and furious around this board!!!... but also suggest to you, to rather then throw the mud here, to understand we are pissed of being dumped on.

The problem is ... on a national level, maybe 10 percent of the mechanics have a clue and/or the specific knowledge about Jeep electrical systems and sensors, built in 94 thru 2000 to do the job right and when a Jeep owner gets here, they are out of answers and need help!

Maybe 60/70 percent of the people coming here are here because the have experienced bad repair jobs or no repairs including factory dealerships... because the garage or mechanic didn't know how to fix the issues. After many trys and tired of the shops just replacing parts, they come to realize that it's a money pit and start searching out the answers for themselves.

The other 30/40 percent don't have the money to send it to the Factory Dealer or local garage mechanic and try to repair themselves... what's so shocking about that?... if wanting to invest in something,... Look up Auto Zone because they are holding their own in a bad market.

Wecome to the board... the water is just fine!!!
Cat

I see you are one that likes to throw out figures. On the national level one of a thousand etc. etc.

You like to accuse of doing bad work, money pits etc. etc.

If it seems the repairs should be so easy to figure out then why not fix them yourself?

It is quite obvious as you read the posts how everyone thinks there problems are exactly the same as the next guys and the solution to the problem should be the same as the next guys. Yet as you read the posts everyones fix is different from the next guys.

I read one repair was a rubbed through wire that a mechanic found and it fixed everything for the guy. I wonder how he found it? Have you looked at the bundles of wiring? I'd like to see you find it in your back yard.

When your PC at home locks up, stops responding do you throw it away? Do you sit there and attack the entire profession of computer manufactuers?

Drs. have made mistakes that have led to deaths etc. Are you now trying to cure yourself when you get sick because they may make a mistake in your diagnoses?

When you need to have your camcorder repaired and it takes them 2 to 3 weeks to get it repaired and back to you do you attack the entire profession for taking so long? Imagine vehicles with back up cameras and a million times more electrical components and wiring then a single camera and you get upset if it can't be fixed simply by looking at it and holy crap if it takes more then a day or two to figure it out.

Have you ever made a mistake on your job, have you ever had to try things more then once, have your procedures ever been changed, updated etc? Is there anything you ever do that you try one thing first and if that doesn't work or help you move onto something else? i am sure you do and every time you do it costs your company money. But they don't attack you for it. Well it is no different in my business except for one thing, what costs your company money it costs our customers money. And it's always different when its your money thats being spent.

So instead of attacking a profession and blaming it for your problems why don't you try to look at yourself and see the similarities that we all share when it comes to doing a job. After all if we were as bad as you would like to make us seem then the streets would be filled with vehicles that don't start since only ten percent of them would ever get fixed. and the next time your house lights flicker or your pc locks up or you incounter something new at your job make sure you always understand it, know what the problem is and know what the fix is the first time it happens every time.

Stop expecting more from others then we can give ourselves

I don't know where to start but to argue with you is not my intent...

If you read my last post, I complimented you but as a profession... not many mechanics are worth going back to... time after time, replacing part after part on the check list. Why doesn't the mechanic who is trouble shooting the electrical system find the right part. There must be 20/30 posts written here, where the owner brought his jeep to a "dealer" and they replace a part and then find that it wasn't the fix, having to bring it back, only to replace another part, then go back again, to be told it is the PCM. If the dealers would take more pride in their work, they would take the time to find the real cause... but the real answer is that they are on the clock and time is money and they do not have the time to trouble shoot "One car" properly, when doing diagnostics and costing to fix it. The flat fee of 97 bucks (For diagnostics) only gets you to first base.

The main problem is that most all here would spend 5 hundred/a thousand dollars to get their car fixed but after spending the money... the car is still not fixed.... then what?... then they come here!

To the few great mechanics... I salute you!

Come back and come often... we need you!

Thats all I got...

I do appreciate the compliment and i do understand the frustration people have over getting their cars fixed. I own three myself, my son has one, my daughter has one and everybody I know has one and they all know I'm a tech. I'm sure you know what that means.

Even on my own vehicles I have to go back most often more times then just once to fix a problem. The reason for this is simple. Most of the posts here state something acts up then it clears up and two or three days later it will do it again.

These problems are very hard to fix on the spot. Lets say the tech is lucky enough to actually duplicate the problem. He then starts his diagnostics to pin point the defective component. All of a sudden everything is working again and yet nothing has been changed or repaired. What would you have the tech do?

Lets say that the problem is the drivers window stops working. The possible choices are..window motor, window wiring, window switch, body control module, powertrain control module, drivers door module, passengers door module and all the wiring between each of these devices. The tech. throughout the remainder of the day tries to duplicate the problem again and again but is never able to. Now bear in mind that all these items I listed are for just one window that stops working, imagine all the other items that could be involved if the dash lights go out at the same time or the air bag light comes on at the same time. Now any module or item and wiring for those systems need to be taken into account. Loose one 5volt refrence voltage and dozens of items stop responding or respond inacurately but only one item is actually taking that 5volts reference out of the picture.

Ok back to the window that started working. We all know it is going to act up again, we know the customers aren't crazy and have nothing better to do then come to the dealer or independent garage. So we have several choices to make, give it back to the customer and have them bring it back when it happens more often or stops working all together, ask the customer if they can continue to leave the vehicle so we can keep trying to duplicate the problem and continue at that point or replace the most common part that has caused this problem on other vehicles. This way if it does happen again we can atleast ignore one piece of the puzzle. The only way to insure a repair the first time around on a intermittant problem is to replace all the components and wiring harnesses that could possibly cause the situation and I don't think we would get many customers to agree to this becasue for something as simple as a single power window you would be talking 10,000 dollars or more (remember to look at all the components I mentioned plus the labor for all of them)a good tech will never try to sell you what you do not need only what you do need or the best choice depending on the circumstance. A good dealership or garage would explain these options to the customer and the customer would make the final decision.

Now on the other hand if a vehicle has a problem that can be easily duplicated then there is no excuse for the customer to get their vehicle back without it being repaired.

I guess I am just trying to say that the mentallity of the general population needs to change and not look at a vehicle repair being just nuts and bolts and something that should always be so easy to find and repair. There are very few items that are not computer controlled and not influenced by many other items. And until we start looking at vehicle repairs being no different then any other electrical device we need to send out for repair we will always be unhappy with the service we get no matter where we recieve this service. Customers need to be ready to leave their vehicles for a week or two so the problem can be found and corrected or spend a lot more money having all items involved replaced. Did you know that when you send a pc or tv in for repair the tech makes the repair by trial and error? They simply replace one component at a time until the item is working again. And yes I know that to be fact, I use to do it. Then the bad component gets fixed and put back into production.

Trust me us techs want to fix the customers vehicles in the best and fastest way possible because that is the only way we get to have a customer tomorrow. And with the way the industry is right now that is critacal as a lot of us are without jobs right now due to many dealerships closing their doors because the manufacturers haven't gotten their heads out of their a's yet.

Do beware that independents do make most of their money by selling parts as the techs get a commission for every part sold. Techs at dealerships do not make any money off of parts only labor and the labor is taken out of a guide so no matter what tech you get or what dealership you go to the amount of time charged for doing a job is the same.

Thats all i have too

I had the intermittent stalling problem, replaced the crank sensor (per Jeep dealer's suggestion) said they were problems and wire shorted against case in addition to them going defective) (200.00 installed by my independent mechanic). Worked for two or three weeks, then the intermittent stalling started to come back, and with more frequency. I read all the posts I could find, and mechanics that were baffled had people spending lots of money trying various things, but they all seemed to point to the COMPUTER. I had another car with similar hairline cracks in the solder connections on circuit boards in the computer that were defective in manufacture. Age, and vibration caused intermittent problems. Replacing the board in that car solved the problems. I went to AUTOZONE and bought a remanufactured computer for 197.00. ANYONE could do the install themselves in less than a half hour. (Autozone will print out a how-to sheet for you too.) They have resoldered the circuits in these and have a one year guarantee. WELL...it runs like a new JEEP. No more intermittent stalling, idles smoother, runs smoother. Solved other slight glitches with the radio, and dash lights ets.too. I believe that this will solve 90 percent of the problems out there with Jeeps and is one of the FIRST things people should try, NOT one of the LAST. Hope this helps someone. That's my story anyway.

I think the real problem is not with the techs or the dealers. It is with the vehicals themselves. THEY ARE TOO COMPLICATED. Why do we need all of these thousands of miles of wiring? Why do we need 3 or 5 or whatever amount of modules (computers). Why arn't we offered some simple stripped down inexpensive alternitives? For example every car that I have had for the last 30 years has had the power windows go out on me. So this time I decided to just get a car without power windows. There arn't any. It is the same with our home electronics. Almost no one uses all of the things that you can do with your PC or with your TV or DVD player. So why arn't there any basic - just do one thing options?

Hey!
I've read all the problems everyone else is having, and I'm having similar problems with my 1994 Grand Cherokee Laredo. I bought it about a year ago for about $1500 and the guy had really messed with the wiring, and when I installed a new stereo into it I had plenty of trouble deciphering what he had done.

While away at school my father tried to fix it, only to make it worse. It started with the security system going off on its own without making a sound, and killing the battery. I ended up having to buy a brand new battery, only to find that a short time after my truck wouldn't even start. In the semi-start position, the power goes on and the gauges come up, but there is no turnover, nor a sound with the ignition. I'm trying to avoid the costly trip to a specialist only to come up with the same answer most people got, especially cuz ive already put so much money into it, and i only spent about $1500 on it a year ago.

If anyone has a suggestion for where i should even start, an email would be much appreciated.
@ kdaudelinphotography@live.com

Thanks!

Cat,

You seem like a good person. I have been a backyard mechanic for about 11 years. I took a car in for a regular tune up and the next thing I knew was my transmission was going out. Since that point I have been very paranoid to say the least about taking my vehicles to a shop. I have been experiencing problems with my wife's 97 JGC 4x2 4.0. I finnaly reached my abilities and took it into a dealer in Salt Lake. They had our Jeep for 6 hours before the told me the Fuel pump was bad. The shop rate at this dealer is 71 a hour. That was a diagnosis fee of $426 plus tax. The fuel pump alone cost $415 from the dealer and another $142 to install it. The total cost came out to $1051.81. That did not fix the problem. When I took it back to the same dealer and told them it was still doing the same thing they took it for 2 hours and said that is all the time they can spend on it for free. If I wanted them to continue it would be the standard rate. What should I do at this point? I was a paying customer trusting in a dealers mechanic's to fix the problem. Instead I spend a lot of money and my car has a new fuel pump and still has issues. At this point there are only 2 things it could be. I could be gounding out somewhere. ( I am tracking my wiring ) or the ECM PCM. I did ask the dealer but they would not help me at all. I am a person that will never purchase or take my Jeep to that place again based on what I believe are overpriced and under trained people. I think that this is where many people are. I understand that people can make a mistake. That there are many thing that need to be checked when they are trying to find a needle in a haystack. But the way I was treated is just not the right thing to do. I do not have a issue paying for a service, but I do if the service I paid for is done wrong, incorrect or what ever you choose to call it. I feel the company should have looked into my car for at least the same amount of time they charged me for. Not a third of it.

Yeah, OK, right. That's typical of the profession to make you look the other way while they tell you something they think you wouldn't know anything about. That $50K must have been worth every one of our pennies.

You said,

"After all if we were as bad as you would like to make us seem then the streets would be filled with vehicles that don't start since only ten percent of them would ever get fixed."

I do fis it myself and sometimes i find it worth the savings to go to Pick Your Part and pull the used parts myself. Do you know what I see at pick your part all the time? Perfectly good looking and good running cars with just single problems that didn't get fixed that would have piled up in the streets if they weren't towed away or sold at auction by frustrated owners because their mechanics kept nickle and diming them to death! You're not talking to peole in your dealership. We do fix our own cars, and yes, some of us in our back yards. And we can troubleshoot our own problems. And if we make mistakes on the job, we pay with our jobs. When mechanical shops make mistakes we pay with our money and we have no recourse because even when it didn't fix the problem, the part is non returnable and the labor has already been done. Your "industry" is so littered with bad guys there are watchdog governmental orginizations to help protect us from you. Do the letters B.A.R. ring a bell???

the fact is there are certain manufactures that are building junk."lemons" if you will. are they doing this on purpose? most so-called mechanics are not trained to fix any of the garbage they are working on. these vehicles have way to many problems. you can't compare junk cars to computers and mechanics to computer technicians. a mechanic should tell you up front if he is not likely able to fix a certain problem from the get go. the fact is that a lot of so-called mechanics throw parts at your car until they figure it out. that isn't cheap. point is you get screwed by purchasing the car in the first place. then you take it to some one who tells you what the problem is and how much it will cost when most of the time they are not shure. then what they said will fix it doesn't. and then well it wasn't that it has to be this.if you read any of the comments it is pretty easy to see the pattern. a lot of money spent and nothing getting fixed. if you can't fix it don't call yourself a mechanic and don't touch it in the first place. if mechanics are such good people maybe they wouldn't charge you if the vehicle doesn't get fixed. lawyers don't charge you if they don't win the case! well good ones don't anyway. see my point? we just want what we are paying for. not a bunch of b-s!not all real mechanics are bad, but they didn't get the rep they have for no reason. you and i and everyone else know this. so speak for yourself cause i was not born yesterday.i have owned quite a few cars. my toyotas for instance had very few problems.the ones they had were never catastrophic like most of your domestic "named" cars i have owned.toyotas are made in america. the other guys moved to mexico or use parts from mexico and other third world countries.i know quite a few people that work for g.m. and chrysler. the stories i have heard about they're practices would spin your head. using rejected parts so they don't have to slow down the production lines are a drop in the bucket.i'm guessing the training that they're mechanics get can't be much better than the junk they put out. just compare the recall statistics. that alone will convince any idiot.

Nice touch. I think you answered for many of us about our frustrations and amount of money we have wasted. Some of our frustrations are because we have spent so many hours and hard earned money with little or no results. That makes us want to figure it out even more- We don't want to give in either- we love our Jeeps. My 97 gcl runs great when it runs. 170,000 this month.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SMALL POINT BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO A JEEP DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED AND THEY TOLD ME THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE BCM WHICH I TOLD THEM WAS BAD I WAS OK BUT THEN THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE FLEM MODULE AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WELL THE ESTIMATE WAS $3000.00 TO CHANGE PARTS. SO WHO CAN AFFORD THAT I ONLY PAID $5000.00 FOR THE VEHICLE SO WE TURN TO THIS OUTLET FOR HELP. BY THE WAY I HAVE AN A.A.S. IN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ALSO AS WELL AS A B.T. IN MECHANICLE TECHNOLOGY AND PLANT OPERATIONS AND AM GLAD TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN I CAN

Did occur to you that most of us have a poor experience with auto repair shops? My repair shop want $1,000 to make a 30 minute repair that I ended up doing myself for $200. They also lied to me about where the part was located on the vehicle. I hope you work for a shop that is truly honest with folks.

I took my 97 Cherokee to the dealer to fix an electronic problem similar to many on this thread. They could not find the problem. Why would I pay a dealer's rate for service when they can't repair what they sell?

spoken like a true union worker. this country was built on lending a hand to the fellow man....if dealerships didn't charge so ******* much and stick it to you maybe more people would bring their **** in as opposed to fixing it themselves. $120 an hour shop time? and half the time all you people do is throw parts at a car till you figure it out. stop your bitching and stay off sites like this and keep your face buried in your "$50,000" tool collection and mind your own business. i almost cant believe i wasted time responding to your lame ***. fyi....ford ships tires and rims to china separate only to have them mount and balance them and then ship them back across seas because its cheaper than paying union workers like you, $35 hr to do something you can train an ape to do. your post helped absolutely no one. way to waste time....and more than likely you were probably at work when you posted that garbage.

I am researching a 2004 JGC Laredo. I have found quite a few typical electrical problems. Mostly seem to be poor design. I do not think mechanics should do anything for free. I also do not bevlieve in mechanics replacing parts that dont even fix the problem. In turn having to go back and spend more money. I will pirchase a hidden camera for mechanics just like you. You grease monkeys make me sick and I hate supporting your beer habit. Half the time I go into the shop 2 or 3 of you are just standing around talking watching one guy working. 65.00 hour pfff

Less you haven't been paying attention, Mr. Highly Educated Mechanic, most of you couldn't fix a Jeep problem to save your life. You are, however, quite efficient at replacing expensive parts, charging a fortune for it, and taking the food out of everyone else's families mouths to no viable resolve of the problems in question. And like an attorney, to which most haven't cracked a law book since college, ethics would seem to be at a total loss in your day to day endeavors to screw the average Jeep owner out of every dime they have. But by all means; keep up the attitude and see how many here stay with the product that you make a living with, as a means of feeding the family you speak of... twit!

HI, i have had the same issues with my interior going nuts and found that my dimmer switch on the dash was bad and replaced it for 15 bucks and so far no problems with the lights staying on and the dash going crazy.hope this might help it was driving me crazy until i found it.

Hi, It sounds as though your problem sounds most like mine. Sometimes my dash lights come on then time back out just like when you start your car, with the seat belts being the last to go back off. I have not noticed anything else failing, no blown fuses! I noticed last night when I got home that with the car off the lights would still come off when you pull back on the dimmer switch. I wouldn't think that would happen with the key out of the car. I have a 07 GCL. Any answers, anybody?

I have a 99 JGC and had the issue with lights randomly blinking on inside the jeep. Everything would light up and flicker for a while, then stop on its own. After many trips to the dealer, they finally found that the grease inside the turn signal arm had been shorting the system.... we replaced the signal arm and havnt had the flickering issue since.