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1996 Jeep Cherokee Instrument Panel Lights Blow Fuse

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Ian
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Dec 13, 2008, 2:04 AM

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1996 Jeep Cherokee Instrument Panel Lights Blow Fuse Sign In
The entire instrument panel is dark on my 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport (4.0). I don't remember if any of the idiot lights go off or not or if the turn signal/hazard indicators work. (I primarily drive it only during the day for obvious reasons.) I finally checked the fuse and sure enough, it was burned. I got a replacement fuse and the lights worked only for a second or two before it went out again. The only thing I did was attempt to adjust the brightness by turning the light switch.

Is it possible there's a short in the light switch? What else is in that line that could be doing it? How can I tell for sure? More importantly, how can I fix it?

Hopefully someone here has encountered and fixed this problem. If so, please let me know! Thanks!

Ian


DrElectrics
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Dec 15, 2008, 2:32 PM

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It sounds like one of your headlight wires has a bad earth. This could be quite a pain in the butt, as there are SO MANY wires under the dash. Have a look at all your harnesses and see if you can see and GREEN wires that are loose. Whatever you do, don not put a larger fuse size in to try and correct the problem. Let me know how you get on.


Ian
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Dec 15, 2008, 2:57 PM

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It sounds like one of your headlight wires has a bad earth. This could be quite a pain in the butt, as there are SO MANY wires under the dash. Have a look at all your harnesses and see if you can see and GREEN wires that are loose. Whatever you do, don not put a larger fuse size in to try and correct the problem. Let me know how you get on.
Thanks. It's raining cats & dogs right now, so it might be a few days until I can take a look. But thanks for the heads up. I'll start by following from the headlight switch to as far as I can, then look at all the green wires. I'll let you know how it goes. Is there anything I can use to help out? Like a multi-tester?


DrElectrics
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Dec 15, 2008, 5:46 PM

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With wiring it is always a "sounds like" issue. Especially when trying to diagnose problems from the other side of the world. This one should be a cut and dry short. SO start looking for earth wires that are visibly loose, then other wires that look loose, or are contacting with stuff they shouldn't. You could use a circuit tester on and loose wires you see to see if you are getting power to them.


jj
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Apr 21, 2009, 4:53 PM

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odds are its your headlight switch the dimmer can short out and cause this problem, mine is doing the same thing and have traced this out before on others





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