98 Cherokee gauge cluster not working
#1
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From: covington
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
98 Cherokee gauge cluster not working
My 1998 xj cluster isn't working! All the lights work but no gauges. Ive tore the dash apart checked everything. All fuses an relays are good.
Any one have this problem? Ive googled it an nothing.
I think I have a bad cluster. But not 100%
Any one have this problem? Ive googled it an nothing.
I think I have a bad cluster. But not 100%
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From: Bettendorf, Iowa= Quad Cities
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
It's often a connection problem, have you tried hitting the top of the dash or pushing in on the dash to see if anything changes. is this a constant condition or does the dash instruments intermittingly?
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From: covington
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Everything was good, I cleaned everything also l. Yep tryed hitting the dash.
Theres a green plug on thr left side an a black on the right side. I think one contolls the gauges an the other does the lights?? Atleast that would make sense. All the lights on the cluster work.
Theres a green plug on thr left side an a black on the right side. I think one contolls the gauges an the other does the lights?? Atleast that would make sense. All the lights on the cluster work.
#5
There is an updated connector kit that was made for this problem. Its simply the 2 connectors that plug into the back of the gauge cluster. Requires some crimping or soldering up in the dash, but its not too bad, just tedious.
I did this on my 2000, & it fixed my gauges for a while.
The next time they crapped out, it was a ground from the battery to the inner fender well. Scuffed it up, and coated it with copper anti-sieze and all is well.
This was with "no bus" displayed on the odometer, and no gauges working, but instrument lights working
I did this on my 2000, & it fixed my gauges for a while.
The next time they crapped out, it was a ground from the battery to the inner fender well. Scuffed it up, and coated it with copper anti-sieze and all is well.
This was with "no bus" displayed on the odometer, and no gauges working, but instrument lights working
#7
This is the part number I came up w from a quick Google search. From here on cherokeeforum.
Mopar part # 1-05016261AA
Quantity of 2. Its not a "kit" as I thought I remembered it was, its just 2 connectors.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/showth...247&styleid=16
Mopar part # 1-05016261AA
Quantity of 2. Its not a "kit" as I thought I remembered it was, its just 2 connectors.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/showth...247&styleid=16
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#11
Lol. Well everything I've found out during the year of mine Workin, then not, then again, is its either a battery, a ground (whether it's engine, chassis, or whatever), or its them connectors in the back of the cluster, or a faulty gauge cluster. Those wr my solutions also with the exception of the gauge cluster itself.
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From: Canton, MI
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
#15
Mine did this a couple weeks ago, the day after I'd washed under the hood & engine area. Hopefully I just messed up the ground---temporarily!
Only did it about 3 days.
My tranny started acting crazy every time it did it too.
I thought I was imagining the "no bus" warning!
Only did it about 3 days.
My tranny started acting crazy every time it did it too.
I thought I was imagining the "no bus" warning!