Marker and turnsignal no longer turning on
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Marker and turnsignal no longer turning on
I have a 1996 cherokee I replaced my front wiring harness because I was having problems with the turnsignals after I replaced it all the turnsignals and markers work great they just dont light up when I have the headlights engaged I purchased the harness online and when it arrived at my house it had a different connector for the side marker than my jeep so I replaced it with the correct pigtail when I purchased the harness I hadn't realised it's for a european cherokee could that have something to do with it
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Have you read this thread? I ran across it yesterday, and it seems it's relevant here.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...nction-249610/
One thing that stood out to me was the point someone made about LEDs causing the turn signals to work (but in a different pattern) but markers not turn on with headlights. Did you install LED bulbs?
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...nction-249610/
One thing that stood out to me was the point someone made about LEDs causing the turn signals to work (but in a different pattern) but markers not turn on with headlights. Did you install LED bulbs?
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Have you read this thread? I ran across it yesterday, and it seems it's relevant here.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...nction-249610/
One thing that stood out to me was the point someone made about LEDs causing the turn signals to work (but in a different pattern) but markers not turn on with headlights. Did you install LED bulbs?
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how...nction-249610/
One thing that stood out to me was the point someone made about LEDs causing the turn signals to work (but in a different pattern) but markers not turn on with headlights. Did you install LED bulbs?
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Weird. Yeah, maybe it is from differences between european and north american harnesses. I don't know much about it myself - hopefully someone else pipes in or you find a lead in that thread.
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I'm betting you're missing the ground connection, and the signal lights are grounding though the headlights when they're not powered. Do the markers work if the headlights are unplugged?
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