I have a 1996 cherokee xj and Im stumped on a wiring problem. After my last trip into the woods I went to drive home and my turn signals (left and right) brake lights, and hazards all did not work. However my headlights, taillights, wipers, and high beams all worked. I replaced a few blown fuses, and got a new multifunction swith, but it still hasnt changed. Im stumped can anyone help?

 

you have trailer wiring for lights?

 

no its not

 

It's most likely a short to ground somewhere

 

is there power at the fuses for them

 

Yes there is power at the fuses, and do you have any guesses where the short would most likely be?

 

harness comes into rear area at upper corner of rear hatch drivers side id check for power theree

 

alright thanks, ill let you know how it works out

 

alright i know its been awile since i posted, but i finally got it fixed, thanks for your help everyone

 

how did you fix it mine is doing the same thing?

 

So what ended up being the fix for you? I am currently having the same problem and I am stumped as well. When you say ground wire you mean the ground wire coming off of the multifunction switch itself or the ground wire running back to the lights? I'm new to the Jeep thing but I'm very mechanically inclined and I am very stumped on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

The weird part of this for me is that when I bought the Jeep it just didn't have turn signals I had flashers and brake lights I pulled the relay for the flashers and now I have no brake lights no turn signals nor any Flash.

 

there are a few suspect areas on the '96 rear wiring, including an earth terminal inside the rear pillar, and most especially cracked wiring in the harness at the rear,
trailer harness too, (which will probably be there)

a '96 has '95 wiring from the engine bay back, so download the 95 FSM for wire colors, connector locations, its all in there..go to member cruiser54 and download it

XJ also have a known weird issue with harness in Drivers side door, wires go bad, causes many weird issues

 

I checked and cleaned up all the grounds
worked for me