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Old 12-29-2010 | 09:24 PM
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i put my jeep in reverse and the reverse lights dont come on is there a fuse for this. ive searched the forum. and my right front hazard dont work but my right turn signal works. im confused with this?

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Old 12-29-2010 | 09:37 PM
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Not sure about the hazard light, but when your reverse lights don't work, that could mean your neutral safety switch is going bad.
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how else could i tell that its going bad?
Old 12-29-2010 | 09:43 PM
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Have you had trouble starting your Cherokee at all?
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when it first started getin cold it would turn over and i would stop and do this three times before it would crank and it only did this for a day then i put seafoam in it and hasnt done it since....
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So it would crank, just not start?
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yea i thought it was the fuel pump.but i could hear it whinning.
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Well if you could hear the engine making noise it prolly ain't the NSS. Which is a very good thing. But I'm not quite sure. Did all of the problem lights go out at one time?
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its only the reverse ones. i looked backed and they wernt on then i left it in reverse and put the e brake on and look back there and they wasnt on. got back it and started reversing again and they worked but havent worked since then thats why its confusing me
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Next time you go in reverse and they don't work, leave it in reverse but shake the gear selector a little bit. If they come on when you do this, it is prolly the NSS.
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i had the same thought and i shook it and it still didnt work. there isnt a fuse that runs these?
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To be honest I'm not sure, if you look under the fuse box lid, it will tell you what the fuses do. Start there
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and is there any way to tightnin the gear selector
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Originally Posted by OOdynamite
To be honest I'm not sure, if you look under the fuse box lid, it will tell you what the fuses do. Start there
thanks ill look tomorrow and let you know what i find out
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and is there any way to tightnin the gear selector
Not sure.



But yea let me know


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