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1996 OEM cruise control install problem - ISSUE RESOLVED!
Hello everyone, new member here with as first time Cherokee (or Jeep) owner.
Picked up a 1996 Cherokee XJ 4dr 4WD with only 106 grand on the ticker, and having had a whole bunch of maintenance done to it. After working out a few bugs, I have been attempting to install stock OEM cruise control to it, but am running into a brick wall. Hoping to get someone that has a 1996 "Cherokee" with working stock cruise control to help me out.
So, I Hit the local auto recycle yard and operated on (I believe) a 1990 Grand Cherokee. Parts obtained were the Servo, servo bracket, cable vacuum tank and lines, and the turn signal multi switch with cruise, and wiring with it's connector.
All the engine mounted stuff went right in, easy peasy, after I tested the servo out for functionality. Could hear the servos open and close as voltage was applied.
Here is where it turned on me. The 1996 steering column changed, and the cruise control switch is mounted to the bottom center of the steering wheel. So the multi switch will not work. AFTER 1996, they changed the cruise switch again to two buttons where the horn buttons are in the 1996.
Went onto eBay and picked up a used clockspring for the 1996, and also a used cruise switch which said it was for a 1996. Later, I think I found that the switch part number is actually from a 1995, but I also read that it should work.
I continuity checked, and (using a 9-volt battery) checked the voltage through the clockspring and the cruise switch. Everything checked out. The steering column wire plug, plugged right into the clockspring, and the clockspring pigtail plugged right into the switch, and the switch mounted correctly as well as the horn circuit. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK!
And worse, weird things happen when pushing the buttons.
The buttons on my cruise control bar read left to right: On/Off - SPEED CONTROL on a big solid bar - Resume/Decel - Set/accel
I think the steering column wiring in the connector at the clockspring has been switched around. I have since tried nearly every conceivable combination, but NADA works.
PLEASE, SOMEONE WITH THE 1996 CHEROKEE with cruise control, take off your lower steering column cover and either photograph or diagram the wires and order that they are in the clockspring connector. I think this is where my problem is. I have struck out even at the local Jeep dealer on finding a wiring diagram for that plug, so this is my last hope I think.
HELP PLEASE!!!
Here are photo's from my vehicle showing the wiring in it's current state (which is NOT WORKING).
Last edited by CCDAMEEK; 03-12-2016 at 10:24 PM.
Reason: Issue is resolved!
Radi, Thanks for replying, but unfortunately that diagram is not for the 1996, as I am sure you are aware. Completely different with even the button's functions are not the same, and the wire feeds are different.
Sure could use THAT diagram for the 1996 year!
Anyone? Photo's from a 1996? Hand diagram? 1996 Service diagram?
Even if someone could just tell me what buttons should have which wires corresponding to the diagram in my first post!
** ECU #C32 - White/Light green (carries 5 volts)
** ECU #11 - Yellow/light red (brake switch)
** - Black/Light Blue (Speed Sensor system)
The buttons on my cruise control bar read left to right: On/Off - SPEED CONTROL on a big solid bar (no function) - Resume/Decel - Set/accel
Anyone? Photo's from a 1996? Hand diagram? 1996 Service diagram?
Even if someone could just tell me what buttons should have which wires corresponding to the diagram in my first post!
** ECU #C32 - White/Light green (carries 5 volts)
** ECU #11 - Yellow/light red (brake switch)
** - Black/Light Blue (Speed Sensor system)
The buttons on my cruise control bar read left to right: On/Off - SPEED CONTROL on a big solid bar (no function) - Resume/Decel - Set/accel
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Radi, Thanks for replying, but unfortunately that diagram is not for the 1996, as I am sure you are aware.
I didn't mark the year, could be 97 or 98. If that doesn't match yours then 96 is a stand-alone year, I know '95 is different.
I had a 96 and it was difficult finding correct wiring diagrams for some systems. Unfortunately this may be one of those situations.
I'd seriously call area scrapyards, looking for one with a '96. Then go take pics. Maybe call your local Chrysler dealer and see if they have the drawing.
Thanks again Radi. I actually went ahead and purchased the full 1996 Service Manual, and of course, the only cruise control switch(s) they show, as well as every diagram and chart including pinout's, splices, wiring callouts, you name it, are from the later 1996 version that moved the speed controls to the location that house my horn buttons!
My 1996 was manufactured in September of 1995. But the 1995 diagrams I have found, have the speed control switch as a MULTI switch with the turn signal, and that whole unit was changed for the 1996.
The local Jeep dealer searched for me also, and they had nothing that would help.
There is only 1 scrap yard within 180 miles of where I live, and they don't have a '96. Unless someone with a '96 on this forum can give me help with their wiring combo, I guess I'll have to start knocking on doors of people with similar models parked in their driveways and hope I don't get shot.
Already getting scolded by the local forum po-po for second requesting on my thread. Didn't like my original font either. Guess I have been spending too much time under the dash of this Cherokee, that it's making me senseless! Many apologies...
03-08-2016, 05:31 PM
1996 OEM cruise control install problem - ISSUE RESOLVED!
