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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 06:43 PM
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Default Dome lights, radio, power windows and power locks stopped working

Checked the fuses and they all seem fine. What should I look for now?
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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Its under your engine comp hood. In the middle of the fuse box are the small micro fuses. There will probably be a 15 blue blown.
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Broken Nose
Its under your engine comp hood. In the middle of the fuse box are the small micro fuses. There will probably be a 15 blue blown.
checked them just now. They are not blown. Any other idea's? I think it's shorting out somewhere
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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Any more info to give us? Did you recently replace/change something? Maybe have something to do with your removable door mod.
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Any more info to give us? Did you recently replace/change something? Maybe have something to do with your removable door mod.
all summer I had my door locks disconnected for the doorless mod. Now that it's getting colder I connected them again. I hit the door lock button getting out of my truck and everything turned off inside. Second time it has happened. First time it was only a fuse. This time none of the fuses has been blown
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 06:47 AM
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there is a shorted wire somewhere that has probably melted. based on your last post. i know that Grand cherokees like to brake wires in door hinges that cause this problem, not sure if the Cherokees also have this problem.
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 07:43 AM
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there is a shorted wire somewhere that has probably melted. based on your last post. i know that Grand cherokees like to brake wires in door hinges that cause this problem, not sure if the Cherokees also have this problem.
I can understand the wires breaking in the door hinge causing this. But why would that effect my radio? Ill just have to check all the wires out today
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 11:58 AM
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Still cat figure it out. Any other idea's anyone?
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 12:01 PM
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Got the window's working. Still no lights and radio though
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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Mine did the same thing when I was putting the door wires back through the body one wire got stripped while pulling it through and shorted out my door locks and power windows but not my radio and done lights
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 01:41 PM
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did you check the fuses by looking at them? dvom? or test light?
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rackem
did you check the fuses by looking at them? dvom? or test light?
This ^^^^ just cause a fuse looks good power must be confirmed in and out of them....
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by freegdr
This ^^^^ just cause a fuse looks good power must be confirmed in and out of them....
I only looked at them. Ill check them with a meter or test light when I get home from work
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 05:55 AM
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what did you do to fix the Windows. can't help you if we don't know what you've done. did checking fuses with the light get you anywhere?
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Old Oct 15, 2013 | 12:13 PM
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As XJRed96 said in a previous post, it is common in GC for door wires to break and as for his question about happening to Cherokees, YES! Happened to me. I lost power windows and radio because of this...
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