I pull the headlight switch and no headlights. I have parking lights brake lights turn signals four ways all work. When I push the switch for brights nothing happens either. But when I pull the the stick like to just flash the brights they light up. Any thoughts?

 

Headlight switch.
Very common issue
About $25 at autozone or Oreilly

Kind of a pain to do but I have small arms and hands so it wasn't too bad for me.

Search for a writeup "headlight switch"

 

Thanks I was really hoping that wasn't going to be the reason

 

Think seriously about adding a supplemental upgrade headlight harness.

 

Benefits?

 

Brand where to buy

 

Headlight switch will never burn out again and your existing headlights will be about 35% brighter than they are now.

 

Since we are the home shopping network for Jeep accessories:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CERAMIC-H4-HEADLIGHT-RELAY-WIRING-HARNESS-2-HEADLAMP-LIGHT-BULB-SOCKET-PLUGS-7X6-/330813121438?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item4d05ffa39e

 

You should be VERY HAPPY that was the cause of your problem reasons Cheap, Available at any parts store and easy to fix yourself.

Win, Win, Win seldom that many wins on a repair.

 

Is this made for Cherokees or am I going to have modify stuff to get it to work

 

No mods. Works perfectly. No worries. It will all be fine. No sweat.

 

It will work fine for your Cherokee, it says it if for a Chevy though, I put one in a couple of weeks ago, I also added Rampage lights, I love them. The one thing I had to modify was the headlamp mounts for the Rampage lights I had to cut off a metal tab on each one to fit them other then that nothing.

Just read Cruisers write up on installing the harness, I was really impressed by the quality of the harness also.

 

Here it is:


Cruiser’s Headlight Upgrade Harness Instructions


It's easy to install a supplemental headlight harness.

From the factory, the voltage to the headlight bulbs travels from the battery, inside the cabin, to the headlamp switch, and then back out to the lamps via undersized wire. It's not uncommon to find only 10.5 volts at the lamps.

The supplemental harness is installed so that it provides battery voltage to the lamps and is just triggered by the factory wiring. The result is about 30% brighter headlamps and headlight switches that don't melt and burn out.



Absolutely plug and play. Remove grille and headlamp bulbs. I fed my harnesses from the passenger side starting between the battery and the back of the headlamp housing, over to the driver side. Plug the driver side bulb into the new harness. Attach the new harness's ground wire under one of the small bolts on the radiator support after scraping the paint off under it. Attach the harness to the existing harness behind the grille working toward the passenger side. . Plug the new harness plug into passenger headlamp. Plug original headlamp plug into receptacle on new harness. Attach the ground for the passenger side just like you did the driver side under a radiator support bolt. Attach relays with provided bracket on the passenger side inner fender. Connect power wires to battery.

Revised 12/10/2012

 

Not sure on your year but I had a couple vacuum lines hidden when I routed my harness on the passenger side just be careful to look for them.

 

Great write up guys