paul.stopher

Hi. Sorry if this is a stupid question. Just took posession today of a 97 Cherokee 4.0l sport. All fine till I drove at night to find the heater controls ara not illuminated. Are there bulbs to replace? If so how easy is it?
Cheers
Paul

TheJerm

Pretty easy, pop off the plastic trim piece around the heater controls and radio. Then 2 or 3 screws to pull the controls from the dash, pull out the bulb, take it to an auto parts store and replace it.

paul.stopher

Cheers mate. Thought it would be easy but just had to ask.

paul.stopher

Just looked this morning in the light, The dash is one piece!!! Does this mean I have to remove the whole dash to get to the bulbs or is it possible to get to them by removing the after market radio?
Looks like a big job. Also Digital Clock is not working, any suggestions.
Cheers
PAUL

TheJerm

http://www.greatlakesxj.com/tech.html

paul.stopher

Thanks again mate. New to this Jeep thing. This is my first 4wd. Bought her to get me through the snow this year.

BimmerJeeper

Anyone actually ever fix this on their 1998 XJ?
I do not see any bulbs anywhere, after pulling the faceplate.

worleyburd

Should be a little hole on the top right side of your climate control(the back side of it), that's where the light goes. Some people end up getting it stuck behind a bunch of crap when they take their entire dash off, that's what happened to mine when I bought it. Should be a small orange and a black wire close together, that's the ones your looking for, if you pull them and you can tell its not connected then that's the missing light bulb connector. Had to tear apart my whole dash to get to where mine was stuck

Willys55

worleyburd is right, same thing was wrong with mine, PO wiring in stereo and didn't pay attention where everything else went.

BimmerJeeper

Here is what I am looking at.

Where are the bulbs? I see nothing of the sort.
Do I need to remove the white plate also?

By the way, this faceplate has almost zero play, as the wires behind it are taut.
So, I can not look behind this plate at all.

worleyburd

Those two hour glass looking holes are where they go, as too the wires being that tight I couldn't tell you where they are at, maybe with a pic of the wires I could help

BimmerJeeper

Are you sure? There is no bulb socket behind those 2 holes, just space.

caged

yes that is where the bulbs go.
they go in from behind. there should be a small bulb holder that is wired to fit.

you are gonna have to look behind that control panel for the bulb harness.

BimmerJeeper

There is no bulb harness anywhere behind those 2 holes.
Do you think "heater **** illumination" was an optional feature??

worleyburd

No it's not, they all come with it