cherokee90

My 1998 cherokee is having a prob, the inside lights stay on like a doors open. I'm tired of pulling the fuse, what wire can I cut to "delete" the little push buttons in the door jams for all 4 doors and the hatch?

PNWjeeper

not to sound like an *** but did you make sure the headlight switch to make sure it wasnt turned all the way to the right because that will also turn on all the dome lights.

XJUSMC

have you tried tuning this **** to the left. And I only ask cause it has happened before. dam you beat me.

cherokee90

Yeah I smacked it around and everything, the switch is still good and in the off position.

GRANDLICH

x2 could figure this problem out either messed with it for like 3 houres.. figured out i had to turn it. haha

thexjthatcould

i had the same problem...it ended up being a doorswitch, got rid of it now its doing it again >.<

cherokee90

Guess I'm going to cut all the wires at each switch

wildbill1

I'm not sure about XJ's, but most interior light door switches work be completing a ground. If the switch is faulty, just unplug it and tape up the terminal on the wire so it doesn't touch ground.

It should be easy to find which switch is bad by unscrewing them from the door jambs. Once they don't make contact anymore, the light should go out. Of course, this is assuming it's a switch that's the problem.

I think the switches are pretty inexpensive.

cherokee90

Well I pulled all the switches and the lights are still on...

Radi

Oh heck. Pull the bulbs and toss 'em in the glovebox.

Might disconnect the plug from the headlight switch and see if they go out. If they're still on...one of the ground wires is shorted to the chassis somewhere. If they go out the switch is bad.

jeepheep1

x2

gvns8

I would guess that one of the switches that determine if your door is open are broken. So in order to figure out which switch is bad I would open one door at a time and disconnect this plug ( which disables the light from coming on when that door is open).



Once you figure out which switch is bad go buy a new one for like 5$ and replace it. Granted it might be something else causing the problem but worth a shot.

cherokee90

I already pulled the switches didn't help, I just said screw it and ripped out the bulbs.

gvns8

Did you pull the plugs that I pointed out inside the kick pannel that will disable the switches? Pulling the switches won't do anything because you are essentially leaving the circuit open causing the lights to stay on. When the door is closed you complete the circuit which turns the lights off. You probably just had one bad switch.

Everett

That's what I did.