Need help fixing a fuse problem
Senior Member

Joined: May 2012
Posts: 925
Likes: 5
From: Fort Erie, CANADA
Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Yep-Basically a process of elimination. Start with parking lights. If they work that eliminates some of the issues. Just be methodical and systematic. Somewhere you've got a power wire shorting to ground. Could be a lamp socket wire, a frayed wire along a harness etc. An easy fix put finding it takes time. You can unplug each harness at a connector and see what happens but you go through a lot of fuses that way!
CF Veteran
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,489
Likes: 24
From: Nor-Cal Coast
Year: 90,84
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0,2.5
Something to consider. That circuit also illuminates the dash and the shifter consul. Turning the **** all the way right/clockwise, turns all that off. If it then still blows you might rule that out as the source of your short to ground.
I've had problems with brush or wind or something messing up my wiring back down under my rear bumper...where my trailer wiring connects. Insulation can wear where a wire goes around an edge.
I've had problems with brush or wind or something messing up my wiring back down under my rear bumper...where my trailer wiring connects. Insulation can wear where a wire goes around an edge.
Thread Starter
Newbie
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 straight 6
New problem, now might right turn signal in my dash doesn't click, it just glows and not very bright. Yet it works fine when I turn on my hazzards. Could this be the problem that is affecting my driving lights or is this a new problem, and how do I go about fixing this?
Trending Topics
CF ADMIN

Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 34,088
Likes: 257
From: Lantana, Fl
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.Slow
Originally Posted by 88cherokee_2
Fixed the problem
The guy before me put a power wire into a ground wire
Thanks for the help
The guy before me put a power wire into a ground wire
Thanks for the help
CF Veteran
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 10,489
Likes: 24
From: Nor-Cal Coast
Year: 90,84
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0,2.5
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
rptuel
Stock Grand Cherokee Tech. All ZJ/WJ/WK Non-modified/stock questions go here!
5
Nov 13, 2020 12:22 AM
BayArea93xj
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
8
Jun 11, 2016 10:43 AM
ammonllewis1
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
9
Aug 31, 2015 11:27 AM
rusty_bucket
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
3
Aug 29, 2015 06:42 AM
petejeep95
Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go here
4
Aug 22, 2015 11:39 AM
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)



