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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 05:53 AM
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I have a 96 jeep Cherokee sport I was needing some suggestions on what could be causing my cluster and the rest of my instrument panel lights to not work. All of my gauges work and headlights work. I checked fuses replaced all and no luck and I was looking for a relay but I can't seem to find one. And one more question does the electric fans going out in theses models very common bc mine isn't working at all. I checked relays and fuses and there all good. Any suggestions or info would be greatly appreciated
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 01:57 AM
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Which lights are out? Could just be bad bulbs.

The E-fans do fail from time to time, not on an epidemic level, but occasionally. You can test it with some short jumpers to the battery.
There should be a relay in the PDC under the hood.
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Old Mar 17, 2016 | 05:50 AM
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Which lights are out? Could just be bad bulbs. The E-fans do fail from time to time, not on an epidemic level, but occasionally. You can test it with some short jumpers to the battery. There should be a relay in the PDC under the hood.
the lights in the cluster and in the shift indicator. I check with a test light to see if the wire for the e fan had power to it and it does
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Old Mar 18, 2016 | 12:46 AM
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Check the bulbs first. If you have power and ground to the e-fan but it doesn't turn, it's probably the fan...
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Old Mar 18, 2016 | 12:54 AM
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Try refreshing the connection on the cluster, I swapped the bulbs to LEDS on Wed. Once I put it all together I had problems. I refreshed the connection and it all came back but the temperature gauge.
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Old Mar 19, 2016 | 05:54 AM
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I've got power and ground to the e fan. I bought a new one yesterday imma try it and go from there. Is there a temp switch that controls the fan to? Hopefully when I put the fan on it takes care of my problem. Will update as soon as I put it on. But I check and refreshed the connection on the cluster and checked bulbs and there all good even the one in my shift indicator is good. Could it be the light switch?
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Old Mar 20, 2016 | 11:07 PM
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I know my fan will only turn on when it hits a certain temperature so there should be something but I think there might be a relay in the engine area box.
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