99 cherokee sport

the other night my cabin lights went out, my dash lights went out and my whole cluster stoped working. and my cd player. head lights still work and my dummy lights in my dash still work, just no tach, speed, gas, ect... checked fuses and all seemed to be fine, any ideas? thanks guys

 

Did you check the fuses in the PDC and the JB?

 

PDC = underhood and JB = in cabin on passenger side? im really new at jeeps. sorry but i checked all the fuses i could find in the cabin, on the passenger side, and the fuse box under the hood. but i dont know how to check relays...if it would be a relay

 

PDC is in the engine bay. Junction box is in the cab, right side kick panel.
If the 25, 30 and 40a fuses are good I'd start looking at a bad chassis ground or faulty ignition switch.

 

well what happen is that my friend put in a new cd player for me and did a ****ty job and some of the wires came loose and touched and i lost all my lights and gages. all fuses seem fine, found 2 that were broken, i replaced them with no results. could these wires touching do more than just blow some fuses?

 

I bet he hooked the orange dimmer wire up to the new head unit, and now it will blow fuses for the lights.

 

well it worked fine for about a month or 2 then something came loose and some wires touched or somthing and lights went out. i couldnt find any blown fuses and the two that i did find i replaced with nothing happening. i mean my whole cluster is out, no tach or speed or gas gage or anything. along with no cabin lights, or cluster lights, but my dummy lights still work. i am completely lost.

 

did you check all of the fuses with a test light? it sounds like blown fuses

 

no i just visually checked them. i guess ill head out and do that next. if its not a fuse...what els would do that

 

Did yout buddy use the twist and tape method of joining the wires together?

 

yepp, and the tape came off...

 

There is your problem.

 

Its not a blown fuse. I had the same problem, its your headlight switch if not the wire in your dash after your friend did a half@$$ job on your new head unit.