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Old 10-17-2016, 06:00 AM
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'96 XJ here and since I got the truck 10 years ago it's had this problem. When you turn the headlight **** to turn the interior light on, the light comes on, and then turns off when the **** is turned back, but in the process it 100% of the time blows a fuse under the dash.

I changed the switch out years ago thinking that was the problem. That was a miss.

What's the most likely culprit here?

Would it be easier just to re-run all the wiring instead of trying to search for a bad connection somewhere?

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Guarantee you the wiring is shorted, I'd just run a new wire to it.
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