So last night after a day's worth of smooth driving I go to start my Jeep and everything seems normal until I hit the ignition. The interior lights turned on, the key buzzer.....buzzed, and as soon as I turned the key I lost all power. I checked the battery connections and alternator connections and they are clean. I tried a jump start and it did nothing. Could it be a bad shift cable or neutral safety switch? I tried starting it in park, and N but no luck.

 

Sounds like neutral safety switch. Sometimes wiggling the shifter while in park helps. If not you xan jump the starter with a screwdriver. Youll need to adjust and clean the neutral safety switch

 

I tried wiggling but to no avail. Where exactly is this neutral safety switch?

 

It's on the passenger side of the transmission, near where it (the transmission) attaches to the engine. Do your reverse lights work?

 

 

 

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If the NSS is bad, the lights will not dim because there is NO power getting to the starter. Starter is suspect here, along with battery connections, even though they LOOK good.

 

When mine went bad, my lights still dimmed. Js

 

Battery, check grounds and also the starter

 

Thanks alot guys, I definitely have enough to work with. Too bad for me I am very ill today. So we'll see what happens Monday.

 

Let us know!

 

You said when you turned the key to start you lost all power, did the power return when you released the key? Do you have any tools to do diagnostics?

 

I have no diagnostic tools. The power doesnt return until I take the key out of the ignition.

 

Is your Jeep a 96? I will assume it has not thrown a code yet... have you check the starter wires?