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Old 10-27-2012, 08:10 AM
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Default T0 98-01 owners. Reading codes w/o code reader device.
I found instructions in 99 FSM "Body diagnostic prosedures" how to read codes. I couldn't see codes on my 99 and 00. Try and let us know.
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Old 10-27-2012, 08:27 AM
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It's always been my understanding that you couldn't read codes for those years without a reader.
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I have tried that procedure, without success, many times with my 2001.
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I tried that a while ago.

It just did a fancy light show and went back to normal. Never showed or flashed any codes.

On a 99 btw.
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Originally Posted by DieselD
I tried that a while ago.

It just did a fancy light show and went back to normal. Never showed or flashed any codes.

On a 99 btw.
That was instrument cluster check.
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On my '97 TJ,you could check the codes this way.
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Originally Posted by Big David
On my '97 TJ,you could check the codes this way.
Do you see check engine light blinking? That is what 97 XJs do.
On 99 code should be on odometer display, according to manual.
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