jeep93

Googles giving me all sorts of different answers, so I thought Id ask you guys - anyone know where the turn signal relay is located on a cherokee xj 1998?. My left side turn signals are flashing to fast (right signals are fine). Checked the bulbs and cleaned up the connections. The grounds are ok as far as i can tell, so I reckon the relay might be on its way out... if anyone can point me in its direction it would be much appreciated!.

DKCherokee

Turn signal relay is behind the panel under your steering wheel. The relay is located below your headlight switch. I just replaced mine and the stock relay color is grey, well atleast mine was.

jeep93

excellent - thanks DK. Youve saved me about 5 hours of sifting through crap on google!.

freegdr

http://www.ehow.com/how_6570382_reac...-cherokee.html

CRoading

My turn signal use to act weird like this before... I replaced the relay and it solved the problem...

jeep93

Good to know - I'll get that relay swapped out this weekend.. hopefully it'll sort things for me too.
Thanks for the links freegdr!.. Ive copied the info onto a word doc for future reference.

jeep93

Got the relay changed over with a nearly new reconditioned relay I picked up super cheap on ebay (actually got 3 of them for £10).
I know its not exactly a complicated job, but I thought Id post a couple of pics in case there's anyone out there as clueless as me, in need of help.
Again, thanks to dkcherokee and freegdr for the links and pointers..

jeep93

Mines a right hand drive, so obviously for you lefties the relay will be on the left side of your steering column. Heres some pics of the part number, etc.

no rdplz

I've actually got to do this today as well. Thanks for the pics jeep93! I know it's a simple job but seeing pics always makes it a little easier.

no rdplz

Got it replaced. One of the few times a 5 minute job actually only takes 5 minutes.

jeep93

No problem at all - I dont know half as much as most of the guys on here, but Im happy to share what little I do know!. Glad the pics helped

KingCarta

I just bought a flasher relay for $40.00, when the dealer said the part would be $125.00. I'm really glad I did the fix myself! The only problem I ran into was the fact that there was some sort of tape with foam on it around the connection between the relay and the female part of the plug. I was wondering if there was a purpose behind having the foam tape around the connection besides to keep the relay in place?

martinfan

Note to self ALWAYS search this forum first. Just replaced turn signal / high beam switch THEN replaced flasher to solve the problem! Never would have thought the 4 way flasher was independent of turn signal flash. $50 switch $19 flasher. Its the sons Jeep and my money and time. Oh well keep on moving forward. Maybe I'll get a thanks Dad!

kcdt58

Mine has similar symptoms but it's on my passenger side. When I turn on the hazard lights, they blink at the normal rate though. Does that still sound like the turn signal relay?

kcdt58

So I swapped in a new relay and now the turn signal turns on, but stays on (no blinking) which tells me there's too much resistance I would think. I guess I have to chase down a wiring or ground issue...