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Newbie
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
Model: Cherokee
Max A/C does not blow/work
I posted on a forum yesterday, and sorry guys if I was not at the right location. I hate computers and technology.
My son's '95 Cherokee does not have max blow. I had to replace the speed switch, splice and wire in new connectors to the new switch. Plastic connector was fried.
Motor works, the resistor read okay with digital meter. Motor is about 3 years old, maybe 4.
Have low, medium and high, but no max blow. Do not notice much difference in air volume between the speeds.
Checked other connections and they appear to be fine.
Any ideas on what to check next?
Thanks,
WMac
My son's '95 Cherokee does not have max blow. I had to replace the speed switch, splice and wire in new connectors to the new switch. Plastic connector was fried.
Motor works, the resistor read okay with digital meter. Motor is about 3 years old, maybe 4.
Have low, medium and high, but no max blow. Do not notice much difference in air volume between the speeds.
Checked other connections and they appear to be fine.
Any ideas on what to check next?
Thanks,
WMac
Junior Member
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
From: South Jersey
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Mine did the similar after a few crazy days of rain. Gauges dropped to zero position, check engine and airbag displayed, as well as "no BU5" (no bus?). No loss of power, only the gauges. It happened once more the same morning then has been fine for 2 days.
Beach Bum
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,123
Likes: 22
From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Code 27
Edit: moved to 'Modified Tech' (injectors were upgraded)
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Member
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
From: Mississauga, Ontario
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0l I6
Two questions ('96 Cherokee Sport 4dr):
Whats the little switch to the left of the parking brake?
The trim that goes along the bottom of the doors, which is just a rubber strip thats held on with double sided tape, is it metal underneath or is some sort of body filler normal? I took mine off yesterday because they were already peeling, and I noticed something that looks like bondo.
Whats the little switch to the left of the parking brake?
The trim that goes along the bottom of the doors, which is just a rubber strip thats held on with double sided tape, is it metal underneath or is some sort of body filler normal? I took mine off yesterday because they were already peeling, and I noticed something that looks like bondo.
Beach Bum
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,123
Likes: 22
From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Two questions ('96 Cherokee Sport 4dr):
Whats the little switch to the left of the parking brake?
The trim that goes along the bottom of the doors, which is just a rubber strip thats held on with double sided tape, is it metal underneath or is some sort of body filler normal? I took mine off yesterday because they were already peeling, and I noticed something that looks like bondo.
Whats the little switch to the left of the parking brake?
The trim that goes along the bottom of the doors, which is just a rubber strip thats held on with double sided tape, is it metal underneath or is some sort of body filler normal? I took mine off yesterday because they were already peeling, and I noticed something that looks like bondo.
Under the exterior door guards 'should' be all sheet metal from the factory.
There is putty/bondo in a few places on the XJ. Most noticeable is the back-top corners of engine bay where sheet metal panels come together.
Member
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
From: Mississauga, Ontario
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0l I6
The switch and buttons are for electric side mirrors..
Under the exterior door guards 'should' be all sheet metal from the factory.
There is putty/bondo in a few places on the XJ. Most noticeable is the back-top corners of engine bay where sheet metal panels come together.
Under the exterior door guards 'should' be all sheet metal from the factory.
There is putty/bondo in a few places on the XJ. Most noticeable is the back-top corners of engine bay where sheet metal panels come together.
Hmm, well I'm not sure if I should try cleaning it off, or if I should just leave it now.
Newbie
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
From: St. Louis
Year: 95
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L Straight 6
Hello.
I'm new, and I'm in trouble here...
I have a 95 Cherokee Country I bought for my daughter back in march of this year.
Last thursday night after the baseball game, it would not start. It would crank over, but not start.
I had it towed back home. I worked on a loose positive cable on the battery terminal. Then I checked codes.
I had a code 12 and a code 54.
Looking at parts at Oreilley's website, they had no camshaft sensor available for this Cherokee. I don't think it has one in this distributor.
I checked the rotor, it turns when cranking.
I replaced the Coil due to cracking.
I replaced the Distributor pickup, hoping that might be the problem.
I replaced the cap and rotor because I was there.
I replaced the ignition wires because I had a coil wire that was arcing.
The result was no start.
No spark at all.
No noid to test fuel injectors, but I smell fuel.
The auto shutdown relay is not holding in when starting.
I tried resetting the alarm system with 3 presses of the passenger side unlock button. No joy.
I tried looking under the dash by the driver's kick panel for a purple and yellow wire coming from a black plug, to ground it out to see if that would get the Auto Shutdown relay to hold. I couldn't find a purple and blue wire.
When I was looking for a ballast resistor for the fuel pump, I found a corroded wire going to the annunciator on the alarm. The siren.
I hooked up a clip and joined the corroded pieces which were terminated to ground at the annunciator, and the Cherokee started! This was a white wire with a black stripe, coming out of the firewall, to the red wire on the annunciator, and the black wire on the annunciator terminated at ground.
It ran for a day. Ran great.
Monday, Katie and I went somewhere, and when I got in to start the Jeep, it just cranked and didn't start.
I opened the hood, and the wire from the annunciator to ground, the ground was a little loose. Wiggling it didn't do it.
I bared the white wire with black stripe at the point where I soldered it to the red annunciator wire, and grounded it on the brake master cylinder. It started and got us home, with the Engine light on the whole way home.
I cut the white and black wire from the annunciator and tried grounding it at the annunciator, and it wouldn't start.
I noticed the grounding point for 2 terminals by the Control module on the drivers inner fender. I went to ground it there, and gently pulled the white wire a little to make the distance. It felt really loose.
Well, out of the firewall it came! It looked like it had been cut with scissors on the other end. I don't see how it was attached to anything.
The White wire with the black stripe was wrapped in vinyl along with a green wire, and a heavier gauge white wire.
So, Now it cranks over and won't start. The Shutdown relay down't hold.
I can hear the fuel pump pump up when I turn the key on.
I have to get this thing running so she can drive back to school in Michigan this Sunday. We're in St. Louis.
I have to fix this right, and right now.
HELP!
I'm new, and I'm in trouble here...
I have a 95 Cherokee Country I bought for my daughter back in march of this year.
Last thursday night after the baseball game, it would not start. It would crank over, but not start.
I had it towed back home. I worked on a loose positive cable on the battery terminal. Then I checked codes.
I had a code 12 and a code 54.
Looking at parts at Oreilley's website, they had no camshaft sensor available for this Cherokee. I don't think it has one in this distributor.
I checked the rotor, it turns when cranking.
I replaced the Coil due to cracking.
I replaced the Distributor pickup, hoping that might be the problem.
I replaced the cap and rotor because I was there.
I replaced the ignition wires because I had a coil wire that was arcing.
The result was no start.
No spark at all.
No noid to test fuel injectors, but I smell fuel.
The auto shutdown relay is not holding in when starting.
I tried resetting the alarm system with 3 presses of the passenger side unlock button. No joy.
I tried looking under the dash by the driver's kick panel for a purple and yellow wire coming from a black plug, to ground it out to see if that would get the Auto Shutdown relay to hold. I couldn't find a purple and blue wire.
When I was looking for a ballast resistor for the fuel pump, I found a corroded wire going to the annunciator on the alarm. The siren.
I hooked up a clip and joined the corroded pieces which were terminated to ground at the annunciator, and the Cherokee started! This was a white wire with a black stripe, coming out of the firewall, to the red wire on the annunciator, and the black wire on the annunciator terminated at ground.
It ran for a day. Ran great.
Monday, Katie and I went somewhere, and when I got in to start the Jeep, it just cranked and didn't start.
I opened the hood, and the wire from the annunciator to ground, the ground was a little loose. Wiggling it didn't do it.
I bared the white wire with black stripe at the point where I soldered it to the red annunciator wire, and grounded it on the brake master cylinder. It started and got us home, with the Engine light on the whole way home.
I cut the white and black wire from the annunciator and tried grounding it at the annunciator, and it wouldn't start.
I noticed the grounding point for 2 terminals by the Control module on the drivers inner fender. I went to ground it there, and gently pulled the white wire a little to make the distance. It felt really loose.
Well, out of the firewall it came! It looked like it had been cut with scissors on the other end. I don't see how it was attached to anything.
The White wire with the black stripe was wrapped in vinyl along with a green wire, and a heavier gauge white wire.
So, Now it cranks over and won't start. The Shutdown relay down't hold.
I can hear the fuel pump pump up when I turn the key on.
I have to get this thing running so she can drive back to school in Michigan this Sunday. We're in St. Louis.
I have to fix this right, and right now.
HELP!
Seasoned Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 415
Likes: 1
From: maryland
Year: 2 Door 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L H.O.
Does ACCEL cap, rotor, and plugs help any?Just thinking of getting this...I got 96 Cherokee 5 speed, Bored throttle body,Flowmaster 40 ...cold air
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 917
Likes: 101
Beach Bum
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,123
Likes: 22
From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Prescott, Az
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Newbie
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
From: Ft Lauderdale
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 strait 6
squeaky ldp?
Hey all, just ordered a bosch fuel pump module assembly in hopes to solve my stalling problems. On an unrelated note, when I first start my car, there's always a squeaky sound that seems to be coming from the leak detection pump or filter. Once the car warms up a bit the squeaking stops. Now, I don't think this is causing my problem as it's been squeaking since I got the car a year ago. Should the squeaking be something to worry about or is that normal? It's ceratainly annoying and I would like to fix it just for that reason. Unless I'd be opening a can of worms by doing so.
CF Veteran
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,692
Likes: 6
From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
Newbie
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 14
Likes: 0
Model: Cherokee
Aircon Driveshaft
Yay! I got my Jeep aircon gassed up! But I forgot to check, and the a/c driveshaft isn't... there! Is this an easy fit, as it looks like I might have to move a lot of things out of the way to access it? Thanks!
Jeep XJ 2001 2.5TD
Jeep XJ 2001 2.5TD