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From: New Haven, CT
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by ats1971
Where do i buy the 194's for my 96? Every place i looked sells them for $6-7 each! How did all you guys only spend $20?
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From: New Haven, CT
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by ~Mindless~
So why exactly do the blinker and hi beam indicators not work after installing LED bulbs?
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From: connecticut
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0l
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From: Bentonville, AR
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6 4.0
Originally Posted by ~Mindless~
No. I was reading through this thread and I could have swore I saw some posts about that but nvm lol guess I didn't.
My high beam indicator works fine. If you want the blinker indicators to work with LEDs (in your tail lights or your cluster) you will have to swap your load-dependent flasher relay for an electronic relay. The speed with which your blinkers blink is based on the load placed on the circuit which is why they blink faster when you have a bulb out. The extremely small load placed on the circuit by the LEDs prevents the relay from flashing. Electronic relays aren't dependent on load.
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From: Hayesville, NC
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
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From: Springfield Virginia
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
The switches are held in with 3 screws. Unplug all of them and the cig lighter then do the same to the lights like the hvac. There are two lights for the defroster and fogs, one to illuminate the actual switch and one to illuminate a small light when the switch is pressed. The larger light is the one you want to switch, the smaller one can't be changed, no matter what color you put in it will stay orange or green.
Remove the panel covering the radio hvac etc, grab the bottom an pull. hvac is held in with 4 screws then the cover is held on with clips, simply use a small flat head but slide the dials for temp and such off. There are two lights on the bac that was white, use pliers to spin them a quarter turn.
The switches are held in with 3 screws. Unplug all of them and the cig lighter then do the same to the lights like the hvac. There are two lights for the defroster and fogs, one to illuminate the actual switch and one to illuminate a small light when the switch is pressed. The larger light is the one you want to switch, the smaller one can't be changed, no matter what color you put in it will stay orange or green.
The switches are held in with 3 screws. Unplug all of them and the cig lighter then do the same to the lights like the hvac. There are two lights for the defroster and fogs, one to illuminate the actual switch and one to illuminate a small light when the switch is pressed. The larger light is the one you want to switch, the smaller one can't be changed, no matter what color you put in it will stay orange or green.
hvac are done thanks. Installed blue leds in the spot where the 3 switches are but there still GREEN wth!! any ideas to why there still green, is there a film in front of the bulb?
anybody have this problem after doing the switches with blue leds??
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From: Kansas
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 190-hp, 4.0-liter I-6
Originally Posted by seww
Here ya go. Took it this morning at work..




