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Old 09-29-2012, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 95Forrest
Mine has buckets of personality. My speedometer randomly works. My lights inside will come on at weird times. My drivers door you have to push below the handle to open it. Hatch is the same way and the best scariest one is my passenger side door will randomly just come open driving around. Usually taking turns with no sway bars when my girlfriend is with me. She really hates it
your xj must be jelous of her lol
my speakers randomly go out
drivers rear window works when it wants too
seeping oil pan

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Old 09-29-2012, 04:15 PM
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I'm just glad she's buckled up when it happens. Long arms and no sway bars it gets a little sloppy on some turns. Haha
Old 09-29-2012, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991Jeep_Man
Rather than asking what 'quirks' some of us have, might be easier to ask what NORMALITY our xj's have lol. Sometimes I think my rig is one big quirk.
Well put lol.
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sometimes when i start mine, it will miss like it's on 3 cylinders. i think it's my neon injectors pulsating.
so i just turn it off and try again. sometimes it takes a few tries, but will start and run perfectly.
and when it gets to operating temp and i coast at speed, the revs will drop a few hundred and pulsate. again, thinking it's my injectors but drives fine.
for a 1990, she's good.
other than removing the key in the run position, and i can start mine in any gear.
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When I plug in my corded spotlight into the cig lighter the Jeep just cuts out
And wont start untill u crank it 3 or 4 times, but will charge my cell phon/iPod no problem.
Gas needle reads empty when full, and full when empty.
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My rear hatch only stays open in the summer. My passenger side window takes three hours to roll up, and I had to pull the door lock fuse because my locks would randomly lock themselves. Luckily I don't have a/c so my keys never got locked in.
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Originally Posted by 98xxxj
My rear hatch only stays open in the summer. My passenger side window takes three hours to roll up, and I had to pull the door lock fuse because my locks would randomly lock themselves. Luckily I don't have a/c so my keys never got locked in.
my passanger window is the same way i just start roling it up like two minutes before i pull in my driveway and its rolled up by the time i park lol
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One of my dads friends had a old Honda or something that he had to park facing up hill or it wouldn't crank.
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I think most of us share this one. I have to park facing downhill when it rains.
Old 09-30-2012, 08:48 PM
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Some how I forgot this.
My turn signals don't make that clicking sound most of the time. Other times I can only hear it while the radio is on.
Other times it would work like it should lol.
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My xj gets 3 mpg city and 25 highway
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That's rough.
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my hood won't close on the D side Unless I drop it from 12 or more inches.
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The passenger side dashboard of mine rattles. Then stops. Then rattles again.

Oh, and the button for the passenger rear window always gets stuck in the down position when I hit it. Sometimes I don't notice it and it overheats the motor causing it not to roll up for a minute or so.
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It keeps driving off with my wife in the drivers seat. Gotta get that figured out one day.


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