Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

The tail lights and dashboard lights don't work when it was unhooked.

Mike Romain wrote:

> What happens when you unhook it?
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Guy wrote:
>
>>I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee. I recently picked up a used trailer. After
>>hooking it up and using it I noticed that I had no dashboard lights or
>>Running lights. I checked all the fuses. Any suggestions?

Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:30:48 GMT, Guy <guyjj@netscape.net> wrote:

>The tow package was an add on installed by Uhaul, but that was 9 years
>ago. It has been working fine. I am assuming that it was the new trailer
>hookup that did it. The trailer was put together from a kit and I am not
>sure if it was shorted or wired incorrectly.

Coincidentally, it was about 9 years ago that I had UHaul put a hitch
and trailer wiring harness into a Suzuki Sidekick I had at the time.
Shortly thereafter, I was blowing fuses left and right. Couldn't feed
the thing enough fuses. Made a 100 mile trip home in the dark one
night with nothing more than 4-way flashers going. Come to find out
that UHaul had gotten ahold of a bad batch of wiring harnesses. There
was a short inside of the plug. Maybe check that out?

P.S. UHaul also scratched the ---- out of the paint on my tailgate
while fixing it. Despite the manager of the place damn near admitting
that it happened there, I got no satisfaction out of them in terms of
a repair. Even fought with their insurance company. I've done
absolutely NO business with them since then.

Good luck!

Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ

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Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:30:48 GMT, Guy <guyjj@netscape.net> wrote:

>The tow package was an add on installed by Uhaul, but that was 9 years
>ago. It has been working fine. I am assuming that it was the new trailer
>hookup that did it. The trailer was put together from a kit and I am not
>sure if it was shorted or wired incorrectly.

Coincidentally, it was about 9 years ago that I had UHaul put a hitch
and trailer wiring harness into a Suzuki Sidekick I had at the time.
Shortly thereafter, I was blowing fuses left and right. Couldn't feed
the thing enough fuses. Made a 100 mile trip home in the dark one
night with nothing more than 4-way flashers going. Come to find out
that UHaul had gotten ahold of a bad batch of wiring harnesses. There
was a short inside of the plug. Maybe check that out?

P.S. UHaul also scratched the ---- out of the paint on my tailgate
while fixing it. Despite the manager of the place damn near admitting
that it happened there, I got no satisfaction out of them in terms of
a repair. Even fought with their insurance company. I've done
absolutely NO business with them since then.

Good luck!

Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ

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Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

Approximately 9/23/03 18:30, Guy uttered for posterity:
> The tow package was an add on installed by Uhaul, but that was 9 years
> ago. It has been working fine. I am assuming that it was the new trailer
> hookup that did it. The trailer was put together from a kit and I am not
> sure if it was shorted or wired incorrectly.

>>
>>>I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee. I recently picked up a used trailer. After
>>>hooking it up and using it I noticed that I had no dashboard lights or
>>>Running lights. I checked all the fuses. Any suggestions?

Maybe if you could post an inventory of what still works and
what doesn't, a better guess could be possible. As in the
key on light test lights these lights but not these lights,
or the information display [door, 2wd/4wd etc] or auto temp
control display, upper console, any interior lights, etc.
work but something else doesnt. I don't see any fusible
links in the FSM, but you may have fried a connector or
something... just cannot narrow it down from the info given.

I will assume that you've already checked the fuses in the fuse
block, plus that none of the bulbs on the rear lights are blown
out to an open...although the light bulb status detector module
should be flashing something and can't find any one fuse in
common.

Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

Approximately 9/23/03 18:30, Guy uttered for posterity:
> The tow package was an add on installed by Uhaul, but that was 9 years
> ago. It has been working fine. I am assuming that it was the new trailer
> hookup that did it. The trailer was put together from a kit and I am not
> sure if it was shorted or wired incorrectly.

>>
>>>I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee. I recently picked up a used trailer. After
>>>hooking it up and using it I noticed that I had no dashboard lights or
>>>Running lights. I checked all the fuses. Any suggestions?

Maybe if you could post an inventory of what still works and
what doesn't, a better guess could be possible. As in the
key on light test lights these lights but not these lights,
or the information display [door, 2wd/4wd etc] or auto temp
control display, upper console, any interior lights, etc.
work but something else doesnt. I don't see any fusible
links in the FSM, but you may have fried a connector or
something... just cannot narrow it down from the info given.

I will assume that you've already checked the fuses in the fuse
block, plus that none of the bulbs on the rear lights are blown
out to an open...although the light bulb status detector module
should be flashing something and can't find any one fuse in
common.

Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

Hmmm.....

I would first double check the fuses. They can melt out and not 'look'
blown. If you have a multimeter, you put it to 20 volts and touch the
two metal tabs on top of the plastic fuse. A good fuse shows 0 volts, a
blown fuse shows 12 volts.

The only thing I can think of in common between the dash lights and the
running lights is the light switch itself.

The stock light switches are not very robust. They will melt down even
from a set of high powered headlights in place of the stock lights if
you don't use a relay for the extra draw.

Could be the trailer lights loaded the circuit up enough to melt
something. I would be pulling the plug off the light switch and be
inspecting it for heat damage.

Good luck!

Mike

Guy wrote:
>
> The tail lights and dashboard lights don't work when it was unhooked.
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
> > What happens when you unhook it?
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Guy wrote:
> >
> >>I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee. I recently picked up a used trailer. After
> >>hooking it up and using it I noticed that I had no dashboard lights or
> >>Running lights. I checked all the fuses. Any suggestions?

Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

Hmmm.....

I would first double check the fuses. They can melt out and not 'look'
blown. If you have a multimeter, you put it to 20 volts and touch the
two metal tabs on top of the plastic fuse. A good fuse shows 0 volts, a
blown fuse shows 12 volts.

The only thing I can think of in common between the dash lights and the
running lights is the light switch itself.

The stock light switches are not very robust. They will melt down even
from a set of high powered headlights in place of the stock lights if
you don't use a relay for the extra draw.

Could be the trailer lights loaded the circuit up enough to melt
something. I would be pulling the plug off the light switch and be
inspecting it for heat damage.

Good luck!

Mike

Guy wrote:
>
> The tail lights and dashboard lights don't work when it was unhooked.
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
> > What happens when you unhook it?
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Guy wrote:
> >
> >>I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee. I recently picked up a used trailer. After
> >>hooking it up and using it I noticed that I had no dashboard lights or
> >>Running lights. I checked all the fuses. Any suggestions?

Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

In article <3F71A5DB.2D24BB87@sympatico.ca>,
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hmmm.....
>
> I would

I'm telling ya, he's got a taillight blown.


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Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

In article <3F71A5DB.2D24BB87@sympatico.ca>,
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hmmm.....
>
> I would

I'm telling ya, he's got a taillight blown.


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Re: Tail lights and dashboard lights not working
 

Jeepers wrote:
>
> In article <3F71A5DB.2D24BB87@sympatico.ca>,
> Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hmmm.....
> >
> > I would
>
> I'm telling ya, he's got a taillight blown.
>

I could see maybe two tail lights blown, but what of the front running
lights?

Or the dash lights?

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's