2000 Jeep Cherokee dash

Hi All,

I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
Anyone else had an issue like this?

TIA,

R

That is supposed to be a Wrangler 'defect', not a Cherokee's, but anyway
on the Wrangler if you thump the dash it will go back normal for a
while.

The problem on them is the harness plug for the dash circuit board is
the wrong size so it comes loose. There is a new plug available to fix
it, but it can be fixed by removing the plug and bending the pins in a
twist just slightly. This twist makes the pins fit the socket tight.
Dielectric grease is recommended on this fitting when putting it back
together.

Yours might be different, but it sure sounds the same. Airbag light on
and no gauges.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
> Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
> light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
> of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
> rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
> Anyone else had an issue like this?
>
> TIA,
>
> R

Ditto. http://www.billhughes.com/mirror/gauges.htm
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> That is supposed to be a Wrangler 'defect', not a Cherokee's, but anyway
> on the Wrangler if you thump the dash it will go back normal for a
> while.
>
> The problem on them is the harness plug for the dash circuit board is
> the wrong size so it comes loose. There is a new plug available to fix
> it, but it can be fixed by removing the plug and bending the pins in a
> twist just slightly. This twist makes the pins fit the socket tight.
> Dielectric grease is recommended on this fitting when putting it back
> together.
>
> Yours might be different, but it sure sounds the same. Airbag light on
> and no gauges.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

In article .com>,
> wrote:
#Hi All,
#
#I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
#Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
#light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
#of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
#rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
#Anyone else had an issue like this?

Your generator (no, it's not a alternator...) died. You are now running
on just your battery's power. As the juice goes down, systems start to
shut off to keep the ignition going.

/herb

I called the dealer and of course they want me to bring it in and
charge me $50 just to take a look to see what is wrong as they have
never heard of this before,...which I thought strange to begin with. I
really just hate having to pay maybe over $100 for some loose
wires...grrrr


L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:
> Ditto. http://www.billhughes.com/mirror/gauges.htm
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > That is supposed to be a Wrangler 'defect', not a Cherokee's, but anyway
> > on the Wrangler if you thump the dash it will go back normal for a
> > while.
> >
> > The problem on them is the harness plug for the dash circuit board is
> > the wrong size so it comes loose. There is a new plug available to fix
> > it, but it can be fixed by removing the plug and bending the pins in a
> > twist just slightly. This twist makes the pins fit the socket tight.
> > Dielectric grease is recommended on this fitting when putting it back
> > together.
> >
> > Yours might be different, but it sure sounds the same. Airbag light on
> > and no gauges.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

I called the dealer and of course they want me to bring it in and
charge me $50 just to take a look to see what is wrong as they have
never heard of this before,...which I thought strange to begin with. I

really just hate having to pay maybe over $100 for some loose
wires...grrrr


I am uncertain if I could do this myself. I have taken the radio out
before, but the dash deal sounds like it has tons of screws and such.
does it sound worse than it is?

Thanks!

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:
> Ditto. http://www.billhughes.com/mirror/gauges.htm
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > That is supposed to be a Wrangler 'defect', not a Cherokee's, but anyway
> > on the Wrangler if you thump the dash it will go back normal for a
> > while.
> >
> > The problem on them is the harness plug for the dash circuit board is
> > the wrong size so it comes loose. There is a new plug available to fix
> > it, but it can be fixed by removing the plug and bending the pins in a
> > twist just slightly. This twist makes the pins fit the socket tight.
> > Dielectric grease is recommended on this fitting when putting it back
> > together.
> >
> > Yours might be different, but it sure sounds the same. Airbag light on
> > and no gauges.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Experiment with your ignition key, the switch makes about ten
connections in the on position so if you have a bunch of junk on your
key ring it could shut off your computer and gauges, very common with my
beloved Fords just before they catche fire.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

wrote:
>
> I called the dealer and of course they want me to bring it in and
> charge me $50 just to take a look to see what is wrong as they have
> never heard of this before,...which I thought strange to begin with. I
>
> really just hate having to pay maybe over $100 for some loose
> wires...grrrr
>
> I am uncertain if I could do this myself. I have taken the radio out
> before, but the dash deal sounds like it has tons of screws and such.
> does it sound worse than it is?
>
> Thanks!

Hi
I have been looking all over the place and you described precisely how
my 99 jeep cherokee is behaving. I've also lost power windows, locks,
and the overhead computer as well. It has been sporadic, but it seems
to be getting worse. I get 2 error codes from the switch, 1686 (No
messages received from the Smart Key Immobilizer Module) and 1687 (No
messages received from the Mechanical Instrument Cluster module).

Just wondering if you had ever figured out the problem, I'd like to
avoid the $$ for the dealer diagnostic.

Thanks for the help,
M


wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
> Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
> light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
> of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
> rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
> Anyone else had an issue like this?
>
> TIA,
>
> R

Hi
I have been looking all over the place and you described precisely how
my 99 jeep cherokee is behaving. I've also lost power windows, locks,
and the overhead computer as well. It has been sporadic, but it seems
to be getting worse. I get 2 error codes from the switch, 1686 (No
messages received from the Smart Key Immobilizer Module) and 1687 (No
messages received from the Mechanical Instrument Cluster module).

Just wondering if you had ever figured out the problem, I'd like to
avoid the $$ for the dealer diagnostic.

Thanks for the help,
M


wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
> Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
> light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
> of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
> rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
> Anyone else had an issue like this?
>
> TIA,
>
> R

I would suspect a bus problem.


On 26 Sep 2006 12:15:04 -0700, wrote:

>Hi
>I have been looking all over the place and you described precisely how
>my 99 jeep cherokee is behaving. I've also lost power windows, locks,
>and the overhead computer as well. It has been sporadic, but it seems
>to be getting worse. I get 2 error codes from the switch, 1686 (No
>messages received from the Smart Key Immobilizer Module) and 1687 (No
>messages received from the Mechanical Instrument Cluster module).
>
>Just wondering if you had ever figured out the problem, I'd like to
>avoid the $$ for the dealer diagnostic.
>
>Thanks for the help,
>M
>
>
wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a 2000 jeep cherokee that has never really given much issue.
>> Today I am driving down the road and I look down to see my red airbag
>> light on. Of course this freaks me out enough on its own. In a matter
>> of seconds my yellow engine looking light is also on and my speed and
>> rpm gauges are dead. Is this some sort of power failure or short?
>> Anyone else had an issue like this?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> R