Just purchased this jeep and it will die every few miles. The speedo quits and car quits running. It will restart usually while coasting (after the speedo comes back on) I know it is an electrical problem.
I took it to a good shop and they happened to have another jeep in there to borrow parts from to help trouble shoot.

So replaced crank sensor (new) and engine code went away!
But it still dies.

It goes farther when cold. Once it starts to quit it will do it at closer and closer intervals.

So we swapped these parts with the "good" jeep
with no good results:
computer
coil
distributor

Visual inspection of the ignition switch show no signs of burns or markings..

The 8 volts appear to be running everything fine but will just drop out.
Unfortunalty the voltage will not say gone long enoughh to trouble shoot the circuit.

Is there some other wierd or common odd thing on cherokees that need to be checked that caused this?

Except for the not running reliably it is a great, straight, very clean car and I'd like to keep it as it has great potential.

So any ideas?
Thanks in Advanced,
Richard
Austin, TX

Hello

I had kinda the same problem. my 93 jeep cherokee sport would start and ran for 1 min and then die and it would start right back up so i took off the TPS sensor and it ran fine but a soon as i plug it back in it died so i went to the auto parts store and bought a new tps sensor and it runs with no problems now.

hope this helps

you might also want to check your ignition module, mounted underneath the coil. When those start to act up, you'll have to occasional stalling like you are having now.

you might also want to check your ignition module, mounted underneath the coil. When those start to act up, you'll have to occasional stalling like you are having now.

Thanks for your comments.

It turns out that the wiring harness that leads to the transmission was missing insulation on the wires and causing the intermitant short that was shutting the car down.
Replaced the bad wires and did a better job of bundling the harness and it runs great now.
Thanks again,
Richard