Guages, door locks, dome light Just Quit

[Yow_wee]

1998 Cherokee. I have dash lights but the guages have no power. The doors will UNLOCK by the switch but they wont lock. (this isnt just one switch, its all the switches including the remote) The dome lights dont work either. All this happened at once. So far all I know is that the door pin switches are still sending a ground to the dash lights because my alarm will still sound when door pin switch is grounded. I checked for positive to the light and found nothing. I checked all the pull out fuses and all seemed fine.


I dont have an owners manual so I dont know what fuse is what under the dash. If any one knows where a diagram is that would save me from hunting down a manual.

[Dale Aeppli]

Originally Posted by Yow_wee

1998 Cherokee. I have dash lights but the guages have no power. The doors will UNLOCK by the switch but they wont lock. (this isnt just one switch, its all the switches including the remote) The dome lights dont work either. All this happened at once. So far all I know is that the door pin switches are still sending a ground to the dash lights because my alarm will still sound when door pin switch is grounded. I checked for positive to the light and found nothing. I checked all the pull out fuses and all seemed fine.


I dont have an owners manual so I dont know what fuse is what under the dash. If any one knows where a diagram is that would save me from hunting down a manual.

HI, LOOK UNDER THE HOOD RIGHT BEHIND THE BATTERY THIS A POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX REMOVE LID TURN LID OVER IT TELLS WHAT RELAYS AND FUSE ARE FOR. TRY REMOVING EACH FUSE ONE AT A TIME AND SEE IF ONE IS BLOWN, YOU CAN JUST PULL THEM UP OUT OF CAVITY JUST ENOUGH TO SEE IF IT IS GOOD OR NOT. THAT WAY YOU WOULD'T GET MIXED UP HOPE THIS HELPS DALE
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[Yow_wee]

I pulled and checked every fuse under the hood and under the dash.

I was hoping for a fuse list from someone because my next step is pulling each fuse and checking for power at the terminal where each fuse plugs in to. My Hanes manual does not have it but I heard Chiltons does. Anyone have a Chiltons??????

I read in another post that fuse #9 is for a few of the problems I am having but I dont know which is #9.

I also read a keyless entry remote module going bad could cause problems.

I have been messing around with stereo wires and after installing all aftermarket stereo components I noticed the factory memory wire no longer has power but the wire that has 12v when key is on does work (for stereo). About the time I went to look into it I turned the key on to check with a tester and noticed my guages didnt move. SO maybe something started there.

[Yow_wee]

Thanks to "Jeepman" I now have a diagram of which fuses are which.

I was checking the fuses by sight. Never again. After knowing which fuses might be the problem I checked them for continuity and found that the IOD fuse was bad.

Everything works now.