Electrical problem I think

Asked by Bryan Feb 27, 2019 at 04:33 PM about the 1998 Jeep Cherokee Classic 4-Door 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 98 Cherokee XJ and I replace the relay,
motor fan and climate control today and nothing
works.

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If you can hit under the passenger side with your palm and it starts working you may want to read this. "Brandon's idea worked a couple of times but then stopped. I removed the Resistor from under the glove box, (had to cut a couple of cables that were part of the unit making sure there is enough wire to reconnect with solder/sleeve, Best connector) . Removing the plug carrying three cables was tough but with some leverage and pulling it came off, once removed I found that the red cable terminal connector inside the plug was burnt out. This is the problem!!! Jeep will supply new resistor plus plug etc but cost a fortune. So I carefully soldered 4" lengths of the appropriate sized/color cable to the three connector prongs inside the plug aperture of the resistor. Then refitted the resistor in the jeep and again soldered the cables using a "solder/sleeve" and 3 months later everything is still working real good." https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-t15867_ds39204

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