Interior electrical

Ok so I went to hardwire a cd player into the XJ beacue I couldnt find the correct harness at 11pm :speepin: impatient anyone?? Long story short, while I was trying to figure out the wiring without a diagram i somehow lost my dome light (I think the bulb just burnt out. It flashed and smoked a little when I touched two wires together) and my under dash lights (the ones that light up the gauges) also, no lights turn on when I open the doors. The P.O had some fancy shamshy sound system in there leaving enough speaker/amp/power/satellite radio wire comming out of the dash to wire a space ship. I got the front speakers working but still cant figure out the rear. I checked all fuses and they look good. Suggestions...Im not sure where to start and was baffled that the wires comming through the radio hole effected the interior lighting.

I believe you're looking for a 5 or 10 amp fuse that controls the dome lights etc etc. It should be in the panel down under the steering wheel somewhere. I did the same exact thing when I accidentally shorted some wires in the dome light while swapping to one with map lights.

As for the hardwiring... WHY that just leaves a bigger mess for the next time, and no one does it properly with a good connector, just crappy crimp splices. What I did was I gutted the old stock radio and desoldered the connector from the power regulator board inside it, then soldered my wiring to the back of that. As a bonus, the back of the regulator board in the stock radio has the full pin-out silkscreened on. Also, you can probably google for the pinout... just throw "jeep cherokee stereo pinout" into google and away you go.

kastein said:

I believe you're looking for a 5 or 10 amp fuse that controls the dome lights etc etc. It should be in the panel down under the steering wheel somewhere.

Click to expand...

Not in the fuse box correct?

correct not in the fuse box under the hood but under the dash on the driver side on a pre 96 and i believe on the passenger side kick panel on 97 plus

It's in the fuse box on mine - the one under the dash, not the one in the engine compartment. It's down by the gas/brake pedals and also has the blinkers and stuff in it.

EDIT: beraad is probably right about the 97+ location, not sure

I cant read the labels on my under dash fuse panel so I have no idea what fuse does what lol. I checked them all and they all look ok though.

Are you sure you have rear speakers?

Ya, Rocker Fosgates that the P.O left behind in the soundbar :greensmok

Depending on the year and power options there's also a possibility of a relay block behind the lower dash panel under the steering wheel. There's two relays in there that control illuminated entry and radio illumination. When looking at it with the 4 big relays on the left and smaller ones on the right the top left is the illuminated entry and bottom second from right is radio illumination.