wavingpine11
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central PA
Hi all,
Here's the low-down: 98 XJ, AW4, recently given to my brother who needed a car. I bought this in December '07. It drove terribly. Mostly due to needing a new O2 sensor. Replaced the sensor. Replaced plugs and wires. Drove great after that. Didn't have reverse lights. Lights were good. Rebuilt the neutral safety switch and solved that problem. Sagged in the rear. Added a leaf from another pack--solved that problem. So I drove it all winter long until a week or two ago when my brother came down and I gave it to him.
Several days ago he started having a problem with no start. This is a second-hand description, but from what he told me, when he turns the key on, the vehicle emits a tone, and will not start at all, neither in park, nor in neutral. When he waits a while, it will start. He told me that, now, as soon as he puts the key in, it emits a pulsing tone of about 1 Hz interval, and does nothing. He says that if he turns the key to the on position, it decreases slightly in pitch and also the frequency with which it pulses. Eventually, say after 30 seconds, the tone stops, and it will generally then start.
The only time I've ever heard any kind of warning tone come from this Jeep in the season that I drove it was when it was asking for more fuel. But I would never hear anything when I put the key in, not having even turned it from the off position.
So I'm focusing on the presence of this tone, which I've never heard before. Does anyone have any ideas on this, or know what the Jeep is trying to tell him with this beeping?
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
I asked my brother to sign up here and add what he can to this puzzle, which he'll hopefully do later tonight. I know its difficult to solve a problem without someone on the scene to ask further questions of.
Here's the low-down: 98 XJ, AW4, recently given to my brother who needed a car. I bought this in December '07. It drove terribly. Mostly due to needing a new O2 sensor. Replaced the sensor. Replaced plugs and wires. Drove great after that. Didn't have reverse lights. Lights were good. Rebuilt the neutral safety switch and solved that problem. Sagged in the rear. Added a leaf from another pack--solved that problem. So I drove it all winter long until a week or two ago when my brother came down and I gave it to him.
Several days ago he started having a problem with no start. This is a second-hand description, but from what he told me, when he turns the key on, the vehicle emits a tone, and will not start at all, neither in park, nor in neutral. When he waits a while, it will start. He told me that, now, as soon as he puts the key in, it emits a pulsing tone of about 1 Hz interval, and does nothing. He says that if he turns the key to the on position, it decreases slightly in pitch and also the frequency with which it pulses. Eventually, say after 30 seconds, the tone stops, and it will generally then start.
The only time I've ever heard any kind of warning tone come from this Jeep in the season that I drove it was when it was asking for more fuel. But I would never hear anything when I put the key in, not having even turned it from the off position.
So I'm focusing on the presence of this tone, which I've never heard before. Does anyone have any ideas on this, or know what the Jeep is trying to tell him with this beeping?
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
I asked my brother to sign up here and add what he can to this puzzle, which he'll hopefully do later tonight. I know its difficult to solve a problem without someone on the scene to ask further questions of.