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mack
September 24th, 2006, 16:15
i have a 97, the rear cargo lights did come on when i popped the hatch, now it doesn't, could it be the switch? is so, where is it?
Yucca-Man
September 24th, 2006, 16:18
The switch in my '96 melted, and never came on. I rewired a simple toggle switch in there and it's been working fine for years. As for the hatch switch - that's one of those funny mysteries that NAXJA hasn't answered after years of questions... :D
camarors8992
September 24th, 2006, 16:26
wait, my lights should turn on when I open my hatch ??
ROOK1
September 24th, 2006, 16:49
They came with rear cargo lights?
90xj06
September 24th, 2006, 16:50
on my 90 the switch is this make shift metal thingy that was riveted on to the latch under the hatch panel. i lubed the switch and re riveted it and it now works.
Harlee&Tahoe
September 24th, 2006, 16:55
on my 87' switch is located within the latch assy.
90xj06
September 24th, 2006, 16:57
yes same
RichP
September 24th, 2006, 16:58
Open the hatch and push the cargo light, it has a switch inside it...
camarors8992
September 24th, 2006, 17:22
I'm lost. Are we talking about the dome lights ? I have a front and rear dome light in my 95 sport.
RichP
September 24th, 2006, 18:24
I'm lost. Are we talking about the dome lights ? I have a front and rear dome light in my 95 sport.

Rear, the 98's at least have a built in switch in the light, bonked it one nite with my head w/o noticing, drove me nuts for the next two hours trying to figure out what happened to my interior lights...
90xj06
September 24th, 2006, 18:26
ya i keep mine off. i dont even know if my fixed switch still works.
mack
September 24th, 2006, 21:07
yeah, that was the first thing i tried.Open the hatch and push the cargo light, it has a switch inside it...
dspenz
September 27th, 2010, 02:48
Rear, the 98's at least have a built in switch in the light, bonked it one nite with my head w/o noticing, drove me nuts for the next two hours trying to figure out what happened to my interior lights...


That story cracks me up.
dave92cherokee
September 27th, 2010, 03:04
Why did you revive a 4 year old dead thread for something useless?
Original_MudButt
September 27th, 2010, 06:17
Why did you revive a 4 year old dead thread for something useless?

Because he/she got a chuckle out of it... Nothing wrong with that.....
iwannadie
September 27th, 2010, 11:01
MY 97 has the dome light on the sound bar, it had a little black plastic thing next to it. I never knew what it was and because it never pressed in. Turned out it was the dome light button and it was melted. I took it apart and the inside of the plastic was melted and fused the button in place.

I rewired a new switch in its place and now have on/off function of my dome lights and my lights come on when the hatch is open and the switch is on.