2001xjeepx
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Tennessee
Just started to fix up my wife's 2001 Cherokee XJ classic, 4.0 6 cylinder auto. While I'm driving the Jeep I notice that when the air conditioning or defrost is turned on hat there is a massive electrical draw about every 20 seconds or so. I traced some wires in the engine bay and discovered that someone has piggy backed the wire coming from the A/C into a 30 amp relay directly into the fuse box relay that controls the electric cooling fan. So now everytime I turn on the A/C or defrost the eFan comes on instantly with it. Every 20 seconds or so the fan will turn off for 2 seconds and then back on again causing a massive electrical pull dimming all the lights, tail lights, headlights and radio and dash lights.
My wife told me that the a/c stopped working about 5 years ago and she visited a local shop where a man told her that it was due to a faulty part that he could buy only from Chrysler and it would be upwards of 400 bucks. So instead he talked her into paying 20 bucks to "bypass" this part. So now I have this wiring and I don't know what to look at to replace. Any ideas out there? I wanted to put LED light bars and fog lights but I'm afraid the power pull needed while a/c is on will be too much.
My wife told me that the a/c stopped working about 5 years ago and she visited a local shop where a man told her that it was due to a faulty part that he could buy only from Chrysler and it would be upwards of 400 bucks. So instead he talked her into paying 20 bucks to "bypass" this part. So now I have this wiring and I don't know what to look at to replace. Any ideas out there? I wanted to put LED light bars and fog lights but I'm afraid the power pull needed while a/c is on will be too much.