Did a search on "light", came up with my symptoms similar to other posts, so here goes:
Why do my courtesy lights stay on 24/7? They are slightly dimmed, but on. When I open the door, they come up to full brightness. When I close the door, they dim down slightly, right away (no delay), but stay on all night. Had to pull the fuse to save the battery.
Checked so far: Headlight switch in dash rotated all the way counterclockwise; pushbutton on the rear cargo dome light; (wish it were that easy).
Here's the weird thing: when checking each door plunger switch one at a time, the front door switches made no differnce, but the rear door switches (both) doused the lights for 1 second, and then the lights came back on! Then, no lights out, as many times as I pushed the switch!
What makes the courtesy lights turn off after a 60 second delay, when you've closed all the doors? Is this a dying light delay timer that can be replaced?
This happened 2 weeks ago, I wiggled all the little modules plugged into the fuse block under the dash, and the problem went away. Tried that this time with no luck. If this is a dying light delay timer, which little module is it? The dark blue box is the chime alarm for headlights-on-key-off, so that's not it.
Would be happy for a link to wiring diagram, also.
Hoping someone has a magic bullet, otherwise it is trace the wiring for shorts.
Thanks in advance.
1991 Cherokee
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