Mighty.Mighty_XJ
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My recently acquired '99 XJ has been sitting for a few weeks while I perform basic maintenance and overhaul the cooling system. Seems I have what appears to be a common problem with intermittent gauges. They are dead more than working and the airbag light stays on. I searched and am about to remove the dash & clean the connectors.
But something else happened so I have a question.
Yesterday while the gauges were dead I happened to turn on the headlights and the gauges jumped to life. I found that if I fiddled with the headlight switch, it triggered the gauges although they don't stay on. Is there another angle to the problem or is this still just the ol' "clean the connectors" solution? I haven't read anywhere else that the headlight switch has ever been involved. Any thoughts on this?
But something else happened so I have a question.
Yesterday while the gauges were dead I happened to turn on the headlights and the gauges jumped to life. I found that if I fiddled with the headlight switch, it triggered the gauges although they don't stay on. Is there another angle to the problem or is this still just the ol' "clean the connectors" solution? I haven't read anywhere else that the headlight switch has ever been involved. Any thoughts on this?