foreman05
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Carolina
Hey,
Just picked up my first XJ last night. 30 minutes into my drive home my headlights started getting brighter then dim. this went on for 20 miles off and on then i noticed my volt meter was going from 14 ish to 15-16 then 12-13 ish. once i noticed that my whole gauge cluster went crazy the check guages light came on the volts were maxed out headlights full bright the speedo and tach were all over the place about 10 seconds went by then back to normal. it did that twice more about 10 minutes apart. once it settled back down it would be back to just a little high on the volts and the slight flicker on the headlights. the last 20 minutes of my drive were uneventful. I tried to get codes via key and trip button but didnt show any even tho the check eng light is on. the abs light came on during the whole wig out also and has remained on. initial thought are alternator and or battery. I will do some more trouble shooting/autozone trip for diagnostics this weekend.
97 xj 4.0 4x4 4 door 205xxx miles.
Thanks for your help in advance
Just picked up my first XJ last night. 30 minutes into my drive home my headlights started getting brighter then dim. this went on for 20 miles off and on then i noticed my volt meter was going from 14 ish to 15-16 then 12-13 ish. once i noticed that my whole gauge cluster went crazy the check guages light came on the volts were maxed out headlights full bright the speedo and tach were all over the place about 10 seconds went by then back to normal. it did that twice more about 10 minutes apart. once it settled back down it would be back to just a little high on the volts and the slight flicker on the headlights. the last 20 minutes of my drive were uneventful. I tried to get codes via key and trip button but didnt show any even tho the check eng light is on. the abs light came on during the whole wig out also and has remained on. initial thought are alternator and or battery. I will do some more trouble shooting/autozone trip for diagnostics this weekend.
97 xj 4.0 4x4 4 door 205xxx miles.
Thanks for your help in advance