Hey everyone! I haven't been here in at least a year (great Jeep Liberty wars of 2003) but I do remember that this place as being THE SOURCE for all things Jeep. I do see some familiar faces.. Jeff Strickland, DougW, Mike Romain, Kevin in SD, and of course Bill (the link master) Hughes III... it's good to see you guys still in here helping people. Anyhow, I'm probably not back for good but I do have a bit of an issue and I probably won't like the answer, but here goes...
I have a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ) that just rolled over 100,000. My wife was driving home from Wal-Mart tonight and she came in and said the CHECK ENGINE light just came on as she was rolling in the driveway. I grabbed the book and ran out the door and checked the codes, it popped a 45 (P0712) Trans Temp Sensor Voltage Too Low (Voltage less than 1.55 volts). My questions are...
How "$BAD$" is this? How long to fix if I "hook up" the mechanic? Where the hell is the sensor? (maybe just a broke/loose wire?) Is it one of those BS codes I can put off until later in the week?
Because...(and I hope Bill can appreciate this)... I'm supposed to drive 4 hours with the wife and kidlings tomorrow morning to pick up my shiny "new" competition yellow Corvette, and she'd be driving the ZJ home while I follow her in the Vette. If this is a major fix we can still take the XJ but won't be as comfy on the long drive (did I mention it's 4 hours each way?)
Thanks for any inputs, YOU GUYS ROCK!
Jim "PNYKILR" Zorin
'97 ZJ '00 XJ (gave '04 TJ Sahara to roomate)