Intermittent low voltage on 91 Cherokee

Oct 16, 2003 4 Replies

The dash voltage gauge will read between 10-14 volts unpredictably. When it reads low, the fuel gauge reads low, the oil pressure reads lower, the temp higher. Sometimes this happens while driving; at the start of the trip, the gauge reads a normal 14 volts, but drops after a while.



I'm suspecting a relation to the engine compartment temp, the higher the ambient temp, the lower the reading on the volt gauge. I see no effect on other elec. components, no dimming of lights etc.



Could this be a bad connection at the fuse block? Does the connector to the fuse block pull off from the engine compartment side of the firewall?



thanks DH


I can't say for sure about your XJ, but many vehicles have a separate voltage regulator for the cluster gauges. This insures they will read true when system voltage varies for any reason. I don't if it is replaceable or if you would have to change the whole cluster. Joe, 90XJ

It's always that damn ground wire, the braid from the back of the block to the firewall. Check it. __ Steve .

I will second that!

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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