2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. This absolutely works. 10 minutes tops. I also cleaned the ground contacts with rubbing alcohol and I put a folded up piece of tin foil under them to hold them in place better. Works like a charm. Now I've got to break the news to my husband. He's been bitter ever since I replaced and rewired the control box for the AC blower motor.

Thank everyone SO MUCH for your instructions.

Whoa. The Internet is cool. I was just starting to dread having to bring my 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo back to the dealership to have my right rear brake light fixed. I hadn't noticed that the light went out every time I hit the brake pedal when the headlights were on. Five minutes, and I had a perfectly functional tail light, and I didn't spend a penny!

Thanks for super helpful instructions!

I'm going to add to the list of thanks... I had a cop pull me over for improper equipment and never wanted to go to the Jeep dealership to get it fixed... Thanks for the information provided!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!! The estimate from JEEP to correct this was around $USD250. This works absolutely! I have had numerous brake issues $$$, both window motors replaced $$$, and other odds and ends $$$. Thanks! I'll never again own another Jeep.

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I want to e-mail this to that mechanic at my local Jeep dealership. I called to inquire about this same problem and he said it was a "... sporadic but known issue" and there was nothing they could do but replace the entire assembly.

Thanks for saving me some money and a lot of head scratching.

I want to thank all of you who posted on this board. All my lamps were out on the rear of my Jeep JGC 2001. I brought it to a local shop and he told me that he would have to spend a couple of days with it as "there are miles of wiring that he needed to check" This was said after a not so subtle look at my naked ring finger!!! Well, thanks to this board, I had the courage to check for myself. The problem was two blown bulbs. Total cost was around 5.00+ a little of my own elbow grease. Thanks again.

In my 1999 Grand Cherokee I also had the problem with my left rear tail light. With the lights on the running light would go out when I hit the brake and the left brake light would also not light. Brake light worked if the parking or driving lights were not on. Bulb was OK. The Jeep dealer (a mechanic) said the circuit board in the light assembly had gone bad and the whole light assembly needed to be replaced.

I found the fix described on this web site and tried it. I removed the bulb. On the single contact in the tail light housing, I gently lifted it up with a knife point and placed a folded up shim of aluminum foil under the contact (to raise it up). Light worked fine. Cost = O. Dealer was going to charge $178.00 for the light assembly. It would be nice if Chrysler had mechanics that could provide correct information.

Thanks so much to the folks on this site for providing such useful information.