1997 Jeep Wrangler Sahara from North America - All Comments

Hello to all.

I own a 99 Jeep TJ and here is my story. In September 2007, piston number 1 blew up and found itself in the bottom of the oil pan in a million pieces just like corn flakes.

After installing a rebuilt engin, I decided to also fix my horn problem. My horn still does not work, but here is what happened after.

My Jeep started to sputter at 2000 rpm and it would engage and disengage the lock-up system of the transmission at the same time. NO mechanics could find the problem. Replaced spark plugs, wirering, rotor, distributor cap, 2 TPS and the problem is stil there. After a few months in and out of garages, my transmission finaly blew up. Lockup system broken.

All this started after my motor replacement so after reading about the clockspring, I will try to replace it and see if it fixes the problem. I read on the internet that the TPS is grounded through the clockspring.

Thanks to all your post.

Paul Bergeron.

I'm having the same mysterious problems with my '98 automatic jeep wrangler sahara. Randomly, the gauges all go off and the airbag light comes on. Also, when I slow down, idle, or stop it shudders and apparently slips out of gear, then jerks into gear when I accelerate. I have been told it might be one of the vacuum hoses, but I have no idea how to fix the problem. Have tried transmission flush, as well as transmission additives to no avail, leading me to believe it is definitely not the transmission.

Hey Everyone!

So I have a 97 SE Wrangler with many of the same electrical problems. Only mine is every time I start it the windshield wipers will come on. Sometimes they stay on for just a minute, other times they won't TURN OFF! Its so annoying! Also I get the problem with LH turn signal indicator turning on and staying on for no reason. WTF? Any advice?

I have an '03 Sahara... My speedometer and my cruise control quit working and was told to replace my sensors. Located in the Transmission I have two sensors one is an "ingoing" and one is an "outgoing", I replaced them both, my engine light is still on and still no speedometer. Is there a reset button somewhere? If anyone knows and answer... email me at dmark@enfd.com. and type in sahara on the subject page. THANKS!!

I have a 1997 TJ and have I believe electrical ignition problems, I have the same symptoms as many of the above have, Instrument Cluster gages, most notably, volt meter and tachometer go dead and the engine shuts off, this happens very rapidly like a micro switch or relay opening and closing rapidly, causing the engine to stop and start rapidly causing a very jerky driving experience. This may go on for 30 seconds to a few minutes and then it seems to settle down and run fine for a few hours and then start again. I have came to a complete stop a couple of times but have managaged to start the engine again. I have checked all the electrical connections and they seem fine, I also have switched relays in the PDC, I have checked the connections at the CPU. This problem only affects the ignition as all other electrical areas work, eg: radio, lights, power ports etc. and there is no power fluctuation to these other areas when the problem occurs. Any help with this problem would greatly be appreciated, email ralphgs98@hotmail.com.

I have a 97 Jeep Wrangler Sport with what else?...electrical problems. When the problems first started it was only the radio going on and off when the windshield wiper ran across the window, or when the blinkers blinked. As it got worse, the radio would go off when I turned it up too high.

Now, and probably for the last couple of years, the radio just flickers on occasion or doesn't come on at all. Wipers and blinkers work fine as they always have, but radio has been rendered worthless.

I will likely try the steering column remedy mentioned in these posts, but any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hey there jeepers, I bought a 2002 Jeep Wrangler Sahara. It had 76000 miles on it. I know that's a lot of miles, but I always wanted one.

Here's the deal on mine; the idle is off and the fuel sending unit works when it wants to, my fog lights stay on, and the 4wd light says part time 4wd.

So took it the Jeep dealer; they said change the TPS & the crank sensor. As far as the fog lights, they said to change the the whole switch.

I am doing a lot of the work myself, so does anybody know how to replace the crank sensor or anything about the 4wd light.

Email @ toothguymike@yahoo.com

Thankyou happy trails.

1998 Wrangler Sport 4.0 4x4 black almost 90,000.

OK, so here it is. "Electrical stuff" my friends laugh as we are driving down the street and my gages go off and my "air bag" light comes on, and I slap the dash!!!

I am a true Jeep nut, therefore I don't really care to smack it around some. My question would be has it "ever" caused a fire?

I have been very fortunate and have not had to spend a lot of cash on it, just a few things here and their.

Why is the Chrysler Company using that sludge?

My wife has a 1998 Jeep Sahara. It is always garage kept, has 32,000 miles and she services it regularly. For years we have had the dash instrumnents periodically go off. Then they would come back on. We took it to the dealer. We had the wiring harness replaced TWICE. The problem persists. Now the instruments are always off. The old dealer went out of business. We called the new dealer and he has no ideas!! We don't want to pay around $97/hour for them to look at it. If anyone has the solution, please, please email me.

Gillis@ecc.edu.

Hey jeepers, I have a 2000 Jeep Wrangler and I too am having electrical problems. Recently my radio, windshield wipers, and turn signals stopped working at times. I tried jiggling my keys in the ignition and they would come back on, but it is hit or miss every time I turn on my Jeep. I can't even get it to come on now. Does anyone know how to fix this?