Electrical issues

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE
146,000 MILES • 4.0L • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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VARMIT61
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I replaced clock spring, airbag light goes off for a second then comes right back. Second issue is gauges work but no dash lights, high beam indicator illuminates. Door lock on passenger side. Just keeps locking and unlocking by itself. Cruise appears to not be working. Horn works fine now after replacing clock spring. Tail lights are working. Just got this vehicle and trying to sort it out.
Jan 7, 2021 at 5:39 AM
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KASEKENNY
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We are only going to be able to tackle one of these on this post and then we need to get a new post started for the each of the others. We need to keep each post to one topic/issue so that others can find the issues if they have the same one. Plus if we try to tackle all those on one post it will get very confusing as we tend to jump from issue to issue so let's stick with the airbag light on this one and go from there.

Let's scan for codes to find out why the airbag light is on. Here is a guide that will help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtAnsOlZU4

The fact that the light went out for a second just shows that it went through the self check and failed. So we need the codes to determine what the issues could be and where to test. Thanks
Jan 7, 2021 at 5:34 PM
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VARMIT61
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All these are linked, electrical in nature my scan tools cannot display codes requested.
Jan 13, 2021 at 11:47 AM
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KASEKENNY
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Okay. If they are all related then we still need to take the same approach. You need to focus on one issue and when you solve that it will solve the others if they are all related.

If you cannot pull codes then we need to stop by a parts store as most of them offer a free service of pulling the codes. They should be able to get you these codes. Without the codes we are guessing on where to start so we need to get those pulled and we will figure this out.
Jan 13, 2021 at 5:06 PM