WHAT THE #$%&?

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

So I was sitting at the red light last night, an all of a sudden I looked down and MY WHOLE DASHBOARD was lit up. Like I had just started the Jeep. The oil light, gas light, Roof Lights, High beams etc........ They all stayed on for about 5 seconds. What the hell is that about?

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:15 am

Well that's weird! Did the motor cut off or anything? Or the lights just came on, then went back off? The only inaccurate dash light I've had was when the low fuel light stayed on even though the tank was full. Had to shut the motor off and then restart to get it to go off.

Bakerkj · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:34 am

If you're on the east side of Florida, you're in the Bermuda triangle.
Disovery channel says it's a Magnetic field or Aliens.

pixeldzn · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:47 am

Bakerkj wrote:

If you're on the east side of Florida, you're in the Bermuda triangle.
Disovery channel says it's a Magnetic field or Aliens.

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:01 pm

Bakerkj wrote:

If you're on the east side of Florida, you're in the Bermuda triangle.
Disovery channel says it's a Magnetic field or Aliens.

What the hell is that cat attack thing Baker?

Funny as hell :lol:

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

The truck stayed on the whole time. Never shut off, or stalled. The burmuda triangle must be my only guess. (100's of miles away) but i'll go with that one. LOL

BSTUDN · **Joined:** Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:28 pm **Posts:** 1

I've got an 03 renny and the same thing started happening to mine.............I took it to the dealer and they replaced the body control module....might look into that if they start to stay on.

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:42 pm

Check the belt tensioner pulley. It maybe on its way out.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:46 pm

I think the Bush Administration is secretly spying on you and sending electromagnetic fields into your KJ which is causing it to act odd as it uploads your personal info. to the government servers. :shock:

LOL... in honesty though, the Body Control Module is a VERY common problem on these KJs. My bet would be yours is on the blink too.

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

say that is the problem? Is it covered under my warranty? I've got a 2004 w/ 38k miles.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:21 pm

Yours is '04? Yeah my wife's is an '04 and her BCM was replaced already. And if you read the forums enough you'll see that many people have had trouble with that on their KJs. With 38K on the clock I don't think it will be covered under warranty because the 7/70 warranty is only on drivetrain parts, and the BCM is not included in that. It would have been included in your 3/36 bumper to bumper warranty. Sucks I know...

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

darn that does suk. They didn't happen to tell you how much it would have been out of warranty did they? Anyone else know the answer to that?

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:40 pm

Man I don't remember exactly, but it seems like it wasn't cheap. Go on the Jeep website and look up the nearest 5 star dealership to where you live. Call them and the service department will be able to quote you a price on replacing it. Good luck.. Hopefully that truly is your problem so you don't have to keep guessing...

raceinfan · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:11 pm

similar problem here just today as a matter of fact but could've been the cold here was waiting for a funeral (yes I work in a cemetary :wink:

) & as I started to pull in front of them all my dash lights came on for no reason,it had been idaling for say 20 min. with no problems & it's an 04 also but only 23,000 on the odometer so I'll see if it happens again

but it has been 20 degrees here this week also

hatteras8926 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:08 pm

If I can, may I piggy back on this topic?

I've had my Libertah stall when shifting between Reverse and Drive (Auto 42RLE, 3.7 V6). Took it to the dealer, and naturally they "couldn't find anything wrong." Translation: "We don't want to mess with it." It's done that about three or four times since I've had it (Nov. 03). On Saturday, I had another interesting thing occur. I was coming to a stop and my girlfriend got out just before I was at a complete stop. Naturally, the dash dinged at me and the open door message flashed on my odometer. After I came to a complete stop, it dinged again. I didn't think much of it, but looked down a couple seconds later, all the lights on the dash were lit and the fuel gauge needle was coming back up from empty. To the best of my recollection, the engine never stalled and I had between a half and a quarter tank of gas. Any ideas? Oh yeah, my 3/36K warranty just expired two weeks ago.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

James

waddy whiteguts · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:48 pm

hatteras, report your problems to the dealer or DC right away even if you don't get it fixed now. This way if the trouble continues or gets worse down the road you will be more likely to get warranty coverage for it if DC has record of the issues starting while under warranty.

Myke · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:39 am

DaveKJ02 wrote:

Check the belt tensioner pulley. It maybe on its way out.

+1

crackercrd · **Posted:** Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:01 pm

this happened to me once, I had my seatbelt off and the dinger was going NUTS!, I thought it was seatbelt related in order to get your attn., I guess I was wrong

FL RENNY · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm **Posts:** 458

Thanks for the info and the couple of options this problem could be. I guess the next question is...what type of sever problem could occur because of this. I mean is it something I can just deal with? Or am i gonna be sitting on the side of the highway on my way to tallahassee sometime?

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