I have a 2000 Cherokee Sport....while driving the engine shuts down for about 1 second, the speedometer drops to zero, all power is lost & then POOF! it justs keeps on going like nothing happened.....? Dealership has replaced the crank sensor & cam sensor, problem still exists....they now want to replace my entire wiring harness because they say there is a short somewhere ($1000) & while they're at it replace the ECM ($650)...a lot of cash! I found a used ecm on ebay for $150 and figure I might just try my luck at seeing if that takes care of it...I have a remote start system that has been working fine for years, but wondering if I should just rip that out to make sure no wires having to do with that are compromised....anybody heard of this before? would love to hear any suggestions...
Cherokee shuts-down while driving - help please!
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TwistedCU
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Is the engine actually dying for a second or are you just losing all the gauges?
The reason I ask is if the motor dies you should have to restart it if you have an automatic. The other reason would be that there is a very common problem with a connector behind the dash that connects the gauges. It is very common that you'll lose all your gauges for a moment, and the problem will get worse to where they won't come back on until you give the top of the dashboard a good hard whack.
Fear not, it's harmless but yeah it is annoying. You can have the dealer fix it or you can live with it. I had a 2000 Cherokee and chose to live with it. I found that when it happens a really really good hit would make it stop for the longest periods.
The reason I ask is if the motor dies you should have to restart it if you have an automatic. The other reason would be that there is a very common problem with a connector behind the dash that connects the gauges. It is very common that you'll lose all your gauges for a moment, and the problem will get worse to where they won't come back on until you give the top of the dashboard a good hard whack.
Fear not, it's harmless but yeah it is annoying. You can have the dealer fix it or you can live with it. I had a 2000 Cherokee and chose to live with it. I found that when it happens a really really good hit would make it stop for the longest periods.
Thanks Twisted...actually it's not just the gauges, the whole transmission/engine stops, making a huge lurch that is a little sketchy going 70mph....but I just happen to notice that the speedo would drop out when it happened. I do have an automatic but I guess the hesitation is not long enough to completely stall the engine.....it feels more like throwing on the emergency brake for a split second.
B192734
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Maybe it's misfiring badly? I've never even heard of something like this. But I did have a ford ranger 4 cyl. for a while that I didn't have any cash to fix, and by the time I did, it would lurch down the road kind of like you're describing. It turned out to be running with 2 broken plugs. Lots of lurching.
TwistedCU
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Ah well it was worth a shot. Well after you get it fixed and the gauge thing finally happens to you you'll know why :lol:
Sorry I couldn't help ya.
daniel19805
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My s10 did that for a while , you probly need a new terminal cables. I would start w/ the cheapest first.
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