# Cherokee jeep

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cherokee-jeep/86253>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 27, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cherokee-jeep/86253 "2014-07-27T22:48:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![spider-man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spider-man/32/2451_2.png) [@spider-man](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spider-man)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cherokee-jeep/86253/1 "2014-07-27T22:48:11Z")

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hi team i have a 1999 jeep cherokee 4.0 liter inline 6. got this crazy problem were some morning i go out and crank up jeep.and none of the instrument on panel is working.(gas,coolant,RPM,battery) nothing working not even speed gauge.sometime it will be like that for half a day.then if i hit a bump in the road or cross a railroad track all of the instrument panel start working like new. it do this about every two week.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cherokee-jeep/86253/2 "2014-07-27T23:17:08Z")

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Those XJs were susceptible to corrosion at the instrument cluster connector. Remove the instument cluster, clean the contacts and apply dielectric grease.