Hopefully....... 'cos I'm really intrigued too!
It it the fuse under the hood, usually identified as number 4...or the switch which cost about 16 dollars
could be a bad instrument cluster panel, they had a recall on the instrument cluster panel. I had my speedometer stop working and was given a price to fix it and blew it off. Then the recall came and I got a new instrument cluster and that fixed the problem which they knew they had.
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First of all, are the dash lights also out......if so, the rheostat behind the instrument cluster may be the cause........
Check fuses.
Yes.
Open the fuse box. Turn the fuse box cover over and you will see a complete listing and the location of every fuse.
Removing he instrument cluster from a 1996 Grand Cherokee Laredo Ltd. is easier than I thought it would be since Jeep designed it to be removed from the front of the dash. You don't have to lie upside down on the floor to do the work. You start by first removing the 6 visible screws surrounding the top underside of the bezel. Then you carefully pry off the two wood-grained trim pieces surrounding the controls below the instrument cluster bevel to the left and right of the steering wheel column. That exposes 8 more screws you must remove. Once these screws are removed, you carefully pry down the top of the bezel that surrounds the instrument cluster, pulling it forward at the same time. The bezel should pull forward and it can now be removed, exposing the instrument cluster. The instrument cluster is held in place with four screws. Use a magnetic tipped screwdriver, so you don't lose them inside the dash. The cluster may now be removed. The good news is that it is simply plugged into a socket behind the cluster, there are no wires to disconnect, which is nice. You gently rock it back and forth, while pulling it towards you. At this point you can either replace the entire cluster, which my local Jeep dealer charges about $325 for, or you can further disassemble the cluster to replace individual gauges, which I am doing. My speedometer stopped working and the dealer charged $118 for its replacement. You must supply your VIN and odometer reading and the old speedometer, to avoid the core charge. Take it slow on removing all plastic parts, to avoid breakage and you should do all right. If you need further help, give me a call at 650-638-5905 and I will try to help as best I can. I hope this helps give people the confidence to do this simple task by themselves.
If your odometer has stopped working, but your speedometer does, a gear inside the instermint cluster has worn out. Saturn odometers seem to die somewhere about 200,000. The easiest option is to replace the insterment cluster. I replaced mine with a used, but it also failed at 197,437 I found someone that sells the gear (you have to take the cluster apart), but on a vehicle this old, I didn't consider it worth it. link >http://www.odometergears.com/saturn.html
Check the gauges fuse ... may be a short, bad wire or a bad ground. Doesn't happen open but your cluster may be bad as well. NELSON
More than likely you have two problems. I would guess that the fuel sender is one of them, and from the other concers probably an instrument cluster as well. If you feel so inclined, try banging on you dash above the cluster and see if anything comes to life or changes, if it does you found a good starting point.
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