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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Electrical/stereo issue
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<blockquote data-quote="DickensCPA" data-source="post: 463410" data-attributes="member: 25994"><p>Yes the actual unit in the dash. I specifically got the base head unit because I wanted less electronics. When my kids were younger and in car seats I always had a Jeep and a full size truck. Now the kids are 14 and 21(LOL!) and Sep of 22 my 9 mo old BRAND NEW truck developed an "electrical gremlin" that all but rendered it useless. I bought the Chevy with every option GM offered. When it developed an electrical problem they said they couldn't trace it.</p><p></p><p>I originally thought it was a speaker/wire issue because everything on the display was normal just no sound or it would be intermittent like a CD skipping. I noticed turning the volume knob didn't even display the volume going up or down nor did the steering wheel vol control. After researching and asking around everyone said the head unit was bad. I had the EXACT same head unit in my '04 Rubicon that's still going strong and had a Ram 1500 from Dec '06 to Nov '21 with same unit and it never gave me problems either.</p><p></p><p>I was worried I couldn't live without a truck bed so I handed my '04 Rubicon down to my son in college and bought a new Gladiator. Had trouble with the aux battery and it wouldn't jump and I got stranded. I ask my dealer who is a close friend to look for a 2017 or 2018 JKU with very specific instructions on what I did and did not want. It took from March '22 until Sep '22 to find it. I had bought a new Chevy to bridge the gap. He literally found my Jeep 2 days after my new truck went limp.</p><p></p><p>The base radio was one thing I specified and I'll be doggone if it didn't go belly up. At LEAST though something like that doesn't leave you stranded.</p><p></p><p>Someone above also mentioned bad battery cables. One thing I've noticed in my JKU since day one is I can NOT get the neg cable tight enough. Every so often I'll be driving around fine and stop somewhere and it won't start back up. I have to pop the hood and the neg cable is loose enough to wiggle and it will start right up. I have no power it's as if the battery is 100% dead yet it has a connection it's just kinda loose and if I wiggle it I'm fine for a month or so.</p><p></p><p>I dropped mine off to the dealer yesterday for the bad head unit, code P0128, I have that small weeping radiator leak below the top shroud and it leaks BAD where the two freedom tops meet front center, passenger side of sound bar and both sides on the front doors comes over the bottom sill under the door into the floorboard. My carpet wreaks. I can go thru a car wash dry as a bone but a light rain or if someone spits out the window I wind up with a gallon of water in each front floorboard. I've tried every YouTube fix I could find.</p><p></p><p>This is my 4th Jeep but my first hardtop and I've never had a leak before. Jeeps are also notorious for a cracked windshield and I'd never had a crack or chip and since 9/2/22 I've had 3 in this one. LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DickensCPA, post: 463410, member: 25994"] Yes the actual unit in the dash. I specifically got the base head unit because I wanted less electronics. When my kids were younger and in car seats I always had a Jeep and a full size truck. Now the kids are 14 and 21(LOL!) and Sep of 22 my 9 mo old BRAND NEW truck developed an "electrical gremlin" that all but rendered it useless. I bought the Chevy with every option GM offered. When it developed an electrical problem they said they couldn't trace it. I originally thought it was a speaker/wire issue because everything on the display was normal just no sound or it would be intermittent like a CD skipping. I noticed turning the volume knob didn't even display the volume going up or down nor did the steering wheel vol control. After researching and asking around everyone said the head unit was bad. I had the EXACT same head unit in my '04 Rubicon that's still going strong and had a Ram 1500 from Dec '06 to Nov '21 with same unit and it never gave me problems either. I was worried I couldn't live without a truck bed so I handed my '04 Rubicon down to my son in college and bought a new Gladiator. Had trouble with the aux battery and it wouldn't jump and I got stranded. I ask my dealer who is a close friend to look for a 2017 or 2018 JKU with very specific instructions on what I did and did not want. It took from March '22 until Sep '22 to find it. I had bought a new Chevy to bridge the gap. He literally found my Jeep 2 days after my new truck went limp. The base radio was one thing I specified and I'll be doggone if it didn't go belly up. At LEAST though something like that doesn't leave you stranded. Someone above also mentioned bad battery cables. One thing I've noticed in my JKU since day one is I can NOT get the neg cable tight enough. Every so often I'll be driving around fine and stop somewhere and it won't start back up. I have to pop the hood and the neg cable is loose enough to wiggle and it will start right up. I have no power it's as if the battery is 100% dead yet it has a connection it's just kinda loose and if I wiggle it I'm fine for a month or so. I dropped mine off to the dealer yesterday for the bad head unit, code P0128, I have that small weeping radiator leak below the top shroud and it leaks BAD where the two freedom tops meet front center, passenger side of sound bar and both sides on the front doors comes over the bottom sill under the door into the floorboard. My carpet wreaks. I can go thru a car wash dry as a bone but a light rain or if someone spits out the window I wind up with a gallon of water in each front floorboard. I've tried every YouTube fix I could find. This is my 4th Jeep but my first hardtop and I've never had a leak before. Jeeps are also notorious for a cracked windshield and I'd never had a crack or chip and since 9/2/22 I've had 3 in this one. LOL! [/QUOTE]
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