Help- My Jeep Possessed AGAIN

Trombadave

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How does one know if the Possessed Jeep Syndrome is the clock spring or the TIPM?

I was out driving today when my horn blew continually, my wipers (rear & front) and washer fluids went on rapid fire. I pulled over a minute later, turned the car off. This all continued another 30 sec. and then finally silence. I had read that it could be a bad battery. I went and immediately got my checked and found out mine was bad and had it replaced. This afternoon when I turned on the Jeep, it honked at me once on its own. I read on forums it could be the clock spring or the TIPM. Within the past two years, I have had both front wheel sensors replaced and the TIPM. I am not a mechanic so I don't remember which parts fixed this previously. Several years ago when these symptoms happened, there were other problems as well- cruise not working, the Jeep would randomly fight me to even go 25mph and the dash board was light like a Christmas Tree.

I did have several things happen this week which I wonder if they could have caused the problem. I had the blower motor resister replaced, a headlight went out, and I unplugged and removed all of my doors for the first time. I don't know if any of these things could trigger this problem.
 
Sheesh.... hate those. Check all grounds. Might want to start with the electrical you touched lately. Then, check your negative battery cable (or both). Just sold my Escalade (to buy my JKU) and my similar issues were caused by a negative battery cable (corroded inside, but wasn’t visible). Cheaply fixed. However, can’t say it’s your issue, but might be a good place to start before you start paying someone to do so.
 
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Sheesh.... hate those. Check all grounds. Might want to start with the electrical you touched lately. Then, check your negative battery cable (or both). Just sold my Escalade (to buy my JKU) and my similar issues were caused by a negative battery cable (corroded inside, but wasn’t visible). Cheaply fixed. However, can’t say it’s your issue, but might be a good place to start before you start paying someone to do so.
When you say inside, do you mean inside the collar where it touches the the battery or under the rubber coating? I bought my Jeep new but it is 13 years old now so corrosion on anything would not be a surprise.
 
One of the biggest problems when you have electrical issues is a bad ground, I added a ground wire from the neg post to the alternator case.
 
When you say inside, do you mean inside the collar where it touches the the battery or under the rubber coating? I bought my Jeep new but it is 13 years old now so corrosion on anything would not be a surprise.

It was somewhere in the cable. We even cut it open after I replaced it and it looked fine. However, once that new cable was installed, not one issue after. It corroded in the guts maybe in all that braided line that I couldn't see.