Recent content by kiwi_outdoors

you cannot lay a 4 ft wide sheet of anything flat, if thats your concern. A 2"x4"x8 ft fits if you pass it forward between the two front sets, or if your front passenger seat folds down then its easier. Two persons 5-10" tall can sleep in the rear with front seat fully forward if you put some...

my Bluedriver scanner/app does codes other than engine codes (e.g., passenger load sensors and so forth for the passenger restraint system

It's been over 16 days and several thousand miles, no more limp mode problems.

Buy the manual, hard copy, for well over $100. Its quite the multi-page affair. You may be able to see a page or three for free on an online side. Or buy the CD-ROM manual WITH wiring diagram (double check this with the ventdor). BUT- you need to run a small batch program to use it on a Win11...

serpentine belt or water pump seal

Battery is about a year old. Voltage checks fine when monitored during starting and running.

Today I installed a brand new TIPM (from MAKS), preprogrammed for my VIN (took approx 30 minutes). The car runs fine. Now we get to see what happens on successive days - if the electrical gremlins are still in the engine bay - or not!

It seems to be a problem only on the first drive of the day; i.e., after sitting overnight. But not always - currently about 50% of the days are affected. Jeep is in garage overnight - which is not cold.

Well, a used TIPM is not what I was thinking, but I will add it top the list - it would still need to be programmed for my VIN

After two weeks of motoring bliss, the limp-mode problem is back. This first news instance - the battery disconnect trick cleared the problem (and any codes).

After being turned away for a service request (diagnosis, actually) by local Jeep Chrysler dealer who said "we don't work on vehicles over 10 years old" I today called Jeep's corporate customer service. The policy of what age at which a vehicle can be declined for service is left up to the...

One of the ball-head studs popped out of its "L" bracket, it was not properly swedged (?) into its "L" bracket. So I replaced it with a 5/16 threaded shank ball-head from Amazon. This required drilling out the hole in the "L" bracket to 5/16"

Update: the problem refuses to return. I did finally identify the correct YL/BR wire, and examine its voltage. Voltage is high if things are working normally, same on the YL/OR wire. So now I have a baseline for voltages on the two main wires involved in the P0882 code. Funny thing is, when...

I don't think I did anything useful disassembling the TIPM, other than confirm that the only relay involved is at the level of the fuses, there is no internal relay in the affected circuit (only a solid-state driver)

Today, one day later, two test drives yielded no limp mode, no P0882 code. Which makes diagnosing the problem problematical.