Mysterious Cable

JoshJ04

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• Mar 29, 2021

• #1

Hey Guys,

I was in my TJ today and noticed there was an unplugged cable near my OBD scanner. I looked up under the dash and didn't see where this could come from. Any thoughts?

'97 Wrangler Sport 4.0

 

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Cross-Threaded-06TJ

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• Mar 29, 2021

• #2

Your diagnostic connector pins are corroded AF. Dang.

 

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JoshJ04

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• Mar 29, 2021

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Cross-Threaded-06TJ said:

Your diagnostic connector pins are corroded AF. Dang.

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Yea, got her 5 months ago with 218k miles and it seems like the old owners just used it as a highway commuter for work and nothing else. The doors were never even taken off (until now). You could tell since they were rusted to the hinges.

 

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Cross-Threaded-06TJ

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• Mar 29, 2021

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JoshJ04 said:

Yea, got her 5 months ago with 218k miles and it seems like the old owners just used it as a highway commuter for work and nothing else. The doors were never even taken off (until now). You could tell since they were rusted to the hinges.

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My guess would be that plug is for an item the Jeep doesn't have. Automatic, AC, something. Again, just my guess.

 

qslim

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Yeah, that isn’t factory. Trace the wires back to wherever they go & we can try to figure out what it it is.

Edit: I'm an idiot. That's definitely factory

 

Last edited: Mar 30, 2021

Bdaust

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• Mar 29, 2021

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I am not sure what it does my is plug into a wire junction block under dash. 97 Jeep Wrangler

 

LukesfirstJeep

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• Mar 29, 2021

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Are there wires into the rear of your diagnostic plug? The mystery plug has the same number of wires, in the same locations as the corroded diagnostic plug. 5 on one side and 1 on the other.

 

qslim

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• Mar 30, 2021

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Disregard my above post, that's definitely factory. Looks like C323 & there's a note that the other side isn't present on soft top 2-speaker vehicles:

 

Rubicon88

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• Mar 30, 2021

• #9

It's for a sound bar/courtesy lamps/etc