Are the 'gauges' not working or the dash lights?

There is a defect in the TJ's where they have a mis-matched harness plug
and dashboard bus circuit. (just a guess, but it seems like a metric to
standard screwup)  The pins are too small for the plug and commonly come
loose so the gauges go out.  'Usually' the air bag light comes on at the
same time though...

Jeep does have a replacement plug available, but it is part of the
harness so is likely expensive.  What most do for this is to remove the
dash panel and put a slight twist in the pins on the plug so they grab
into the socket again.

Here is a mirror link to the instructions:
http://www.billhughes.com/mirror/gauges.htm

There are also two grounds on the dash circuit board that are under
recall for 99 anyway.  If the one on the left side is loose, the gauges
will fail when the headlights come on.  If the right side one is loose,
the defroster blower might not work.  Here is the recall number:
99V117000

Mike
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