Sunday, February 7th, 2010 AT 6:37 PM
So here's the story. This afternoon, while driving the Jeep (Grand Cherokee Laredo), the sunroof opened without pressing any buttons. I closed sunroof and the problem happened again. A few minutes later, the instrument panel went haywire, multiple check lights were coming on and going back off. The RPM and Speedometer going up and down in sync intermittently - neither actually working. Headlights were flashing on and off (turned OFF), windshield wipers were not working. The hazard lights will turn on (but the instrument panel doesn't display the flashing lights at all or displays a solid green arrow to one side or the other), and the hazard lights will not turn off unless car is turned off for a little while. I pulled into a parking lot and put car in park and engine stalled (this only happened at this one time - car seemed to be losing power). I was able to drive the car home - the engine stopped stalling in park, but every other problem remained. I did some reading and found it could be the battery - so I had it checked at autozone, and replaced it. I did have a clogged sunroof several months ago that caused some water to leak into the car. Through the side panel at the top, but I fixed the clog and have had no issues since with clogging or water inside. I have had intermittent dash lights/warnings on in the past, but they have disappeared almost as soon as they appeared. My guess is the problem must have been there and just fully manifested this afternoon. Have you heard of this issue before!

