Accessory

[Darren]

here's a dumb question. Is the key soposed to turn backwards into accessory mode cause mine won't. I have no accessory at all I'm so pissed.

[Pete M]

If you think that's weird, my 88 doesn't turn forward. :nuts:

[DirtyComanche]

Better than my cutlass. You could start it with a screwdriver. And open the doors that way.

 

 

 

However, the most valuable thing I kept in that car was my $6 ice scraper. So, it never got stolen.

[1986Comanche]

here's a dumb question. Is the key soposed to turn backwards into accessory mode cause mine won't. I have no accessory at all I'm so pissed.

 

Yes, the ignition is supposed to turn back to accessory because mine does.

[comancheman]

i don't even need a key to start mine, well if it ran

[Hot Rod Jeep]

Some Gm columns turn back and some don't. My 92 Sonoma didn't turn back, but I'm not sure on my MJ. I think it does. 8)

[Wanderin]

Both of mine go back...

[DirtyComanche]

Just to clarify, they are supposed to.

[Darren]

ok so now how do i get it to go back?!

[aemsee]

How worn is your key? I've seen worn out keys work forward but not turn back. Could also be a switch and/or switch adjustment problem, or could be the cylinder itself at fault. Aren't I a big help :wall:

Try wiggling the key while turning back to accessory. If you are really ambitious, reach under dash and find the rod on the lower column that connects the cyl and the switch and pull back on it while turning the key and see what happens.

[DirtyComanche]

Or:

 

 

 

Get a bigger hammer.

[Wanderin]

:agree:

[ComancheKid45]

Mine never turned back either.....i just usually turn it to on if i wanna play music or sometin

[GirsMJ86]

neither of mine turned back. they turned forward to accessory before turning further into on.

 

Alex

[Oizarod115]

if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to.

 

(mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference)

[DirtyComanche]

if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to.

 

(mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference)

 

 

 

Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to.

[Oizarod115]

if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to.

 

(mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference)

 

 

 

Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to.

 

hm. do you have intermitten wipers or anything?

[jeepthing07]

mines a 5 speed with the lever thing on the column it has to be pushed down to turn it back, just like any other GM column i have ever seen

[DirtyComanche]

if yours is the stick shift with the key release latch type thing on it then it won't turn back.. mine doesnt. and its not like its stuck... it wasnt designed to.

 

(mines a 89 sportruck manual with no options, just for reference)

 

 

 

Really? MY 89 sportuck manual with no options and the funky latch thing has an ACC postion that it turns back to.

 

hm. do you have intermitten wipers or anything?

 

 

They're an option? $#!&, I thought Jeep was better than that.

 

 

It had basically 4wd and full gauges and tilt streering, intermittent wipers... Okay, so it had a few options. Maybe the tilt steering? Dunno. My Xj has tilt and it turns back.

[JohnQ]

I have a 1988 sport truck with idiot gauges and 5 speed, mine turns back for ACC.

[Oizarod115]

alright ill specify more options i have. its not a total baseline model.

 

NO tilt wheel

NO intermitten wipers. low/high/one wipe/spray

NO switches in the 4 slots beside the wheel.

 

full gauges

4.0 liter

 

and even if i push it in and play with the switch and all that there is definately NO ACC spot. i went out and played with her.

[mjeff87]

It *should* be there....you just need the right combo of pushing, depressing, pulling, etc. :D

 

When I got my MJ (second owner, PO died so I really couldn't ask him about it), I couldn't get the ACC to work. I figured it must not have been an option because everything else was baseline (rubber mat, AM radio, no A/C or power anything). About a year later I was cleaning the interior and must have hit the magic combination because it turned backwards and the radio came on (albeit it was very unhappy about it). Soon after the key got stuck inside so I had to replace the cylinder. New one works like a charm now...so good in fact that I can switch back to ACC then back to off and pull the key out, but it stays in ACC mode. I have to twist the cylinder just a tad until it clicks, then it all shuts off :nuts:

 

Jeff

[DansGreyMj]

i just checked mine after reading this and i got it to go back but nothing came on

[4play]

i just checked mine after reading this and i got it to go back but nothing came on

 

Same here. Maybe its the way the PO wired the replacement radio :dunno:

[Oizarod115]

this is weird, I'm gonna go play with mine some more, cause acc mode is nice. why would it not work?