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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:15 PM
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Default Need help with the Cigarette Lighter!!!
I recently noticed that my cigarette lighter wasn't working, went to replace and it still didn't work i already replaced the fuse can anyone tell me if there is another fuse or if its a wiring problem.
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:18 PM
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Mine only works with key in run position unlike newer vehicles with power points . Any thing else not working ?
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:23 PM
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Curious, did you check to see if you had power at the connection behind the cigarette lighter?
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:34 PM
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After that ^^^^ check for ground while your there .
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Is it the lighter element itself not working, or does the socket in the dash not have power?
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:44 PM
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Op mussta bought a Bic...lol...
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 10:48 PM
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There is no power to the socket at all, I only use it to charge my phone since I have an hour and a half commute to work
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OK, so you cannot get your phone charger to work from the socket?

Look up inside the socket with a good LED flashlight and see if the center "button" is rusty or covered in ash deposits.
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Have you verified that it's not the charger itself? Sometimes chargers have an internal fuse as well. Have you put a meter on anything at all?
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What about the wire connected to it is there power there, never gonna work with out it or ground at lighter socket .
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I haven't checked it with a meter yet but it used to light up around the opening of the socket.
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Originally Posted by jeepnovice721
I haven't checked it with a meter yet but it used to light up around the opening of the socket.
No relation to lighter power. That's dash light circuit .
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All fixed! Turns out that one of the wires was frayed so I just replaced it.
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Thanks for all the help
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Really good to hear!!
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