r15suk

Can anyone tell me if the power to the cigarette lighter socket is on its own fuse or fused with other devices?

I have no power on mine, but there doesn't appear to be anything else not working.

Cheers
Simon

Jacke2c

I had a problem with mine and the wire had come off the spade connected to the post on the back of the receptacle. It is a pain to get to....like trying to get the glove box door latch light working. Which is how I found the wire unplugged. It is a pain to get back right, if you have big hands.

jody stowitts

Check schematic under front fuse box lid.

urquattro20Vt

Is there a procedure or thread documenting the best way to access the cig lighter wires? I'd like to tap into the cig lighter to hardwire my V1 and/or AFR gauge.

Thanks!

Brandon
'91 911 Turbo
'01 Audi S4

boxsey911

Do you mean no power at any time? On the early cars it only has power with the ignition on.

BTW does anyone know how to remove it from the dash?

HiWind

I got to mine quite easily by removing the cubby which is held in with a few screws on front and a metal strap at back. Remove passenger seat, lie down comfortably, get out the torch and you'll see it all. Will check if I have any pics. I think it might be easier to remove radio too but IIRC you can reach/loosen/remove the wires and the cig lighter without doing so.

r15suk

Yep no power anytime.

cheers
Simon

boxsey911

Finally got round to looking at fixing my cig lighter. Thanks to HiWind I got access to the back of it. I found that I needed to remove the lower dash to access those screws to remove the glove box. Getting the lower dash off was a head scratcher until I found that removing the air vent was the only way to access one of the nuts that secures it.

I resolved the issue of the cig lighter body being loose by bending the tabs that secure it. I then resolved the problem of power plugs falling out by bending the copper contact tabs so that they would grip anything that was pushed in to the socket.

While in the process of fiddling with the socket I found that that socket could easily be pulled clean out, detaching the two spade connectors in the process. So for r15suk, it could be that this has happened to yours and they are simply not making contact at the back now?

r15suk

Do you mean that you could have just pulled it out from the front?

Cheers
Simon

boxsey911

Yes mate. However, if you do that you can't push it back onto the spade connectors without holding them from behind. So my guess is that someone may have pulled it out in the past and that's why it might no longer be connected?

I took a photo of what it looks like from behind. I'll post it up for you when I get home tonight.

r15suk

Thanks that will be useful. I guess you could make extension leads quite easily though with 4 crimps and some wire? Probably quicker than dismantling half the car to get access

Cheers
Simon

boxsey911

Here's the pic:



The pink and brown wires plug into the two spades on the rear of the cig lighter body and provide the live and earth. The black block at the bottom just butts up against the back of the body (it has no physical connection to it and I can't tell you what it's there for!).

So, if you bend the two tabs on the inside of the cig lighter body inwards, you can pull the body out. The two spade connectors will pop off because that black block stops them from being pulled through.

r15suk

Right i'll have a go at that at the weekend :-)

Cheers for the info.
simon