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5th gen Cigarette lighter fuse mystery solved

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5th gen Cigarette lighter fuse mystery solved

Post by allkiller » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:19 pm

No Lude forum will tell you this, as ive looked for ages when this happened to me and I nearly tore the car apart...then bought another lighter socket as it was suggested everywhere or replace the non existent fuse.
but then it went again last night...so I know its not the bloody lighter it deffo a fuse...well :twisted: found it

Notorious for not having a bloody fuse to replace when it goes pop and you need that lighter power socket for Sat Nag or Phone charger...here what happens...not an quick side of the road fix till now :D
There is no bloody fuse ,,,you wont find one....but now I have...its the smallest unnoticeable fuse ever...its a fuseable link about 2 mm long and connects the spade connector on the back of the lighter to the bloody centre pin

Picture say than a thousand words,,,so here we go


Back of mentioned culprit
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Pointing at This tiny rubber covered link is the fuse (fuseable link) :lol: its about 2mm long and joins these two connections ...its this that pops..no lighter...I scraped a little of the rubber away its melted as it blew.
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I soldered two wires from a glass fuse holder as that's what I had to hand with 15 amp fuse in...will change to blade fuse later this week
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all wired in and working again ...but now with quick replaceable fuse
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All back in...now just need to pull out under radio storage box from front to get to fuse...easy fix by the kerb 8-) :geek:
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Hope this helps all 5th Gen owners..its not the interior light fuse or radio fuse or a cream Crackered socket... it has fused
and needs repair. :idea:


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Post by Merlin » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:06 am

Nice job. Moving this into the How To section.
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Post by allkiller » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:14 am

8-) No Probs had to be a fix for it somehow
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Post by thusee » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:29 pm

Very Nice!

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Post by andypont » Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:19 pm

My lighter has just stopped working. I know what I'm checking first. :)
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Re: 5th gen Cigarette lighter fuse mystery solved

Post by MaccaIRL » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:11 pm

andypont wrote:My lighter has just stopped working. I know what I'm checking first. :)
The fuse is under the bonnet and takes literally 10 seconds to check lol

My cd player stopped working and interior light and obva cig ligjter

Threw the head up but later checked a few fuses and the cig lighter powers them all for some reason lol
One fuse later and im back in
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Post by Brigitte » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:51 pm

allkiller wrote:No Lude forum will tell you this, as ive looked for ages when this happened to me and I nearly tore the car apart...then bought another lighter socket as it was suggested everywhere or replace the non existent fuse.
but then it went again last night...so I know its not the bloody lighter it deffo a fuse...well :twisted: found it

Notorious for not having a bloody fuse to replace when it goes pop and you need that lighter power socket for Sat Nag or Phone charger...here what happens...not an quick side of the road fix till now :D
There is no bloody fuse ,,,you wont find one....but now I have...its the smallest unnoticeable fuse ever...its a fuseable link about 2 mm long and connects the spade connector on the back of the lighter to the bloody centre pin

Picture say than a thousand words,,,so here we go


Back of mentioned culprit
Image

Pointing at This tiny rubber covered link is the fuse (fuseable link) :lol: its about 2mm long and joins these two connections ...its this that pops..no lighter...I scraped a little of the rubber away its melted as it blew.
Image

I soldered two wires from a glass fuse holder as that's what I had to hand with 15 amp fuse in...will change to blade fuse later this week
Image

all wired in and working again ...but now with quick replaceable fuse
Image

All back in...now just need to pull out under radio storage box from front to get to fuse...easy fix by the kerb 8-) :geek:
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Hope this helps all 5th Gen owners..its not the interior light fuse or radio fuse or a cream Crackered socket... it has fused
and needs repair. :idea:


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Have obviously the same problem, would like to follow your instructions but have no clue how you removed the panel to get to the culprit. Have you removed the radio as well? Would be great you give me instructions for a dummy. ;)

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