Dead lighter socket on 5th Gen. HELPPPPPP...

andypont · Post by **andypont** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:48 pm

18 months further on, and I still cant get my cigar lighter to work. I know it isn't the fuse link on the lighter itself, as I have bought a new socket nut before fitting it I checked the feed and found that I have no power at the connections. I have gone through all of the likely fuses and none have blown. Everything else seems to power up ok, and I cant find anything about the lighter having its own fuse or relay. I think I need to go through every fuse one by one, or maybe run a new feed direct from the battery (through an inline fuseholder and switch), but I am guessing this should really use a relay to switch it?
Any help / ideas would be greatly appreciated please.

Post by **ek9sid** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:00 am

I think it uses the ignition to switch it. Have you had a look at the fuse box diagram? According to the manual on here it looks like it'll be fuseen 18 in the dash (7.5a rated one). But I'd probably go through every fuse, just to be sure.

mills · Post by **mills** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:48 pm

Could be the actual unit itself

have you swapped it for a known working unit at all since it stopped working

andypont · Post by **andypont** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:37 pm

ek9sid wrote:I think it uses the ignition to switch it. Have you had a look at the fuse box diagram? According to the manual on here it looks like it'll be fuseen 18 in the dash (7.5a rated one). But I'd probably go through every fuse, just to be sure.

Likely fuses seem to be 18 under the dash, and 46 under the bonnet (linked with interior lighting) both of these look ok but have been replaced anyway.

mills wrote:Could be the actual unit itself have you swapped it for a known working unit at all since it stopped working

I haven't replaced the unit, but did buy an aftermarket one to fit. Before doing so, I took a multi meter to the feed and earth but found I had no voltage.