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 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
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
Pointing at This tiny rubber covered link is the fuse (fuseable link) 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.
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
all wired in and working again ...but now with quick replaceable fuse
All back in...now just need to pull out under radio storage box from front to get to fuse...easy fix by the kerb
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.
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5th gen Cigarette lighter fuse mystery solved
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Re: 5th gen Cigarette lighter fuse mystery solved
The fuse is under the bonnet and takes literally 10 seconds to check lolandypont wrote:My lighter has just stopped working. I know what I'm checking first.
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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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.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 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
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
Pointing at This tiny rubber covered link is the fuse (fuseable link) 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.
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
all wired in and working again ...but now with quick replaceable fuse
All back in...now just need to pull out under radio storage box from front to get to fuse...easy fix by the kerb
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.
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