What to do if your car cigarette lighter is not working?
Modern car lighters and sockets are universal, take your lighter to a friend or neighbors car and test it in their socket. If your consumer is a phone charger, check the contact points for damage. Test it in another car or try a different charger.
Where is the fuse on a car cigarette lighter?
You can find the location of the fuse box and the correct fuse by searching your owners manual. We don’t know for sure the fuse is getting power and passing through it so lets go ahead and check it with a test light. Place the ground clip on any clean chassis ground, verify the test light works.
Where are the contact points on a cigarette lighter?
The phone charger type plug has 3 contact points, one in the center and two each side. All must be clean and free from debris. The contact points are spring loaded so that they contact the inside of the lighter socket firmly, go ahead and check that the contacts are working.
What should I do if my cigarette lighter is not working?
Place the clip end of the test light to the outer frame of the socket. Hold it on if clipping seems difficult. Next, use the longer end of the tester and try to touch the back of the socket. If the light turns on, it means the lighter has power. In case it does not, the problem lies in the fuse.
How do you test a car cigarette lighter?
At first, you need to test the lighter with the help of a circuit tester. Place the clip end of the test light to the outer frame of the socket. Hold it on if clipping seems difficult. Next, use the longer end of the tester and try to touch the back of the socket.
You can find the location of the fuse box and the correct fuse by searching your owners manual. We don’t know for sure the fuse is getting power and passing through it so lets go ahead and check it with a test light. Place the ground clip on any clean chassis ground, verify the test light works.
The phone charger type plug has 3 contact points, one in the center and two each side. All must be clean and free from debris. The contact points are spring loaded so that they contact the inside of the lighter socket firmly, go ahead and check that the contacts are working.
Why is the fuse on my cigarette lighter not working?
It’s soooo common for the problem to be in the phone plug connector or cable. The phone charger type plug has 3 contact points, one in the center and two each side. All must be clean and free from debris.
Why is my front cigarette lighter not working?
My front cigarette lighter provides no power so I think the fuse is blown. Does anyone know which fuse it is? I’m guessing it’s the fuse box under the dash, but not sure which one and it’s not in the manual. Page 148 of the Jeep user Guide (not the manual) it mentions power outlet fuses.