SGT

So after two months of ownership, I finally discovered that my cigarette lighter doesn't work. I don't smoke so I never tried pressing the button but I was playing around with it this past weekend because I got my V1. I noticed that it wasn't powering up when I plugged it in the socket so I took it out and just pressed the button to see if it would heat up, but the lighter never popped back up. I pulled it out and it was cold after waiting a few minutes. Just wondering if this has happened to any other 3GS owners or if I'm the first one. I already scheduled an appointment to bring it in to my local dealer.

JDMstuff

It's probably just a fuse, or maybe you forgot to plug it back in when you removed your center console. Do you notice the lights coming on in the ashtray when your headlights are on?

SGT

I checked the fuse and it's not blown. Also, the ring of light around the lighter work fine, so that lead me to believe that there's a problem with just the lighter itself.

JHStrange

Plug your cell phone or other charger cable into it and see if it charges, you may have to have the IG on for it to work, never tried that.

SGT

I plugged the V1 radar detector in the cig lighter and it doesn't power up. Then I plugged it in my friend's cig lighter on his WRX and it worked fine.

mickey99us

the same thing happened to me but after many fuse changes i founf that a little spring from a pen dropped in the hole and everytime i changed the fuse and tested it, it made the fusees blow. there are at leased two fuses that i know maybe 3 for the lighter chack all of them and check to see if anything dropped in the hole.

JDMstuff

The spring is most likely from one of the adaptors you were using. The tips are spring loaded and usually have a fuse in there. If your adaptor comes apart, you may want to check in there for any lost parts.

SGT

You were right, the dealer found out that it was a blown fuse. While I had checked the fusebox in the driver's side kick panel, I didn't know that there were several fuses for the cigarette lighter. They replaced the fuse and all is well now. Thanks.

mickey99us

hope they didnt charge you for that.
oh yea i figured it out about the spring when my converter to charge my laptop didnt work and i noticed the spring was missing but didnt think to look in the hole at the time

SGT

Nah, they didn't charge me. Even if they did, I would've refused to pay. I've only had the car for 2 and half months!

quezacotl

Sorry to resurrect this thread... but both my cig lighter AND the ring of light around the ash tray don't work anymore and I remember hearing a big "pop" sound when I was driving yesterday . I think it must've been the fuses.

Do you know which fuses are for the cig lighter? On driver's side fuse box panel or passenger's side? (In the owner's manual there's 2 fuse boxes, one on each side checked both fuse 7 on driver's side and fuse 11 on passenger's side but they were both fine). Thanks...

bbnurdone

I just tested mine, it didn't work at all. What the heck?

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