Cigarette Lighter POWER ISSUES?
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Cigarette Lighter POWER ISSUES?
I cant seem to get a car charger or any aux charger to work in my 92 LS400. Is this a common issue? i just bought the car 2 weeks ago, and its a pain that i cant charge my phone. I have a lighter outlet in the back and in the front neither work. any ideas? thanks
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Check the fuse. It's located by the pedals. I believe there is one fuse per power outlet. The fuse will be called something like FRNT CIG or something along those lines.
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I was having the same problem. The fuse was blown, but after replacing the fuse it still didn't work. I ended up having to rebuild the front lighter socket since it had a short due to a failed insulator between the two parts of the socket. It's not too hard to do, I just used a piece of plastic cut to fit where the old insulator was. It could get a bit exciting if someone ever tries to use the actual cigarette lighter, but it works fine for plugging chargers in.
edit: also make sure that the inner piece of the socket isn't touching the outer piece, you might just have a simple short there.
edit: also make sure that the inner piece of the socket isn't touching the outer piece, you might just have a simple short there.
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Fuse, mine was out when i bought the car.
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There is a link to a tutorial on the only sticky thread in the LS400 forum which walks you through removing the insulator as described by Extrudedco. I did it and it fixed mine
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Hey there Scaritto. I checked the fuses by the pedals and there is nothing that I noticed having a name specifically for any component, e.g., FRNT CIG. Is there supposed to be a cover for the fuse box which pinpoints them all? If so it has been gone since I bought the car.
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Hey there Scaritto. I checked the fuses by the pedals and there is nothing that I noticed having a name specifically for any component, e.g., FRNT CIG. Is there supposed to be a cover for the fuse box which pinpoints them all? If so it has been gone since I bought the car.
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Well there is not a cover there currently and for the owners manual I'm gonna have to contact the person who sold me the car since it was never given to me. Luckily it was a family member I bought it from lol. If all the basics fail to fix the problem then I will definitely take it further and I'll check out the fuse-able link. Thanks for the info. Btw I read in a different website that the same fuse handles both the side-view mirror controls and the cigarette lighters. Is that a fact?
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checked fuse and found that its not blown, then opened front lighter as described per the tutorial posted in the sticky thread,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...-tutorial.html
but am still confused and don’t know what do we need exactly to replace...!!!
Do we need to replace the nut --->>saw the nut
or the " fuseable link" <<---- what is this piece ?
Can you guys post few photos for the " fuseable link "!!
I need to get this cig lighter working ASAP please!
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My front cig. lighter isn’t working, so
checked fuse and found that its not blown, then opened front lighter as described per the tutorial posted in the sticky thread,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...-tutorial.html
but am still confused and don’t know what do we need exactly to replace...!!!
Do we need to replace the nut --->>saw the nut
or the " fuseable link" <<---- what is this piece ?
Can you guys post few photos for the " fuseable link "!!
I need to get this cig lighter working ASAP please!
checked fuse and found that its not blown, then opened front lighter as described per the tutorial posted in the sticky thread,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...-tutorial.html
but am still confused and don’t know what do we need exactly to replace...!!!
Do we need to replace the nut --->>saw the nut
or the " fuseable link" <<---- what is this piece ?
Can you guys post few photos for the " fuseable link "!!
I need to get this cig lighter working ASAP please!