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Help! My cigarette lighter outlet keeps pulling out every time I use it.

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Old 11-28-14, 08:24 AM
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Default Help! My cigarette lighter outlet keeps pulling out every time I use it.

I just got a 2004 Lexus RX 330 and I recently got a Go groove Flexsmart X3 FM transmitter so I can connect my iPhone through Bluetooth in my Lexus. It fits pretty tight, which is good, but every time I pull it out it tend to pull the cigarette lighter with it, and now it just pulled it out completely. This should not happen. Is there a way to make sure the cigarette stays in place so it doesn't move around or pull out? I would like to secure it so it stays put.
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Originally Posted by Seadaddy
I just got a 2004 Lexus RX 330 and I recently got a Go groove Flexsmart X3 FM transmitter so I can connect my iPhone through Bluetooth in my Lexus. It fits pretty tight, which is good, but every time I pull it out it tend to pull the cigarette lighter with it, and now it just pulled it out completely. This should not happen. Is there a way to make sure the cigarette stays in place so it doesn't move around or pull out? I would like to secure it so it stays put.
Has anyone had this problem ever??
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Default Is the whole "wooden" panel being pulled out or just the metal ring?

If it is the metal ring, there are tabs that can pushed out.
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Originally Posted by coluccim
If it is the metal ring, there are tabs that can pushed out.
Interestingly enough, its not the metal ring. The ring stays in place and the insert actually comes out, no wires attached to it. The housing stays in place in the dash.
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Originally Posted by Seadaddy
Interestingly enough, its not the metal ring. The ring stays in place and the insert actually comes out, no wires attached to it. The housing stays in place in the dash.
Maybe you could file down the device you use, so that insertion and extraction would be easier?
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Or glue it in place?
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