cigarette car lighter plz help

[waffel]

herro ppl, i was in sac, visiting a friend and i was using the (GPS, roadtrip thing) and it drain the SHIT outa well it was dark by the time i had to go back, and i
dont know my way around that city to save my life, and my phone died..........
(fuck.)

well, i found a walmart so i bought a car charger so i could be lead home
by the GPS gods, so i buy it plug it in and uhh nothing happend...
(shit.)

well i had to get directions and get lost for years and finally
got home,

so my Q: does anybody know how to fix my cigarette lighter in my car i need
to make another trip down to sac next week..

[mattack69]

check fuse...

[NewYorkCoupe]

What he ^ said!

If the fuse is good, I would suggest pulling the arm rest/center console and check to see if the wires going to the lighter are intact and not shorted out.

Also, try the charger you bought in another car to verify it is your car malfunctioning and not the charger itself (would save some serious pain in the a** work).

[waffel]

cool cool will check this stuff out tomo since it's almost 10 and i have no light. haha
thnx for the tips peeps. :)

oh and also, since noone answers me maybe u guys will.

how in the HELL!!!! do i get a friggen signature!?..

i've asked like 4 ppl noone responds.. lol

[sincity_sil80]

that would suck!! i hate when im lost haha

[waffel]

help my cig lighter wont work, and im not sure why

could i ghetto rid my cig lighter somehow??
run a wire direct somewhere?



also, it's not the fuse, and the wiring seems to be good..

can i just ghetto rig it to somewhere and bypass this problem?


thnx.

[stinky_180]

if you want to, than yea.....

[japslapsilvia]

why dont u take the time to fix the problem??? is it that hard??? i mean shit, some time with a test light or DVM and u can fix the issue....but instead u wanna "ghetto rig" it....so basically u rather ur car go up in flames???

GL!!!

[Ceepo]

Yeah man, thats a quick fix, do it right, you can ghetto it but why add more wires you dont need....

[waffel]

kuz i dont know shit about wiring, nor do i know where the hell the wires go, norrrr do i have
the tools needed to find out whats wrong.

and i dont have money to buy things to fix it so i gotta find shit at my cuzins house.
=/

[khmer1]

are you sure it not the fuse did you check the right fuse maybe iuono

[33driver]

my car has the same problem. what i did was take the actual lighter socket out and took a volt meter and checked for power and ground and both were good. i think its the actual lighter socket itself that went bad. i was told that these sockets do go bad, but im just to lazy to buy one.

[Shitty_S14]

i would also like to know where to buy something to put in my cig lighter so its just not looking all empty and ghey

[Def]

If the fuse is good(replace it even if it looks good), then check the relay. If that's good, then check the wiring according to the FSM with a meter for continuity.

I hate wiring too, but it's not that hard to troubleshoot something simple like this.

[fliprayzin240sx]

If I remember correctly, the cigarette lighter is fused with the radio. If your radio work and your cigarette lighter doesnt, then its a localized issue with the cig lighter.

[Def]

Pretty sure the cig lighter has a 15A dedicated fuse. I imagine the radio fuse is much lower amperage.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Pretty sure the cig lighter has a 15A dedicated fuse. I imagine the radio fuse is much lower amperage.

I stand corrected, it is by itself. I looked up the FSM and its by itself and hooked up to a 15a fuse (S14 FSM).

[waffel]

>=/ damn thing, i replaced the fuse ( i think) btw whats EGI stand for? i replaced an EGI fuse

ill see if someone i know owns an "amp reader" or something. :) thnx for the helps.