Ciggie Lighter Issue

[Badger]

Hi all,

VS V6 Exec S1
Problem with my cigarette lighter.
The lighter works fine but any type of phone charger will not.

Any clues.

[kopper69]

If the lighter is working there is power there. It is either going to be a bad connection - try pushing or moving the phone charger around in the cigarette socket. Blown fuse in the phone charger. Normally you can unscrew the cigarette connection and there is a fuse in there. If thats blown replace it. Could also be the phone charger circuit itself faulty, try another phone charger.

[Andrew426]

Make sure the contacts are clean in the socket. If the lighter has been used regularly they can build up a lot of ash and shit.

[woteva]

Have you checked to see if the phone charger works in another car ??

[Badger]

All the phone chargers i have tried have worked in other cars.

It is a bit dirty, i will try giving it a good clean.

Thanks.

[stocky]

maybe the lighter doesnt get enough power for the adaptor to turn on? checked the lighter with a multimeter, and have you got anything spliced into the lighter power cable to run anything else?

[Badger]

If i check it with a multimeter, any idea what kind of reading i should expect?

All wiring still stock from factory.

[Badger]

Fixed........it just needed a clean.