Cigarette Lighter

**greens117** · 25th July 2008

My Cigarette Lighter wont work on a van i just bought, i need the thing to work for my sat nav .
The van is a citroen berlingo 97 plate ,if i do need to get the part out anyone done it before on this van?, i checked all the fuses they seem to be ok ,any ideas guys ?

**wakadoo** · 25th July 2008

obvious but check the fuse...

also the insert part of the ciggy lighters often fuck up so the holder may still work

some companys have also been known to disconnect em..

**greens117** · 25th July 2008

Originally Posted by wakadoo

obvious but check the fuse...

also the insert part of the ciggy lighters often fcuk up so the holder may still work

some companys have also been known to disconnect em..

nah don't work full stop ! ie no light on the ring around the lighter .

**urbsy** · 25th July 2008

Take out the lighter, the metal housing is held into the green plastic surround using mainly pressure fit but has a couple of little tabs that help it hold in place.
Have a look into the socket and work out where the metal tabs are holding it and lightly bend them inwards, then you need to pry the housing through the green surround.
Don't prise between the dash and the green bit, it won't work, between the green bit and the metal housing will do fine, tight bastards though so persevere.

Once its out you can disconnect it and test the wiring for a live and earth, if the wirings good then pm me and I will post you out a cig lighter and housing gratis.
If not, and you are sure the fuses are ok, can grab a live off the heater, bobbing in an inline fuse just in case.

**johnny** · 25th July 2008

Have you tried shoogling it around? I took my ipod charger/itrip into my mates car the other day and it took me ages to get power through it, didn't know why it wouldn't work, thought it was broken but I just had to pull it towards me a bit..

Urbsy has the right idea though.

**greens117** · 26th July 2008

cheers guys ill have lookey saturday

**TwoPlAnKs** · 26th July 2008

really really obvious but on a lot of cars the cig lighter will be on a switched feed so it goes off when the car is off

you tried it with the ignition/engine on?

**greens117** · 26th July 2008

Originally Posted by TwoPlAnKs

really really obvious but on a lot of cars the cig lighter will be on a switched feed so it goes off when the car is off

you tried it with the ignition/engine on?

yer of course thanks m8 i just checked it out now after reading the heads up ,i tried iwhen the engine switched on also ive just tried it now in the dark the light ring still works around the lighter it just dont seem to work :S

**johnny** · 26th July 2008

He needs it for the sat nav so he probably has...

**greens117** · 26th July 2008

sorted now it was a tiny crack in a fuse ahhhhhhhhh

**greens117** · 28th July 2008

Even better! now the plot thicken's started my new job today!, as a self employed courier ,done just over 150 mile in the van and the cnut fcuks up 30 miles from birmingham the first gear fcuked up had to limp to the job in hand with no first gear , and had to limp back almost 90 miles back to basingstoke at 50 miles an hour fcuking nightmare my nerves where in tatter's as every sound shit me up thinking the other gears where dyeing on me , i managed to get back home ,and do my work ,and after that promptly parked the van outside the cnuts house ,and got a refund !
Just goes to show what you pay for ,im going to try and get a better one tuesday fingers crossed !