Cigarette Lighter

[lowr1d3r]

ok, i once put in a ipod dock into there to play my ipod, then sumhow wen i took it out, the radio and mirrors didnt work, replaced the fuses and all works, besides the cigarette lighter. took it apart and tapped the wire to install a neon below the headunit, but still dont get why ciggy lighter doenst work.

[toyomoho]

Cig/Radio fuse powers the lighter. Is the lighter getting power and not working?

[lowr1d3r]

Originally Posted by toyomoho

Cig/Radio fuse powers the lighter. Is the lighter getting power and not working?

i think thats rite.. the lighter is gettin power coz i tap the wire from the inside, but ye, lighter isnt working

[blownfuse]

I know I found out the hard way that there is a fuse somewhere in the dash that links the radio, clock and cig lighter together so if it's blown none of those will work. However, you say only the cig lighter isn't working so that sounds like either you didn't re-wire properly when you took out the ipod dock or your cig lighter stopped working for whatever reason.

In the future though, what I did to wire in my ipod dock on my Gen3 was I got an aftermarket cig lighter from autozone and just pressed the clips on the wires into the stock cig lighter harness and then I wrapped it in electrical tape so it wouldn't slip out. This kept me from having to cut any wires and it seems to work really well, they're in there really tight so I doubt they will ever come loose.