Fuse for rear defogger and cigarett lighter and clock

[schumionbike]

So my rear defogger, clock, and cigarette lighter quit at the same time. Coincidently, this is shortly after I change my spark plug and wires. Anyway, I was look for the fuses to these thing but when I opened the fuse box, I can't make sense of which fuse is which. Can someone let me know? Thanks.

[Mike Gerber]

Your question would be easier to answer if you included the year of the car.

Mike

[schumionbike]

oh sorry, it's a 99 Camry, 4 cylinder.

[Mike Gerber]

I think I know which one controls the clock and cigarette lighter, since I recently replaced it on a friend's 2000 Camry. I'm not sure about the rear window defogger, but I think that would be a separate fuse. For the clock and lighter you have to remove the little coin tray on the left side of the dash. Open the coin tray and then squeeze it on both sides and pull it outward. Once removed you can see the fuse box behind it. You will see several columms of fuses. It's the bottom fuse in the column on the far right. It should be a 10 amp fuse. For the rear defogger I would check the owner's manual.

Mike

[schumionbike]

thanks Mike, after reading your description, I found the fuse ( think it's a 15 amp though). I haven't change it just yet. I just have one more question. Do you need to disconnect the battery before you change fuse? The reason I asked is because I don't want to have to disconnect the battery since I don't want to have trigger alarm system since it's incredibibly difficult to turn off so I don't want to do it unless I have to. I've search around on different tutorial on the internet and it doesn't seem like you have to but I just want to make sure. I'm a newbie at this Thanks again.

[Mike Gerber]

Sorry for the late answer. I've been on vacation for a few days. No, you don't have to disconnect the battery to change a fuse.

Mike