cigarette lighter not working

[ajw1275]

The cigarette lighter on my sonic isnt working I checked the fuse and its good any ideas why it might not be working?

 

[laborsmith]

You have a Sonic with the cigarette package?

The auxilliary power plug only works when the engine is running, the ignition key is turned to on, or when in residual power mode.

Other than that, I have no ideas.


Laborsmith

 

[ajw1275]

the cigarette lighter worked yesterday and now nothing

 

[rdss]

Try to pull power with another device. I had a power adaptor for my iPhone that went bad, picked up another one and it works just fine.

 

[sx sonic]

Laborsmith and RDSS both covered the easy to check bases.

Grab another charger, plug it in and turn the key to "RUN/ON" and see what happens.

If that doesn't work swap fuses and try again. You said you checked the fuse but on rare occasion they can fail "open" but still look ok.

If that doesn't do it grap a volt-metet and check power at the fuse. Check both the pins on the fuse to ground, both should show 12v

 

[ajw1275]

I used a different phone charger and still didnt work I think the plug is just bad

 

[sx sonic]

I used a different phone charger and still didnt work I think the plug is just bad

Ughh oh, time for a visit to the dealer :/

 

[sonic007]

Yea. If you knew someone with a multimeter you could find the issue relativley easily.

 

[Swordsmith]

Mine is a little spotty, I have to twist whatever I plug in around a little to get good contact. One I find a spot though, it keeps working until I unplug