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Originally Posted by 1G_DSM
What can cause a cigarette lighter receptacle to not work?
Mine isn't working. I don't smoke but I use it to recharge my smart phone when I'm driving. It's nice to have working especially if I'm using my GPS on my phone to drive a long distance. It's really annoying now that its not working.
One day it popped out of the socket and I had to remove the trim piece so that I could secure the darn thing back down. After that it doesn't work anymore. It only has two wire fitting connected to it.
What could have gone wrong? I tried messing with it again today for like 30 minutes with no progress.
I drive a '94 Eagle Talon. I hate these annoying little problems. It bugs the crap out of me especially since my HTC EVO 4g phone uses a lot of power.
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The socket itself is likely bad since it happened after it popped out. You can verify that by checking power and ground to the lighter socket. Or just swap in a new/different lighter socket. You might be able to fix the bad one.