Cig lighter/Acc. output thingy

lawhon · Post by **lawhon** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:02 am

Is there a fuse to the Cig lighter?? MIne has gone out, and I can't figure out if it's gone bad because I'm using it as a constant lead for other things, or just a fuse has blown?!

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:45 am

its blown, theres 2-3 different spots in the inside fuse panel that can affect the cig lighter. theres also 1 or 2 under the hood

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:27 pm

And what/where are they?

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:46 pm

its labled on the panels, under CIG and/or ACC

lawhon · Post by **lawhon** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:20 am

well, in the cab, there's onelisted I believe as ACC, but it is good. I pulled all the fuses, all except the air bags that is, and there all good. Poked around under the hood, but..........you know.

the local yard doesn't have much of the 2nd gens lay'n around.........geez.

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:47 pm

there should be one under the hood, also its ood that you said that its used as a constant lead, the cig lighter turns on and off with the key

nineball · Post by **nineball** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:46 pm

i think he may have meant constant as in hardwired. i have my radar and gps wired into the cig lighter since i only need them when the car is on.

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:01 pm

Craz1000 wrote:there should be one under the hood, also its ood that you said that its used as a constant lead, the cig lighter turns on and off with the key

True ..... Confirmed !

I finally found the reason my cig lighter hasn't been working since I bought the car !!

It's a 20A fuse, in the fuse box located under the hood. ( I forget which one, but it's marked on the diagram which is underneath on the inside of the fuse box cover.)

So you could say the cig circuit is double-fused ...... once under the hood, and again in the fuse panel on the side of the dash.

Thanks to everyone who gave me this tip.

- Nick

excon · Post by **excon** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:57 pm

wait... I know it's the fuse in the box under the hood, and it's between spare and MTV... i just forgot what it's called...

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:35 am

yo if this is wats wrong wit my car then WHOOOO-HOOOOO!

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:19 am

usually if any the cig lighter fuse blow due to "natural causes" its usually the one under the hood because its the closest to the battery/charging system, also that specific fuse fuses alot of other circuits. some cars like chevy's in addition to the 2nd fuse in the interior fuse panel theres a 3rd fuse that affects that circuit too that is NOT labled as a cig-lighter fuse, is usually labled as an ACC or Cluster fuse. which it is true it is a cluster or acc fuse but it will also cut power to the cig-lighter.

some Asian and Fords do the same thing but the 3rd fuse is the radio fuse instead of the Acc or Cluster. usually euros do what it says they do and nothing else

norman426 · Post by **norman426** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:57 pm

is it a 20 amp? for the cig?

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:36 pm

norman426 wrote:is it a 20 amp? for the cig?

There are TWO 20-amp fuses, so be sure to check the correct one .....

I know. I once tried to reset my PCM on my 2000 by pulling the wrong fuse ..... not knowing it was the Cig./Acc.fuse.

- Nick