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Old 02-20-2005, 02:22 PM   #6
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Re: cigarette lighter doenst work??

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Originally Posted by brots06
One day my cigarette lighter on my '99 grand am stopped working, i was using it for a radar detector and thats it, i double checked it with a cell phone charger and that wouldnt work either. I pulled out every single fuse and none of then were burned out, i took apart the dash and the wires behind the cigarette lighter are connected and look fine, any ideas??
This is common when using lighter accessories. What happens is a tab bends and makes a short inside the lighter housing. This is most likely if your popping fuses. Lay off the accessories on that lighter mount , put in a multi point lighter accessory to use your radar detector. I found that when you put in a radar detector and it works without popping a fuse then leave the power connector connected or else theres gonna be repete reprocussions. "More popped fuses and rebending tabs"
IMO from personall expirience with the same car.
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