cigarette lighter wont work
 

k so i bought my 94 camry DX yesterday and i noticed that the cigarette lighter wont work, i checked the fuse and it looked ok, but im still gonna replace it 2morrow but im pretty sure it wont do anything.

i also noticed that the previous owner tried to install a 3 outlet cigarette lighter where the passengers feet go

i tried all those outlets but none of them work

there are 2 wires sticking out of the 3 outlet thing but i dunno what to do with them
i will look at it more 2morrow to see if it is connected to anything

but what else would i have to do to possibly get this working again?

RE: cigarette lighter wont work
 

does the 94 camry have two power outlets? Cig+1?

Is the fuse you found inside of the car or outside of the car?

the two wires sticking out of the 3 outlet thing would probably be the wires that connect to the car battery or it was severed from the original cigaret lighter attachment head. Never use those outlet expanders without a proper fuse that is equal to or smaller than that of the cig fuse.

RE: cigarette lighter wont work
 

k i found the fuses inside the car behind this change holder thing
and as far as i know it only has one cig lighter

and i checked the 3 outlet thing and it isnt currently connected to anything, but how hard would it be to hook it up to something?

RE: cigarette lighter wont work
 

its aftermarket so its up to you. if you aren't familiar with electrical ur better off removing the thing...the wire may have been cut for a good reason.

RE: cigarette lighter wont work
 

well i know the basics about electrics, and cig lighters are very useful to me so i would like to find someone who could do it for me, i might know some poeple.

As for the problem now, i replaced the fuse today but still nothing. I also think i probably broke it, cause when i replaced the fuse i pushed my car charger into the outlet and when i pulled it out the whole outlet came out with it and thats probablly bad, so i pushed it back in and i think i pushed it farther in then it was before so its probably pretty screwed up now

so i guess i can just find someone to install the other one, thanks for your help

RE: cigarette lighter wont work
 

haha nah that happens with older cars but im thinking the connection got severed a long time ago. you can pull out the surrounding trim and remove the cig lighter and see if there are even wires still attached to the thing.