Audi A4 1.8T year 2005. My cigarette lighter socket in the center console seems to have a problem. GPS won't power on. I tried the same appliance in the trunk cigarette lighter socket and it works. Any possible solution? Can it be a fuse if then how come the other works?

Nowhere near enough information for me to figure out what you've done and what you need help with...

Changing the fuse in the fuse box wont solve your problem On the back of the socket that is mounted in the dash that the lighter pushes into has a inline fuse that if over heated will blow. You will have to change the lighter. Toyota wanted close to $70 for a replacement lighter for my Tacoma. I never used the cigarette lighter for cigarett but needed to charge my cell phone so I replaced it with a dash Mount 12 Volt Power Socket for $10. Good luck.

You don't give the make model and year, if the fuse has power you would need to take a meter and check for power and ground at the lighter socket. The socket may have died.

Your best bet is to check on eBay for an adapter - the Asians make all sorts of stuff for cars now & i'm sure there is an adapter out there suited for your purposes. P.S. It may sound silly but are you sure you are using the actual cigarette lighter socket & Not a power outlet socket that many cars are now fitted with as standard?, my phone charger fits the cigarette socket but not the power outlet?, you never know?

Not a Peugeot expert, but its possible the charger is not going in far enough to touch the center of the lighter receptacle. Does the lighter work with the lighter element ?
Sometimes debris collects in the bottom of the receptacle and blocks the contacts.

Yes buy a power point socket from a later year. It will fit right in.

Sometimes the lighter has a small built in fuse. Get a test light and check the center pin of the socket, it it does not have power, take the socket out and check the wire, it the wire has power, the fuse is bad. Sometimes you have to buy the whole socket to get the fuse, but I done know about your particular socket on a Jaguar.

Hello, hope this info helps...(subytech1)...Cigarette Lighter In Center Console, Removing And Installing (Vehicles Up To 10.04)

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque wrench V.A.G 1783

1-Cigarette lighter

• Removal:
• Remove center console.
• Turn center console - 4 - around.
• Remove two bolts - 3 - on cigarette lighter - 1 -.
• Disconnect harness connector - 2 -.
• Remove cigarette lighter - 1 - from recess - 5 -.
• Installing: Installation is reverse of removal.

2-Connector3-Screws, (2x)

• Tightening torque 2 Nm

4-Center console5-Cut-out

Look in your manual for the Power Distribution Box reference in Roadside Emergencies. It should be located under the hood on the driver's side. My 2002 Explorer has two power points on the center console and the 20A fuses in the Power Distribution Box for them are number 7 and number 9. They cost $3.99 each at AutoZone. The cigar lighter fuse under the dash is unrelated.

Yah, usually about 4 clips I believe, near the corners. Tried a quick pull eh? If you don't want to go through all of that, by a 12vdc test light if you don't have one already, and very carefully & steady (don't touch side & bottom at same time, you'll pop the fuse) touch probe at dead center of the socket, with other end attached to good ground, it will light up if power there. Or, take fuse out for lighter, and use a screwdriver or something to scrape & clean the contact at bottom center of the socket, and then replace fuse, & try socket to see if it's working.Sometimes it's just a dirty contact.