Fuse blown in car. Hard wired components not working.

Octavian Pepper · 19-03-2017 1:45pm #1

In the middle of a long trip, my OH and I noticed that the USB charger for my phone which was plugged into the cigarette lighter, had stopped working. We tested the socket by putting the lighter in and it didn't work. He also has Bluetooth and a dash cam hardwired into the car and they have stopped working.
The radio still works. The lights work and there is no problem with the ignition.

Are we looking at a hefty bill to replace the fuse?

enumbers · 19-03-2017 1:52pm

If you let us know what car it is we should be able to help you locate and replace the fuse. It sounds like you have to many units taking of the supply to the original cig lighter

Pipetool · 19-03-2017 1:54pm

What type of car is it ? Location for lighter fuse will be show in your owners handbook & there's usually spare fuses in the fuse box so it wont cost anything to replace yourself - it's very easy. Good luck

Pipetool · 19-03-2017 1:55pm

Got there before me enumbers

Octavian Pepper · 19-03-2017 1:56pm

It's a 1.4L. Peugeot 207 HDI.

Dash cam and Bluetooth are hardwired, so they're not connected to the cigarette lighter.

TheChizler · 19-03-2017 1:56pm

A new fuse will cost you 30 cent to fit yourself. The most difficult thing is locating it. Your car service manual will have the location of the cigarette lighter fuse. Use a needle nose pliers to extract it and you'll see if it's blown or not.

enumbers · 19-03-2017 2:10pm

Octavian Pepper wrote: »

It's a 1.4L. Peugeot 207 HDI.

Dash cam and Bluetooth are hardwired, so they're not connected to the cigarette lighter.

most likely they are hard wiried to the supply for the cig lighter which is why they have all failed at the one time

enumbers · 19-03-2017 2:12pm

think fuse for it should be in the the glovebox fuse box n9

Fuse blown in car. Hard wired components not working.

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