well iv seen its pretty common problem for the CLs lighters to come out/not work i really need it to run my radar since i drive about 300 highway miles a week just for school

 

Well i done mine yesterday was getting power there but no cell phone power took apart there is a plastic clip were the wire goes in not making contac in there take apart and bend the thingy works perfectly now

 

Could be the fuse too, but i think it's the same as the radio fuse, otherwise check the connections like staff said

 

nah because i can push it in and hold it at a wierd angle it works its just broke/not in there right

 

i dunno, i had to hold mine to work...just try :thief: a lighter from somewhere see if that helps, if not you'll prolly need to replace the part in the console

 

i have extra lighter assembles thats not the issue got many of them from parts cars and center consoles around the house its just how it mounts to our center console it just doesn't stay and when it comes lose it looses its ground coming undone im sure i could take it out and glue it up

 

This has happened with mine too! In trying to fix it, I'd like to move it into the glove compartment too. Yesterday I tried using a replacement assembly...connected the power & the ground, but no luck. I'm thinking it has to do with the plastic clips on the original lighter but I don't know what the wires going into that clip are. Anyone know?

 

My car lighter started a fire when i using it. The fire was small but it did burn my dash wiring hardness, all the way behind the glove box. I'm looking for a new hardness now.

 

harness???

 

sorry....just one...the one that runs the car lighter,radio,and temp control.....it goes all the way in to the back of the dash.

 

i bought the wire and light assembly at a honda wrecking yard for $14. it just plugs in to the back of the lighter

 

Thats a good price.The wiring i need at the dealer is about 800.00 dollars. Its the main hardnes. What is the name of that honda wrecking yard. maybe they can hook me up

 

i have the same problems. but u guys are telling me many solutions i dont even know where to start. i want to get a valentine radar but the stupid cigarette lighter plug is stoping me.

 

just get a wireless radar. i have an escort solo 2 and it saved my ass many times.

 

just hardwire the sucker, its not that difficult, and im against cordless detectors, they miss laser and instant on contacts at times, and their reaction times are slower than any corded unit of equal price/class........the expensive SOLO2 is no exception unfortunately........ you can mount a corded unit just as easilly and hide it like a cordless unit... observe:


2 corded units, mounted high... NO hanging wires on either the G-meter or the X50


big bright red warning light of PAY ATTENTION, and the great button of SHUT UP


from the outside too

 

That looks good

 

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Hardwired? So you mean you wired another lighter to the battery w/just a fuse in between? Or is that wrong?

 

no I hardwired the radar, to the stereo

 

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