i have had my car for a year and a half now and i found something new on it today. this may sound dumb, but i dont care....i was cleaning out the center console where the adjustable armrest is and i saw the little slots to feed a phone cord thru so you can have your phone plugged in the rear jack and have it concealed in the armrest. pretty cool. the slot is right next to the drivers seat so i never noticed it before. im sure you all have seen this before, right?

 

Whoa, cool. Im washing it tomorrow, ill be sure to check it out. Im sure no one has seen it.

 

This is where is stash my radar when it is 't in use but still pluged in The thing still beeps when a cop car comes near by.

 

Thanks..now I can stash my drugs........hahaha..I hope my gun fits too..

 

Have had my 2000 I30 for a year now and never noticed it. Thanks!

 

Hey Maxman2k, it doesn't sounds dumb at all, actually you have a great sense of observation which proove your intelligence.

Thanks for the tips

Double A

 

Totally forgot about the rear power outlet.
Thanx

 

Never noticed that. Nice find

 

the dealer actually pointed that out to me when I was buying the car....I"ve never used it though

 

Is there one on the 98 Maxima as well??

 

I'm going to sound even dumber, because I heard this before and I looked for it, and couldn't find any slots... it looks totally sealed inside the armrest. Is there a way anyone can explain in more detail what to look for?
My only thought is, it's not really concealed because if anyone wants to see if you have a phone, they can see something is plugged in by looking in the back, and deduce you have a phone.

On this topic, is anyone concerned about kids sticking their fingers in this outlet in the back?

 

Get in the back seat behind the driver seat. Look at the side of the center arm rest. Compare it to the other side. You will see a notch or groove. I saw it, but haven't investigated as to how it is used.

 

If you guys took pics of everything when you bought the car like I did you'd notice the notch
Here's a pic:
You can use the top or bottom compartment to let a cord run out of the center console and stil be able to close it all the way.

 

That's freakin cool man, I never would have noticed it, and even if I did i would have NO idea what it was for. I'm gonna go to my car right now and make good use of it!

 

Whoa Cool!

 

gawd I never knew that.I did know about the notch but not the second compartment....kewl beans!! Gun or drug stash yipeee.

 

Sorry to Bring up this old post, but I still don't have rights to post new threads yet. My rear power outlet is no longer working, it worked before but not now. I checked the fuse and it's not blown "open" what else could be causing this failure? any help would be great! -Thank

 

Holy Mother of GOD its 6 years old.

Not to mention you could ask in the NEWB thread...

anything could cause it to fail, loose wire, bad connectors, the unit went bad.

Sooner will be a long shortly to finish this...

 

^ IBSooner...

 

IBSooner... haha. yycools, post in the newbie thread

 

 

Well, at least I learned something.
I had no idea about the slot to the rear outlet.

 

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Does the rear power outlet work when the key is off? The front doesnt, not sure about the rear. I have never seen this slot either. Ill have to check it out.

 

I did tried to find the NEWB thread, did a search but the link it returned was dead.....could someone forward me the link?

 

You might get more replies in the 5th gen "Newbie Thread" but do you have a multimeter, have you tested to see if you're getting voltage? Maybe the wires got jiggled loose.

Have you also tried different things, say one for an iPod and one for a cell phone). The cig lighter adapters usually have a fuse inside of them, maybe you blew one and now that one doesn't work. Try a different adapter for a different device, see if that yields anything.

Also, did you check EVERY fuse, not sure which one goes for the rear cig lighter. I've found weird things going to weird fuses in my max.

Here's the noobie thread:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=365289

 

wow wow wow wow

 

I did try a bunch of different plugs, it's the socket itself. I will use the multimeter to see if its the wires....thanks

 

I hade my front and rear outlet go out and it was a fuse related to the power mirrows.. hope this helps

 

 

Your picture is too high Sooner... need to aim just a little lower. lol

 

pic is entire body...cropped to meet org regulations

 

I could say something but I won't

 

go ahead

 

Well since the newbie bumped this 6 year old thread I have a question that relates to the OP. Is this slot also on 5.5 gens?

 

yes

 

 

WOAH!

 

Hotness.

 

i cant believe it was ok to start pointless threads like this back in 01

how did a non-donating member manage do find a 6 year old thread??