I was using the cigarette lighter adapters in both the front and back seats as a power adapter for a laptop, and they both don't work now. I changed both fuses but they still don't work. I assumed if I plugged something in that drew too much power that the fuses would blow but they could be replaced. Could I have damaged the power adapter itself?

 

Look under hood in there also.

 

You mean there's fuses there also? I only changed the ones behind the panel in the driver's side

 

ya check both under da hood and da panel.

why do you need to use the power from the car? didnt pay electricity bill? j/k.

 

best thing to do would be to buy a power inverter and hook it to your battery next time.

 

I was letting the kids watch a movie on my laptop; I had an AC converter plugged into the backseat lighter. When that blew, I had the bright idea of plugging it into the front lighter! It was never a problem with my older laptop, I've been doing it for years, but the new one must draw more power.

 

Did you plug something else in to make sure your laptop plug isnt busted?

 

Yes, I've tried the cellphone charger and the IPod adapter, and nothing works.

 

look at your ac adaptor for you laptop and see how much power it draws, the sockets should be good for 120 watts. if your adapter is rated at something much lower than 120w then you probably have another problem if it is rated around or above 120w it is most likely a fuse.

 

Ahhhh....it's rated for 130W.

 

My back lighter works but not my front one. O yea what is the point of makin a cig lighter in the back if theres no ash tray back there?? lol

 

lol... It's been awhile since they are no longer lighters but "power outlets".

Feldman, good call on the adapter wattage rating.

 

checked the fuse under the hood on mine but where are the ones inside?

 

There should be a panel that's located by the driver's left knee. Open it and on the back of the cover is a map of the fuse locations.

Where are the ones under the hood located? I haven't checked for them yet.

 

Haha my front lighter is out also. Its annoying, but not annoying enough for me to fix it lol.

 

WOW! haha. my front lighter is working. But my back one is out! its super gay

 

I still haven't been able to get this to work, I once again replaced the fuses for the front and back power adapters.
The fuses inside the hood aren't labelled as either power adapter or cigarette lighter....

I'm stumped!