The cigarette lighter on my '00 W reg 1.8i 3 door Multispace has a problem. I've never really bothered that it has never worked since I bought the car 2 years ago but I've just purchased a SatNav system that needs to plug in occasionally. The fuse tray layout on the car is totally different to the one shown in my handbook but I managed to suss out which one it was with the help of an oscillator and amplifier (BT engineer by trade) Sure enough the fuse had blown (25A). I replaced it and the lighter worked again if I held it in, it wouldn't 'lock', guessed I had fixed it but as soon as I plugged the SatNav in it blew the fuse again :rolleyes: A friend at work suggested replacing the socket, so armed with a screwdriver with a Torx bit I attacked the dash, after removing about 10 screws and various bits of plastic I still hadn't got to the back of the socket. It seems I have to remove the centre console bit that is around the gear lever but have no idea how to. Any of you mechanically minded people out there got an ideas or am I barking up the wrong tree?