12v Power Not Working

[fairlo]

Hi

 

I have a 2002 xsara 2.0l HDI

 

It has a normal cigerette lighter and an aditional 12v power outlet in the passenger footwell neigther of which seem to be working......i have tried to plug in different devices ie mp3 charger...........sat nav charger and none of them work i thought at first it may be a fuse so i checked and was told that two fuses control both outlets 23 and 23b both of which are 20amp when i opened the fuse box in the drivers footwell i can't work out how you fit two 20amp fuses into what is essentially space for 1.5 fuses ie there seams to be 3 slots i have never seen a blade fuse with 3 prongs am i missing something.....If it turns out that the fuses are ok any ideas what else could be wrong.........please help i need power

 

thanks

[iannez]

the slot you are looking at sounds like a shunt fuse slot. just remove fuses one at a time untill you find the blown one.

[nick74]

two fuses control both outlets 23 and 23b both of which are 20amp when i opened the fuse box in the drivers footwell i can't work out how you fit two 20amp fuses into what is essentially space for 1.5 fuses ie there seams to be 3 slots i have never seen a blade fuse with 3 prongs am i missing something

If the Xsara fuses are anything like the last Xantia I owned there are two different positions for the lighter socket fuse depending on whether you want power to the socket to be switched via the ignition switch or not.

 

It uses a standard two prong fuse, but you choose which 2 of the 3 slots you plug the fuse into. (Obviously the middle slot is common to both positions.)

[ham's c4vts]

Yes i came across this on my Xsara, it was on the radio fuse which had 3 slots, so in pos 1 you could have radio on when ingnition was off or only on when ignition was on. Hope this helps. :P

 

does it work with ignition on? and you can see the fuse if its blown

[mickb2]

Hi

 

I had the same problem. The power outlet was not connected to the wiring loom. i took the centre consol apart and found the wiring loose in side and reattached it, The haynes manual tells you how to remove the consol without breaking any of the parts. Hope that helps you Mick

[killie77]

Hi

 

I had the same problem. The power outlet was not connected to the wiring loom. i took the centre consol apart and found the wiring loose in side and reattached it, The haynes manual tells you how to remove the consol without breaking any of the parts. Hope that helps you Mick

 

Hi

Having a Problem with the Cigarette Lighter not working

was trying the Sat Nav and no Power.

Checked the Fuses and they all seem to be OK. Though I'm not sure which one powers the Cig Lighter.

 

Removed the Lighter unit and tested no Power coming through. It's a 1998 Xsara 1.9 TD

Thanks

for any help

Regards

Ian.H