> Hi all.
>
> I was driving on Sunday - I plugged the cell phone charger into the
> lighter and it was working fine as it always has.
>
> The charger I have bends at a 135 degree angle so I tried rotating the
> lighter 180 degrees (while plugged in) so the garbage bag wouldn't > keep falling off.
>
> After I tried rotating it, the lighter stopped working. (I did hear a
> crack when I turned it in the socket).
>
> I figured I just broke the charger but the lighter doesn't work
> either.
> The manual says the clock and fuel filler door are on the same fuse > and those
> both work so I assume the fuse isn't blown.
>
> Could I have killed lighter socket by turning something that was > plugged into it?
> I looked inside and there are two metal clips opposite each other.
> Could I have bent one of those so a contact is no longer made when
> something gets plugged in?
>
> Any ideas? Does AutoZone sell replacement lighter sockets and is it a > pain to change?
>
> If I do have to replace the socket, can I replace it with a regular
> electrical receptacle instead of another lighter socket? Does anybody
> make a generic one?
disconnect the battery and put in a new lighter(auto zone, pep boys, advance/discount auto store) cost about $4.95 or less...... then reattache the battery....