Where's the fuse for my cigarette lighter

Jul 20, 2006 Last reply: 19 years ago 13 Replies
2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Where's the fuse for my cigarette lighter?

Look in the owners guide. If you don't have one, go to

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should have you to the one you need directly.

As I read it, the Cigar Lighter is a 20 Amp fuse, located in position 3 of the passenger compartment fuse panel. The Power Point Fuse is fuse number 1 in the underhood power distribution fuse box.

Ed

What I meant to say was: Is the fuse for my cigarette lighter and the accessory dc port next to it, one of the 5amp to 20amp fuses in my fuse panel?

My wife insisted on hooking up some serious electronics to these dc ports and now they don't work. I'm assuming a blown fuse. Sure hope it's nothing more; I'd hate to spend money on an I told you so scenario.

Thanks! For the location description and the url's.

Dash cigarette lighter and power point do not work after running a tv and an video game device simultaneously. Checked my fuses and they are intact. Any other ideas?

# 1 and # 12, 20 amp mini fuse in the POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX, ENGINE COMPARTMENT for front and rear power points. #1 is the front pwr pt # 12 is the rear pwr pt, supercrew only

Will check under the hood. Thanks!

OK, found the front Powerpoint fuse under the hood in the #1 spot. Tried 2 replacement fuses; both blew!

look inside the power point socket for foreigh material

Will do. Didn't notice any, but will take a purposeful look again.

Take a look at the back of each socket and see if anything is melted back there. Toyota trucks were known for cig lighter meldown 'cuz of the small wires on the back. The fix was to solder in a piece of 14g solid copper in place of the wimpy 20 gauge conductor they had back there. With the fix, if something was still wrong, the fuse would blow. instead of the socket.

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