Cigarette lighter doesn't work on a '97 SR-5 4-Runner

ummm.....is there a fuse box under the hood nest to the battery box??

Yeah I looked at that one. The fuses look OK also. Those under hood fuses seem to be for the engine and other things.

THey might *look* good, but did you actually pull them out and test them with a multimeter?? Seems to me that the owners manual should tell you what fuses go where and to what accessory.

just behind the connector to the lighter? Pierce

the plug and you'll see you don't there.

Ya I bet that's it. Every one I have ever seen has some form of protection at the lighter. That circuit is probably also used to power for the clock's display. Or at least it does in older models so if pulling the fuse kills the clock display it would be a good indicator that power is getting there.

Gordon, I don't see where you said in any of the posts that you had actually checked for voltage inside the lighter socket with a test light or volt meter; is the power to it dead? The reason I ask is that I damaged the lighter in my Tacoma by plugging some other device into it. All it needed though was to reach inside and bend the prongs that contact the lighter back into position, it was really just a mechanical problem and not electrical. Just a thought, good luck. Jim D