12V plug not working?
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12V plug not working?
Yet another thing the GM techs are working on tomorrow. The 12 volt plug just under the air controls is only feeding 0.01 volts to anything attached. The one down by the e-brake is working fine.. 12.54 -12.57 volts steady. Checked fuses and they are all fine. What could be wrong?
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i have the same problem, but the opposite, the plug down near the ebrake handle is out, i checked fuses in both locations and had to replace one and still doesn't work :/ im bringin my car in to the dealer today for other work o.0
i'll let u kno what they say
i'll let u kno what they say
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I took mine in to get fixed with some other issues (wind noise, bump in steering, hard shifts on an auto), and they fixed it. They haven't finished my work order so I don't know what they did to fix it. I'll know Monday. 
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Well, got my car back, and they told me nothing in the work order. Here's what it said:
Hopefully that helps a little. 
Originally Posted by Chad92's Work Order
COMPLAINT: REPAIR CUSTOMER CONCERN OF 12V OUTLET UNDER STERIO INOP(OJ)
CAUSE: I VERIFIED CUSTOMER CONCERN. INSPECTED POWER OUTLET FOR CIRCUIT CONTINUITY. FOUND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT OPEN. INSPECT CIRCUIT FUSE- FUSE IS OPEN (6F). FUSE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIERED.
CORRECTION: REPLACED BURNED FUSE AND OPERATED SYSTEM. POWER OUTLET IS FUNCTIONAL. RELEASED VEHICLE. CUSTOMER CAME BACK AFTER COUPLE HOURS WITH SAME CONCERN. INSPECTED FUSE- FUSE IS OPEN REPLACED FUSE AND USED TECH 1 TO VERFIY OPERATION- CIRCUIT IS FUNCTIONAL. AFTERMARKET DEVICE USED BY CUSTOMER IS CAUSING PROBLEM. REPAIR IS COMPLETE AND CONFIRMED.
PARTS------QTY---FP-NUMBER---------------DESCRIPTION---------LIST PRICE-UNIT PRICE-
JOB # 3 1 88909754 FUSE KIT 089650 SP WARRANTY
15-MINI
CAUSE: I VERIFIED CUSTOMER CONCERN. INSPECTED POWER OUTLET FOR CIRCUIT CONTINUITY. FOUND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT OPEN. INSPECT CIRCUIT FUSE- FUSE IS OPEN (6F). FUSE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIERED.
CORRECTION: REPLACED BURNED FUSE AND OPERATED SYSTEM. POWER OUTLET IS FUNCTIONAL. RELEASED VEHICLE. CUSTOMER CAME BACK AFTER COUPLE HOURS WITH SAME CONCERN. INSPECTED FUSE- FUSE IS OPEN REPLACED FUSE AND USED TECH 1 TO VERFIY OPERATION- CIRCUIT IS FUNCTIONAL. AFTERMARKET DEVICE USED BY CUSTOMER IS CAUSING PROBLEM. REPAIR IS COMPLETE AND CONFIRMED.
PARTS------QTY---FP-NUMBER---------------DESCRIPTION---------LIST PRICE-UNIT PRICE-
JOB # 3 1 88909754 FUSE KIT 089650 SP WARRANTY
15-MINI
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Samsung A720 12V Car Charger and an iPod dock that plugs into the other 12V plug. I can take pics if needed. The draw of the 12V car charger is 770 mA... hardly anything through the 15A fuse. Funny thing is, only the plug that is used for the car charger blows, the one by the ebrake still works.
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Probably. They wouldn't tell me which fuse was blown. I checked to see if there were any blown before I took it in, and the one under the hood for accessory power and the trunk wasn't blown, and there wasn't anything for those plugs in the fuse box in the center console. Dumb stealership. Thank God for bumper to bumper warranty!
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I've popped the one under my AC controls a few times now. With a phone charger and a G-Tech. I think that circuit needs a little bigger fuse. I just use the one by my ebrake most of the time. It hasn't popped yet.
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LTR fuse 15 amp under the hood.
Could be something wrong with the part you put in the lighter,There is no way that would blow a 15 amp fuse with that equipment unless you wired some aftermarket electronics to that circut.
Could be something wrong with the part you put in the lighter,There is no way that would blow a 15 amp fuse with that equipment unless you wired some aftermarket electronics to that circut.
all that goes in it used to be a radar...now i gotta plug my radar into the e brake one and i have a wire from the windshield to the plug :/
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The fuse is to protect the wire !!
The lighter is fed straight from the battery you have a short somewhere if not in the equipment your plugging in.