How to fix the cigarette lighter Daihatsu Charade 2004 model- is it the wiring?

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How to fix the cigarette lighter daihatsu charade 2004 model- is it the wiring? Or what can be wrong? Need the cigarette lightewr to charge so that we can use for camping to pump a matress
Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 11:19 AM

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Tiny
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We have no info on this, but check fuses and see if power is coming to lighter. Alot of times it s the lighter element that goes bad.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 3:31 PM
Tiny
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Thank you kindly for your response
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 3:48 PM
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Quite often the lighter socket is the problem. Behind the socket there is a fusible link that tends to give way.
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Monday, November 7th, 2011 AT 5:03 PM

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