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Cigarette Lighter

Cigarette Lighter:




WIRING DIAGRAM

Cigarette Lighter: Component Location:




COMPONENT LOCATION VIEW

Cigarette Lighter: Component ID:




COMPONENT ID
16 Rheostat, lighting for controls and instruments, on the dashboard between the steering wheel and driver's door.
22a Fuse board behind the access panel in the glove box.
48 Cigarette lighter, on the centre console beside the ashtray.
148 Ashtray lighting, front cigarette lighter, in the centre console.
231 Distribution terminal (+54 circuit), in main fuse box behind the glove box.

Grounding Points
G8 Grounding point, dashboard, by the left-hand front loudspeaker socket.

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION
When the ignition switch is in the Drive position, positive current is supplied to cigarette lighter 48 via fuse 9 and the terminal block (+54 circuit). The circuit is closed when the cigarefte lighter is pressed in.

Ashtray lighting 148 is regulated by the rheostat used for regulating the lighting of instruments and controls.

FAULT DIAGNOSIS HINTS
1. Inspect fuse 9 and check that it is supplied with current.
2. Check the cigarette lighter filament.
3. Check the ground connection.