my friend gave me his old radar detector and I went to plug it in and it wont power on so I did it in his car and it worked. So I pulled the dash piece off and then used a multi meter on the wires going to the cig lighter and there is nothing. Its not the fuse since my radio is still working. Any idea what this could be? I don’t think it’s the lighter its self since the power wires had no power. Where can I start looking? I need this to work soon I am going out of town for the 4th of July and I would like to use it.

 

check the wires behind it. my does the same, i actually have to wiggle the radar wire alittle so my radar can work. just been lazy to fix though. hope this helps.

 

check the ground and the power going into the cig lighter? i checked them.

 

i guess what i am saying is, sometimes the cig lighter it's self is actually loose. that's how mine is. maybe if you replace it you'll have better fortune. i mean if you checked all the wires and they're good then thats the only thing i can think of.
like i said thats how mine is.

 

yeah ill go try it, do you know how to pull it out? twist it or something? ill go ****** the one outta my DA.

 

its not that its the wire comming to the cig lighter. i need to know how to fix this!!! or improvise a way to get this working.

 

Do you have any power to the wires that hook up to the lighter if not work backward. if you do than resolder the connection. or you could cut the connector for the cig lighter off and hook the wire strait to the batter or fuse box or whereever you want. thats what i did and its cool not to have the wire dangling.

 

i kinda want to do that like run the wire behind the glove box to a 12v and then a g and then ninja the wire so its not in the way. but i dont know how to hook the wires to the radar AND i dont know what wires to tap to get the power. what wires did u use? any pics?

 

Modified by CardDealer at 9:42 AM 11/16/2006

 

Modified by CardDealer at 9:42 AM 11/16/2006