OK so I have a problem with my accessory socket in my 99 civic. I replaced the fuse and the accessory socket powers my charger but it doesn't charge it. My chargers are fine the USB cord is fine but the accessory port doesn't want to charge my phone.

I got it to work for a second then I thought great I'll switch out the charger I was using for the other charger I want to use in the car and then it stopped charging the phone so I switched back to the other charger but no luck neither charge now. The accsory socket does work because I can see the light in the charger showing that it's getting power. Just not charging.

 

If the light on the charger is on but the phone will not charge you have either a bad charger or phone. Try a unit that is known to work in another car.

If you don't get steady power from the socket take off the trim piece that holds the socket assembly and check for loose or broken wires on the back.

 

both chargers are good. Tested the USB cord in the house and the one charger I used can be used to power laptops and it has a very loud whine when its powered and it was giving off that noise the second charger I used was brand new and the light on the charger showed it was working. Both chargers remained powered on but not charging . I only got both to charge for a second. Could it be a car battery problem?

I also tried my wife's phone with no luck.

Also on my phone when I removed the USB cord from it. It makes a sound to notify that the cords been removed. Doesn't make that sound if the USB cord isn't powered.

 

Sounds like the charger isn't putting out enough milli amps. Different usb accessories use diff MaH chargers. Newer phones take higher amperage chargers.

 

Again, test the charger and phone combination in another car before concluding the problem must be with the car.

 

It is not uncommon for some ACC, ports-sockets to not make good connections, the first thing I would do is test the ACC port with a 12V test light, ground the test light to a good ground point, touch probe to center pin of ACC port, then connect test light ground to a 12V+ source and touch probe to side of ACC port.

If ACC port has both the ground and the power the problem is a connection issue. 94