Cigarette lighter not working

[skoda auto]

Goodmorning everyone,

Has anyone had problem with cigarette lighter on skoda octavia 2000 model???

Mine doesnt work, have checked fuse number 41 and it appears to be ok. I am in process of removing front car seat out trying to find where does wiring loom goes and see where is breakage.

Any suggestion:confused:

[sdwilliams72]

Is it the the actual lighter part, or the socket you plug bits into?

My lighter part has deceased, it's no more, its gone to meet it's maker, but the socket still charges my phone etc etc......

[skoda auto]

yes i mean lighter socket doesnt have any power. It has a constant earth and ilumination thin wire for the bulb but positive for cigarette lighter not there. Have checked fuse number 41 and it appears to be ok. obviously there is a breakage in wire between fuse box and socket???????

[skoda auto]

has anyone had this issue before,

or has anyone tryed to follow wires from cigarette lighter socket to fuse box????? or does enyone knows where wires goes to????

[skoda auto]

hello simbo, done the continuity check and there is a break in between socket and fuse board

[skoda auto]

NOW i need to establish where do wires dissapear to? DO THEY go under the carpet and do i have to remove driver seat to gain acces??????????

[fordfan]

If you have the child lock button for the rear electric windows on, it will also cut the power to the cigarette lighter.

[skoda auto]

i think you are right, but before i start chopping the wires on half i would like to LOCATE problem if i am totally honest. At this present mom i just need to find out where do wires go from cigarette lighter???????

[skoda auto]

what, child locks can cut power to cigarette lighter???

[skoda auto]

ahhhh. i need to have close look in elsa win establish and check wiring diagram where does the power for cigarette lighter comes from??

its going to be either directly from fuse board

or

if it has child lock function it must have cigarette lighter relay somewhere???

totally confused

[skoda auto]

hello fordfan,

just out of intrest where did you find this information about cigarette lighter power being cut off with windows child lock switch?

would this be in manual?

[skoda auto]

Hello fordfan,

just to say you were right about window child switch turning off cigarette lighter.

Viva la fordfan

[skoda auto]

Thanks everyone for you help, fordfan was right about the cigarete lighter issue

once again thank you all

[fordfan]

Funnily enough I found out about it some years ago, after going through a similar diagnostic process. I suspect that it was designed that way is because the lighter socket is a fair way back, where it can be reached by rear seat passengers.

[skoda auto]

well done fordfan,

you have saved me lot of agruvation and time planned for tommorow. I was going to pull driver seat out and follow wire where it goes, but then you appeared and saved the the day.

You were my MAN of the day

once again, sincere thank you

[ExAudiSi]

I'm sure that mine works with the child lock on. Perhaps it is different in cars with the front arm rest as you can't easily reach the cigarette lighter from the back?

[pikpilot]

I have been following this thread with interest as I like to find hidden functions such as this.

Tried it this morning on my 03 Elegance Estate and it the cigar socket is live all the time.

This socket and the one in the boot seem to be wired in parallel and always on, just as shown in the Haynes Manual.

Is this a difference between saloon/hatchback and the estate perhaps?

[rwbaldwin]

The relay is controlled by the central convenience controller (pin 13). IIRC, this option can be changed with VCDS. It's module 46 but I can't remember what byte it's in.