Hello.

I have recently bough a second hand Skoda Octavia, and just realised that the Cigarette Lighter Socket is, on lack of better word, fake. 

In the sense that it does not charge at all, it's just a hole pretending to be a charging socket.

Is there a way to actually convert this into a real charging socket?

 

Thank you.

Can you take a picture?

 

Both the center console and boot ones work in my car and I'm not aware of any blanks...

 

Might just need a new fuse at a guess.

You should have a 2nd 12V socket in the boot. If that doesn't work either then, as langers2k says, it's probably the fuse. I had the same issue with my 2nd hand estate and a new fuse fixed it.

You have to remove the glove box to access the fuse box, when you put it back reconnecting the arm on the left hand side of the glove box usually takes a few goes. Your manual should include a diagram of the fuse box and identify which number it is (F40?). The fuses are colour-coded by rating.

When I plug-in a charger (I have actually plugged in 3 different ones), it doesn't charge at all.

Is it a problem with a fuse (it has passed 2 major inspections in the last 12 months), or is this not really a charger at all?!

 

8 hours ago, Stuart56 said:

You should have a 2nd 12V socket in the boot. If that doesn't work either then, as langers2k says, it's probably the fuse. I had the same issue with my 2nd hand estate and a new fuse fixed it.

You have to remove the glove box to access the fuse box, when you put it back reconnecting the arm on the left hand side of the glove box usually takes a few goes. Your manual should include a diagram of the fuse box and identify which number it is (F40?). The fuses are colour-coded by rating.

Yes that is a 12v socket. Have you checked the fuse as suggested by stuart56?

25 minutes ago, radders567 said:

Yes that is a 12v socket. Have you checked the fuse as suggested by stuart56?

Also be very careful about small metal objects like that hair clip near the socket.

So, as suggested by @Stuart56, I checked the 12v socket in the boot as well (as shown by the attached photo, there should be a green LED light if the charger was working). That didn't work. So I'm assuming @langers2k was right, and the issue is the fuse.

Not sure how to change it (though I read @Stuart56 instructions), so if any of you have a link to a good tutorial (and where to buy the fuse), I'd appreciate it.

Sorry for causing so much trouble, I wish I knew more about this.

Thank you all.

 

https://youtu.be/FIMi9isDrX0

 

Try and watch, should be easy enough to follow

 

 

F40 as mentioned, and 30Amp fuse

Can be brought from local motor factor, should be plenty of places to buy.

Edited 2 August, 20223 yr by varooom
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Slightly different method of removing the glovebox here as well where the guy explains a bit more in depth the process. This video helped me a lot when I was trying to hardwire a dashcam. 

 

https://youtu.be/ZD2rOX7xx4A