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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20461  
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My guess is the electrical connector has come off the rear, and yes the centre panel has to come out but you shouldnโt need to disconnect other electrical plugs at all.
Just take out the torx screws and release it. If you have one, a multimeter it would be ideal just to check for power and continuity of the ground as well. It isnโt common for the lighters to fail, but if the lighter socket is at fault then reopening is the only option. As I said, you really need to check that power and ground is present. Hope that helps, you would be best removing the radio / HU before taking it out also to avoid any damage too. No Guts, No Glory. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ธโฝ๏ธ๐ข๏ธโ๏ธ๐งฐ๐ช |
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28th Apr 2021 2:28pm |
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| jpboost Member Since: 13 Apr 2021 Location: Gatwick Posts: 377 
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OK, nice to know it's not a common fault.
Will have a look for loose wires and if that doesn't work, I'll try to find my multimeter in the lockup! Cheers |
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28th Apr 2021 3:36pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20461
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Good luck.
 No Guts, No Glory.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ธโฝ๏ธ๐ข๏ธโ๏ธ๐งฐ๐ช |
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28th Apr 2021 4:44pm |
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| jpboost Member Since: 13 Apr 2021 Location: Gatwick Posts: 377
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All done.
I ended up removing the radio (and mounting cage) in order to get the centre dash panel off. All connectors to the cigar lighter had been unplugged. They were nice and secure when I refitted them, so it seems unlikley that they'd fallen off. I can only assume that someone disconnected them, or forgot to reconnect them at somepoiint. Anyway, it all works fine now, so I'm happy. Thanks all. Jon |
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29th Apr 2021 7:25am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20461
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Good result, yes, that does sound the most plausible reasoning for their disconnection.
No Guts, No Glory.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ธโฝ๏ธ๐ข๏ธโ๏ธ๐งฐ๐ช |
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29th Apr 2021 12:21pm |
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| balmybaldwin Member Since: 17 Apr 2021 Location: Surrey Posts: 192 
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I had exactly the same issue on my newly arrived 90. Haven driven it a couple of weeks, I wonder if it's the vibrations that makes them eventually fall off?
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10th May 2021 8:50pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20461
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Could be, especially if not replaced firmly. Iโve got a blue sea 12v socket on mine which I mush prefer.
No Guts, No Glory.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ธโฝ๏ธ๐ข๏ธโ๏ธ๐งฐ๐ช |
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10th May 2021 8:54pm |
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| Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 2048
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Vibrations eventually make everything fall off on a defender
 its all part of the fun of ownership |
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10th May 2021 8:57pm |
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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 772 
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^^^^^^
Rgds.
Chris |
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10th May 2021 9:15pm |
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| jpboost Member Since: 13 Apr 2021 Location: Gatwick Posts: 377
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It could be, but the connections were very secure when I refitted them, and certainly were as secure as some of the other connections back there. My gut feeling is that someone disconnected it, or forgot to reconnect it while doing something else. But I'm still baffled as to what that might have been. There's no evidence of the dash ever having been apart, so no idea why anyone would be 'in there'. |
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11th May 2021 9:49am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17457 
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it is entirely possible that they were overlooked during factory assembly and nobody ever noticed until you did.
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11th May 2021 11:30am |
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| jpboost Member Since: 13 Apr 2021 Location: Gatwick Posts: 377
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Very true.
It's not the most noticeable of faults! |
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11th May 2021 12:32pm |
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| nitram17 Member Since: 08 Jun 2014 Location: newcastle Posts: 2261 |
[quote="jpboost"]All done.
I ended up removing the radio (and mounting cage) in order to get the centre dash panel off. All connectors to the cigar lighter had been unplugged. They were nice and secure when I refitted them, so it seems unlikley that they'd fallen off. I can only assume that someone disconnected them, or forgot to reconnect them at somepoiint. Anyway, it all works fine now, so I'm happy. Thanks all. Probably a security measure to stop thrives using a tracker blocker in the lighter socket. |
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20th May 2021 7:22am |
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