AUDI cigar fuse blowing????

MrSpock · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: AUDI cigar fuse blowing????

Guys,
Anyone else have this problem? I bought an in car battery charger for my TomTom GPS receiver. Intermittently the charger keeps blowing the fuse in my car - A4 avant (2004). This happens in the rear luggage compartment and also the driver's cigar lighter. Anyone else get this problem? I spoke to the AUDI dealer and they say that since the advent of recharging mobile phones this is a common problem. Something to do with the prongs of the charger being too long and touching the bodywork, thus shorting out the circuit and blowing the fuse.

Anyone else have this problem with an AUDI or any other car for that matter? Anyone recommend a good charger that does not keep blowing the fuse?

I also want to buy an in car charger for my Motorola V3. Any ideas about a good one?

Regards,
Steve

eillo7 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 199

I have an Audi A4, but I don't use the cigar lighter...I have hardwired my recharge cable direct to the fusebox in the dashboard.

Maybe this might work better for you?

brob108 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 02, 2005 Posts: 36

I've not had any problems when charging from the driver's cigar lighter in my Audi A4 (year 2000) but will be a bit more careful when I insert the charger into the lighter if it's causing a short!

shock · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Posts: 9

Have an A3 never had a problem with either of my 2 chargers.

It might be just a rubbishly made car charger.. try buying an original motorola one 4 ur phone.

MrT · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject:

I had the same problem with mine and it was caused by the cigar lighter plug on the cable. It was really tricky to find but due to the poor construction of the plug, when it went into the socket, the two outer sprung arms that make the earth contact pushed inwards into the plug and contacted the centre sprung core and caused a short. When out of the car the outer spring contacts had no pressure and the short could not be found.

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