I recently bought a 1998 Cherokee. The lighter dod not work and I wanted
to fix this since I needed the lighter for the cell phone charger. I
replaced the 25 amp fuse in the appropriate slot in the fuse box per the
manual. When I started the car, I saw a spark in the lighter socket and
when I pushed in the lighter, smoke started coming out and the wipers went
off once. I took out the lighter and yaked the fuse.

Any advice on how to fix or if I did any damage?

 

As electrical engineers say "ooops, you let the smoke out." Bad things
happen when something gets hot enough to start smoking.

It sounds like the lighter socket itself may be damaged/defective. Pull it
and check it.

If you're not well-versed in DIY electrical repairs you're going to be soon.


"RGNY216" <rgny216@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I recently bought a 1998 Cherokee. The lighter dod not work and I wanted
> to fix this since I needed the lighter for the cell phone charger. I
> replaced the 25 amp fuse in the appropriate slot in the fuse box per the
> manual. When I started the car, I saw a spark in the lighter socket and
> when I pushed in the lighter, smoke started coming out and the wipers went
> off once. I took out the lighter and yaked the fuse.
>
> Any advice on how to fix or if I did any damage?
>

 

As electrical engineers say "ooops, you let the smoke out." Bad things
happen when something gets hot enough to start smoking.

It sounds like the lighter socket itself may be damaged/defective. Pull it
and check it.

If you're not well-versed in DIY electrical repairs you're going to be soon.


"RGNY216" <rgny216@aol.com> wrote in message
news:f68112d44f9beede03b1e5dfa55ffc94@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> I recently bought a 1998 Cherokee. The lighter dod not work and I wanted
> to fix this since I needed the lighter for the cell phone charger. I
> replaced the 25 amp fuse in the appropriate slot in the fuse box per the
> manual. When I started the car, I saw a spark in the lighter socket and
> when I pushed in the lighter, smoke started coming out and the wipers went
> off once. I took out the lighter and yaked the fuse.
>
> Any advice on how to fix or if I did any damage?
>

 

As electrical engineers say "ooops, you let the smoke out." Bad things
happen when something gets hot enough to start smoking.

It sounds like the lighter socket itself may be damaged/defective. Pull it
and check it.

If you're not well-versed in DIY electrical repairs you're going to be soon.


"RGNY216" <rgny216@aol.com> wrote in message
news:f68112d44f9beede03b1e5dfa55ffc94@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> I recently bought a 1998 Cherokee. The lighter dod not work and I wanted
> to fix this since I needed the lighter for the cell phone charger. I
> replaced the 25 amp fuse in the appropriate slot in the fuse box per the
> manual. When I started the car, I saw a spark in the lighter socket and
> when I pushed in the lighter, smoke started coming out and the wipers went
> off once. I took out the lighter and yaked the fuse.
>
> Any advice on how to fix or if I did any damage?
>