vdubpower

so yeah accidently dropped a coin in there, and now it doesnt work, anyone know if its just a simple fuse swap or what? thanks

Tomspo04

I would guess that you blew the fuse. The cig lighter works by shorting positive to negative through a coil. When you dropped your dime it provided a direct short and blew the fuse.

Darbyva

Yep. I had a penny in the lighter socket in my old car. Changed the fuse 3 times before I figured out the problem.

xolinlevh

Maybe its a sign to quit smoking? :P

vdubpower

radar detector bro

xolinlevh

Ah. Been wanting to get one of those

hyperion667

hardwire that thing lol

listerone

Simple fuse replacement (and removal of dime) is my daignosis.

Nuru

1) remove dime
2) make sure one has multiple fuses
3) change fuse

vdubpower

gotta go find the manual and see where they hide the fuses for this thing...

it hasnt seemed to affect anything else, so maybe this fuse is isolated to the cig lighter

WDLUGITCH

I wonder what a dealer would charge to remove you dime and replace your fuse.

Nuru

does the manual (owners), have a map of the SAM Module fuses?

W210

Wanted to hardwire mine, ended up running a long phone cord from trunk's lighter outlet all the way to the driver visor!

Has anyone used V1's new Savvy? Seems to eliminate the lighter requirement as it plugs directly into the car's ODB.

hyperion667

have not tried the savvy........have both of my V1's hardwired in

Live Oak

$199.90. The dealer keeps the dime.

WDLUGITCH

As frightening as that number is, you are probably low.

vdubpower

dime is out, maybe i can just get it covered under warrenty, need first oil change soon anyways,

2 '02 S600

Based on owner's manual, fuse box in engine compartment & one in the trunk area. I would think somewhere in the trunk fuse box would be cigarette fuse, but who knows.

Karl901

I have done it more than once. The dealer will replace the fuse for free.
After that remember where the fuse is. The spares fuses are with the spare tire kit.

xolinlevh

Random Q for those of you with detectors, im looking at getting one but not sure how nice they play with Distronic+, can you use both?

W210

Distronic+ interferes with K band, I have my V1 K band turned off for that reason.

There are other threads on this, I understand unless you do a custom installation buying a bypass module from Midcity combined with certain model of Passport detectors, we are out of luck?

xolinlevh

Gotcha, i dont know much about radar detectors, whats the K band?

Arrie

I have the Escort 9500 ix and it does not interfere with my Distronic Plus.

Very seldom I get K-band alarm like when I have parked my car facing a wall and at start-up it sometimes gives a couple of beeps but other than taht no problem at all, which then leads to my question if the detector is working ok?

I do get K-band alarms on road and then there is a cop or in most cases a digital speed display at the side of the road.

Ka-Band, which is most common in cop cars alarms way out if they have it on. This one works very well.

Karl901

With the 9500 CI Escort, you need to has a additional black box installed for the laser jammer to work with distronic . Check with mfgs.

listerone

Did you know that there a chart of all fuse locations,fuse numbers and functions of each one? It's where the spare tire is...or would be if your vehicle doesn't have one.