12v charger socket seems to be dead

[Merlin5]

My 12v socket seems to be dead and I can't charge my phone. Is it cheap to replace, do I need peugeot main dealer, and is it easy to remove the old one and fit the new?

 

[Merlin5]

fuse?

Q I was about to ask that actually, after doing some googling. According to this:

"Q Where is the fuse for the front 12v socket in a peugeot 307 hdi?"
A Fuse #7, down right."


Where is down right though? I'm so useless with cars, might have to pop down to the place that fixed my other problem last week with the diagnostics check and hope he can do it for me. If it isn't the fuse, how much is it to replace?
My cheapo 99p phone charger I bought from the bay a year ago broke, the metal prong at the tip came out and I'm wondering if it's fallen into the little hole in the side of the cylinder and stopped it working?

 

[Merlin5]

This.

First Port Of call is to identify which fuse is for the 12v socket and check it. ( A simple Continuity test is the easier option if you have a multi meter)

Might have to buy one of those. Would I stick it over each fuse?

 

[Merlin5]

That little bit of metal has shorted out the socket - make sure you find it (or make absolutely sure it's not still in there) or the replacement fuse will also blow!
Replacement fuses can be got in Halfrauds for a few quid for a variety pack.

edit - the fuses are usually numbered inside the fusebox - find no 7, remove and replace

Lol@Halfrauds

So, if the socket has shorted does that mean it's just blown the fuse or killed the socket for good?

The Fuse has 2 pins, simply make contact with them both ( One with the + Probe and one with the - Probe) and if the Multi meter doesn't buzz or light up, there is no continuity and as such, the fuse has blown.

Ok thanks, will get one.

 

[Merlin5]

Just had the guy at my local garage check all my fuses with a meter tool. All of them are ok. There's no fuses he could find down right under the steering wheel, just a bunch of fuses in a compartment in the glove box and also in a compartment under the bonnet. He put the meter on the connector in my photo and said it must be a fuse because there's earth but no live coming through. So, I'm at a loss. If there's no live coming through the 3 pin connector, then presumably it's not the 12v socket barrel that's burned out.




edit: just spoke to halfords autocentre and he reckons there's 3 fuse boxes, one down by the bonnet release area below the glove box. He also said it could be a break in the positive wire and if so, it would have to be traced along the whole length of cable.

just spoke to robins and day peugeot dealers and have been told it's unlikely to be a cable break, and that the guy probably only checked one side of the fuses which would show it as being ok, but both sides need to be checked. Lucky they didn't charge me anything. He said it's the large yellow 20amp fuse in the glove box I need. I'm gonna go get one from halfords and try it.

 

[Merlin5]

Fixed! I took the glove box fuse cover off and saw the yellow fuse right at the end with '20' on it. I couldn't get it out though, even with tweezers. Popped to Halfords to buy a fuse and I asked a guy there (who fits stereos) if he could take a look and remove the fuse and check I'm buying the right replacement. He got the fuse out straight away with needle nose pliers and told me I already have a spare, which is amongst a bunch of spares plus a fuse puller inserted in the compartment cover. I didn't realise they were spares (thought they were in use when the cover goes back on) or that I even had a fuse puller

So he put the spare in and the socket worked. I showed him where the metal cap of the phone charger was (visibly sitting in in the hole below the socket) so he got a long magnet puller, got it out and screwed it tight back into the charger and that's working again too. I gave him some money and was extremely grateful.

The End.