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Old 08-13-2011, 10:55 PM
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I've tried my scanner and the advance auto guy also tried but neither will connect with my car......What could be the culprit?
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btw its a 99' B4C Camaro A4
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weak battery? any loose wires at the connector?
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battery if fine, im gonna have a look at the wires tomorrow.
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Cigarette lighter fuse.
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hmm it's worth a look, thanks I'll add it to the list of things to check
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seems I have a wiring problem........I've only had the car for a couple days but there's no fuse in the cig lighter/dlc and when I try to put one in it just instantly blows it
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leave the cigarette lighter out and see if fuse blows my s10 did the same thing . i left cig lighter out fused then fine. if it still blows check your wires.
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that was the problem, it doesn't look like the original lighter so its going in the garbage....All is well, thanks everyone




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