Cigarette lighter not working
 

It's a 2000 base 986.
The light around the lighter works fine.
Checked with a volt meter, no power to the lighter.
All the fuses are fine.

What do I check now?

What if you test again but with the ignition switch to on?

May be previous owner want it powered only when ignition is on ?

Just throwing idea here...

Think I did, but I will try once again.

nope. nothing

I hope this tread keeps going with more potential fixes. My 99 base has the same problem; good fuse, zero volts. Checked voltage with the car off, in accessory and running. Zip, nada, nothing...

Make sure you check fuse D5 not only visually but also with an ohm meter.

Check with a volt meter do you have voltage on each side of the fuse holder?

When you say that the lighter is not working, do you mean you can't light a cigarette with it or that when you plug something in to it (a USB adapter, say) you don't get power?

If the former it could be a bad resistance element in the lighter. Parts stores sell repalcement elements, or you can buy an entirely new one from a dealer

If the latter, make sure the device you're trying to power works by plugging it in at another car, and then try a voltmeter to see if you're getting 12 volts power from the contact and ground. If not, you have some detective work to do on the wiring

Sorry, I will try to be clearer with my issue. I pulled the lighter out of the dash, still connected, check power at the terminals to the lighter itself. No power. Fuse 5 good. I'm sure it is something simple, however, electrical is not my forte.

The cars delivered in Australia have been set up so lighter only works with ignition on, I think its a safety idea.
Anyone know how to reverse this condition?

The fuse was blown, put a new one, and still the same thing.

OK, I did a voltmeter test and had 12.45 volts going to the lighter.
Tried a phone charger in there and it light up. Although it doesn't fit very well and keeps wanting to fall out????

Are these smaller than normal lighters????

I guess my lighter is broken.

Will I have to buy one from Porsche?

Watch this instructive video.
It made me laugh several times.

Now I know how to replace the lighter.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-O-posC2I

There were two sizes of lighter sockets used and I recall having an adapter that was necessary to keep my Porsche battery charger in the socket. A little red plastic ring that fit around the portion of the charger that went furthest into the socket. ROW versus US? Model year dependent? I don't know. OTOH the GPS I had fit just fine.

MY daughter's 2002 beetle has the same problem. Solved it by shimming the USB adapter with a very thin piece of cardboard and some tape, being careful to leave metal exposed to serve as the ground to the socket