OEM Dodge Ram 3500 Cigarette Lighter

Dodge Ram 3500 Cigarette Lighter Parts and Q&A

• Power Outlet, Front
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  Q: How to Replace a Cigarette Lighter Outlet on Dodge Ram 3500?

  A:

  Disconnect and isolate the negative cable from the battery as your first step to replace the cigar lighter outlet. Pull the cigar lighter knob and its element from inside the receptacle or lift the protective plastic cap from the outlet above. Open up the receptacle's base to locate the rectangular retaining bosses that attach it to the instrument panel; their position will guide where you place them. Use external snap ring pliers to hook the tips with the retaining bosses, push the pliers firmly to detach the bosses and gently pull the receptacle base from the mount. Pull out the receptacle base from the instrument panel so you can work on the wire harness connector and then open the connector on it. Pull out the mount from the instrument panel. For installation, link the wire harness connector to the receptacle base and mount the harness back into the instrument panel while ensuring the splines on the base line up with the grooves in the brackets. Keep pressing until all of the retaining bosses are started. Now, replace the protective cap or the cigar lighter knob and element and join together the battery's negative cable.
• Power Outlet, Center
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  Q: How to Service the Cigarette Lighter Auxiliary Power Outlet on Dodge Ram 3500?

  A:

  The first thing to do before dealing with the auxiliary cigarette lighter is to isolate the negative Battery Cable. Pull the cigarette lighter's knob and its element out of the receptacle. Or, twist the plastic cap off the cigarette lighter receptacle base. Look inside the receptacle base to see where the two rectangular retaining bosses are located to attach it to the panel. Use external snap ring pliers, making sure the pliers are gripping the tips of the retaining bosses, squeezing to loosen from the base and rocking gently to take the base out of mount. Suck out the connector base from the instrument panel to get to the wire harness connector and make sure to unplug it from the receptacle base. Take away the mount from the panel of the vehicle. When installing, place the wire harness connector onto the receptacle base and put the mount back in the instrument panel, making sure the plugs' splines match the grooves on the base. Firmly push the retaining bosses into the retaining boss positions. At the end, install the lighter knob and either the lighter element or cap and attach the negative battery terminal once more.