No Power to Side Mirrors, Cig Lighter, and Radio??

[mctriple]

Hey guys. I was driving home from work tonight, and I had noticed that I hadn't used my iPod (powered constantly with an inverter hooked up to the cigarette lighter) in a week or so, so I decided to unplug the inverter from the cig lighter. It didn't want to come out easily, and when it did come out, the entire lighter assembly came out. After a minute or two, I noticed that my radio was turned off and won't come back on. My inverter is also now unable to receive power through the cigarette lighter. The last thing that I've noticed is that the side mirrors, which are powered, do not work. I believe that is everything that is wrong. I tried looking behind the cigarette lighter (took out the ashtray which helped visibility) and around from the sides, where the feet go on both driver and passenger side. No wires look like they were torn out of place.. everything is secured to their locations with screws, and there are no stray wires dangling anywhere.

Does anybody have any idea what could have happened? I really didn't pull on the lighter THAT hard. It popped it out of the plastic, but that's happened before.. it's never been very solidly fitted into the hole.

I just have no idea. Everything was working fine, and I didn't NEED to unplug the inverter, but figured I might as well since I haven't been using it lately. What a disaster to come out of trying to be prudent.

 

[lyric911]

Fuse?

 

[B1GHAM]

cabin fuse most likely... do your interior lights still work?

those fuses are weak anyway, should be a quick replacement and youre all set.

 

[mctriple]

cabin fuse most likely... do your interior lights still work?

those fuses are weak anyway, should be a quick replacement and youre all set.

My pilot lights (above the head) still work. It's too bright right now for me to find out of the lights for the speedometer/rpm/etc work when the headlights are on, but the little lights for the defroster, check engine light, and all those still work. Thought it was strange that only those 3 things have quit working. I still don't understand how I blew a fuse pulling on the cigarette lighter, lol, but I'll definitely check that out. Thanks!

 

[2fast2beat]

Hi
I have same problem with my 2000 Mazda Protege.
Did you find what is wrong?
Please let me know.
Thank You

 

[lazybusinessman]

sounds like a fuse.

 

[beachbum12tree]

which fuse needs to be replaced?i yanked my inverter outa my cigarette lighter and it doesnt work anymore. but everything else works. i wasnt sure which fuse to check for.