Re: How do I remove the cigarette lighter?
Originally Posted by
Joliet John
I had the entire center portion of my dash out earlier this year. In spite of everything I read and everything I tried, I was never able to remove the part with the ashtray and cigarette lighter. Supposedly you can work it out by moving it to the left and popping the right side out. No dice for me. Could never move it in any direction enough to get any part of it out.
I have a spare front console with the face plates and the lighter/ash tray section and I tried to get the lighter/ash tray section out. I found that if you moved it to the left and pushed the right hand side of the console to the right you could get the clearance required to move the right hand side of the lighter/ash tray assembly IN not out. When the whole assembly is inside you can rotate it so that the ash tray portion is down with the assembly diagonal, tilt the lighter end out and the assembly can then be twisted back horizontal and out.
I forgot, you have to remove radio bezel, the shifter bezel and then the four screws first though.
Upon trying this removal using my dummy set up, you may not have to remove the shifter bezel, be careful you do not scratch it though.
Last edited by onehundred80; Oct 6, 2017 at 07:48 PM.
Reason: Orientation of the assembly was given wrongly.