[Topaz]

I am trying to find the fuse for the cigarette lighter, so that, I can determine what I can run off my inverter without blowing the fuse. I have called the service department and they do not know. The manual does not show the three fuse boxes and what each fuse is for like my 2006. It should be in interior fuse box. The 2006 was 15amps and was #23. Could it be the one labeled P/Outlet No.1 located on the right side of the cover and the 11th one down? Thanks for your help!

 

[JFox562]

I am trying to find the fuse for the cigarette lighter, so that, I can determine what I can run off my inverter without blowing the fuse. I have called the service department and they do not know. The manual does not show the three fuse boxes and what each fuse is for like my 2006. It should be in interior fuse box. The 2006 was 15amps and was #23. Could it be the one labeled P/Outlet No.1 located on the right side of the cover and the 11th one down? Thanks for your help!

The attached file might be of help. Someone on this forum downloaded a bunch of PDFs from Toyota. I would like to give credit, but I failed to make that notation on my drive with the collection.

Unfortunately, the attached file doesn't reference a cigarette lighter, but there are a couple of instances of the wireless charger which is in the same area and might use the same fuse.

I also have this image as reference

Good luck

 

[Topaz]

I was able to confirm it is the 15amp and the one labeled P/Outlet No.1 located on the right side on the cover and the 11th one down. Thank JFox

 

[jdrav4000]

I was able to confirm it is the 15amp and the one labeled P/Outlet No.1 located on the right side on the cover and the 11th one down. Thank JFox

i have rav4 2021 whose cigarettet lighter is shot. After looking at this post, i located p/outlet and took out but it looks like fuse is not blown, appears intact.

 

[jdrav4000]

i found another fuse box under steering wheel (somewhere in web says 2021 model year (not sure other years) has two fuses distributed between under hood and under steering. What a nut and confusement? Now I snapped a pic (attached), I ma not able to find the diagram showing which fuse is of which component, i have no clue which one is for cigarette lighter ((

 

[jdrav4000]

ok i found this and 11th blue 15A is P/outlet 1 but when i took out the fuse it appears not blown. Confused. I am talking about center console's cigarette lighter.

 

[Al Benson]

I am trying to find the fuse for the cigarette lighter, so that, I can determine what I can run off my inverter without blowing the fuse. I have called the service department and they do not know. The manual does not show the three fuse boxes and what each fuse is for like my 2006. It should be in interior fuse box. The 2006 was 15amps and was #23. Could it be the one labeled P/Outlet No.1 located on the right side of the cover and the 11th one down? Thanks for your help!

Try the back (trunk area). P/Outlet 2 is the fuse and the fuse box is in the engine room. P/Outlet 1 is under the dash on the driver side and is the one at the console.

 

[Tazio Nuvolari]

i have rav4 2021 whose cigarettet lighter is shot. After looking at this post, i located p/outlet and took out but it looks like fuse is not blown, appears intact.

I recall a thread in this forum where a poster plugged a tire pump/air compressor into his 5th gen RAVs cigarette lighter/power port. It overloaded the circuit. It melted the wire and insulation running from that cigarette lighter port to the fuse box. This may be your problem--fuses do not always blow when a circuit is overloaded.

 

[jdrav4000]

I recall a thread in this forum where a poster plugged a tire pump/air compressor into his 5th gen RAVs cigarette lighter/power port. It overloaded the circuit. It melted the wire and insulation running from that cigarette lighter port to the fuse box. This may be your problem--fuses do not always blow when a circuit is overloaded.

I am considering this as a almost definite possibility (. Why fuse did not blow before it happens, it just does not seems to be working as intended: fuse blowing before anything like this happening?? Because I took both P/outlet1 and 2 from respective places and switches around no difference.

 

[jdrav4000]

I recall a thread in this forum where a poster plugged a tire pump/air compressor into his 5th gen RAVs cigarette lighter/power port. It overloaded the circuit. It melted the wire and insulation running from that cigarette lighter port to the fuse box. This may be your problem--fuses do not always blow when a circuit is overloaded.

do you have link to that thread? I wonder how much cost for repair if it turns out to be.

 

[Tazio Nuvolari]

I am considering this as a almost definite possibility (. Why fuse did not blow before it happens, it just does not seems to be working as intended: fuse blowing before anything like this happening?? Because I took both P/outlet1 and 2 from respective places and switches around no difference.

Here is the explanation why the cigarette lighter fuse did not blow before the wire melted that I got when I asked the same question.

 

[Tazio Nuvolari]

do you have link to that thread? I wonder how much cost for repair if it turns out to be.

Here you are--the title of that thread and some selected photos from it. That RAV not only had the wire melted but the plastic connector and the back of the power plug itself. It's a good , long and detailed thread.

 

[jdrav4000]

Here you are--the title of that thread and some selected photos from it. That RAV not only had the wire melted but the plastic connector and the back of the power plug itself. It's a good , long and detailed thread.

It looks like this is certainly case in mine as well. I do remember cigarette lighter socket get very hot while charging my laptop. I inspected the 12V to 120V inverter and it was 150W so threw it away. On the socket, it clearly said 120W/12V. Is it hard to replace the wiring? Looks like center console has to be removed

 

[jdrav4000]

It looks like this is certainly case in mine as well. I do remember cigarette lighter socket get very hot while charging my laptop. I inspected the 12V to 120V inverter and it was 150W so threw it away. On the socket, it clearly said 120W/12V. Is it hard to replace the wiring? Looks like center console has to be removed

I will go to that thread, see what i can find. thx for info.

 

[Paradox]

I'm having a similar issue, but I discovered the previous owner used P/Outlet #1 to plug in a wire going to aftermarket seat heaters. The wire splits and has multiple fuses along its length. I have to check all of them to see if one of them is the issue.

 

[R4-V4]

I'm having a similar issue, but I discovered the previous owner used P/Outlet #1 to plug in a wire going to aftermarket seat heaters. The wire splits and has multiple fuses along its length. I have to check all of them to see if one of them is the issue.

Car care nut shows diagnosing a dead circuit with all the fuses seemingly intact. In his case the circuit pathways in the fuse box burned up instead of blowing the fuse. Power was going into the box but not out of it.

Watch "AVOID Cheap Aftermarket Car Accessories and Here's Why! A $750 Lesson" on YouTube

 

[Topaz]

Try the back (trunk area). P/Outlet 2 is the fuse and the fuse box is in the engine room. P/Outlet 1 is under the dash on the driver side and is the one at the console.

I did not find P/Outlet 2 in the either engine room fuse boxes, or did I find it under the dash. I do not see a fuse for the back lighter.

 

[Topaz]

I am considering this as a almost definite possibility (. Why fuse did not blow before it happens, it just does not seems to be working as intended: fuse blowing before anything like this happening?? Because I took both P/outlet1 and 2 from respective places and switches around no difference.

Where is P/Outlet 2. I did not find it in either engine room boxes or the under the dash.

 

[FKHeath]

Where is P/Outlet 2. I did not find it in either engine room boxes or the under the dash.

Do yo have a hybrid. The hybrid RAV4 has a small fuse box next to the battery in the back.