Ducato - Loss Of Power To 12v Sockets(cigarette) (1 Viewer)

Mike24150

Free Member
Mar 18, 2015
31
7
Essex
Funster No
35,480
MH
Autotrail Dakota
Exp
8years
In France, with my 2014 Autotrail. I borrowed my pal's compressor to check my tyre pressures, he also with a Ducatoa Swift. This is the unit supplied in place of the spare wheel, with an aerosol repair can for his unit. It blew both fuses, F14 and F15 in the engine compartment. My pal tried it on his, and it also blew a fuse. The problem for me, was that replacing the fuses made no difference to the loss of power to the sockets, whilst he managed by replacing the fuse to get his power back. It is probably a relay, but everything else seems to work on the same bank adjacent to the relays. Fiat don't regard it as a major problem, but suggested I take it to a dealer some eighty miles away. Has anyone else suffered this problem, and could they suggest an answer please?
 

DBK

LIFE MEMBER
Jan 9, 2013
17,969
47,804
Plympton, Devon
Funster No
24,219
MH
PVC, Murvi Morocco
Exp
2013
Are you sure the replacement fuse was good? I blew mine last week, didn't have a spare so pinched one from the window demisting circuit, F30 if IIRC. It only demists the mirrors and as I am Spain in glorious sunshine (I wish) this is no loss.
 
OP
OP
M

Mike24150

Free Member
Mar 18, 2015
31
7
Essex
Funster No
35,480
MH
Autotrail Dakota
Exp
8years
Thanks for the reply. I bought a box of fuses, quite cheap from Ebay, so no shortage, and I've checked the fuses with a meter.

.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
  • Like
Reactions: DBK
Dec 30, 2008
1,106
2,126
Cheshire
Funster No
5,250
MH
Coachbuilt
Exp
since Dec 2008 after 10 years caravanning
I recently changed a fuse for cig lighter and it was one of the fuses inside cab, ours is an 07 Ducato.

Eric
 

CWH

LIFE MEMBER
Jan 29, 2014
5,128
245,460
UK
Funster No
29,909
MH
WildAx PVC
Exp
From November 2013
We had a satnav that blew all 4 cigarette type sockets - 2013 Ducato - while I was trying to work out what was up.
We (with great difficulty & masses of help from John's Cross, bless 'em) replaced the ones in the engine compartment but the numbering wasn't logical which caused some confusion, so it might be worth checking that you've changed the correct fuses.
We also had to change a fuse in the hab area for the 2 sockets there.
 
Aug 18, 2014
23,538
131,300
Lorca,Murcia,Spain
Funster No
32,898
MH
Transit PVC
Exp
16 years since restarting
and as I am Spain in glorious sunshine (I wish) this is no loss.

:Eeek:Stay where you are,keep away. http://data:image/png;base64,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 http://data:image/png;base64,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 :jesus-cross:
http://data:image/png;base64,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

Lovely down here.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
  • Like
Reactions: DBK

DBK

LIFE MEMBER
Jan 9, 2013
17,969
47,804
Plympton, Devon
Funster No
24,219
MH
PVC, Murvi Morocco
Exp
2013
:Eeek:Stay where you are,keep away. http://data:image/png;base64,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 http://data:image/png;base64,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 :jesus-cross:
http://data:image/png;base64,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

Lovely down here.
It will change. We are coming your way!

I still remember the conversation last year we had with a bloke we met when we arrived at a campsite near Valencia: "First rain we have had for nine months today."

I could probably make a fortune in a place like Australia where they are having a drought....
 
OP
OP
M

Mike24150

Free Member
Mar 18, 2015
31
7
Essex
Funster No
35,480
MH
Autotrail Dakota
Exp
8years
Strange, that's where we're heading on Sunday. We want some real warmth. Been sunny but chilly in the Dordogne, especially in the evening. We'll have to revert back to the old days, where the cigarette socket was just for that, rather than running sat nabs and phones.
 
Jun 16, 2013
1,228
820
Wiltshire
Funster No
26,522
MH
Low Profile Hymer CL 554
Exp
Since May 2014
Our fiat ducato both 12v cig on the dash board do not work and assumed fuses. Really annoying as it has gone in for a service today and they said it would cost £51 to fully investigate and change fuses!!! What a con, we were going to try it ourselves but it is just at the end of warranty and thought best to get it checked.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Sep 23, 2013
2,579
8,603
Lincs
Funster No
28,231
MH
Globecar Campscout
Exp
Since 2008 (started in a VW T4 campervan)
@Spidey Be warned that on some Ducatos, the manual lists the fuses for the two 12v sockets on the dash the wrong way round. Shouldn't matter too much to you as neither of them work, but when only one has failed & you don't know about the manual being wrong, it's really frustrating when you check the fuse the manual says is for the one that doesn't work & find that the fuse is fine.
 

pappajohn

LIFE MEMBER
Aug 26, 2007
43,204
48,797
Dark side of the moon
Funster No
172
Exp
Since 2005
Thanks for the reply. I bought a box of fuses, quite cheap from Ebay, so no shortage, and I've checked the fuses with a meter.

.
Thats half of the problem....cheap chinese fuses, usually off ebay or from pound shops.
Inferior quality and probably none existant factory quality control checks.

Take a fuse of the same value from a different circuit and try that.....or if you have a multeter set it to OHMs or continuity and check the fuse that way, no good just looking at it.

Opps...missed the end of your post.
 
Aug 20, 2007
570
625
Leyland
Funster No
128
MH
Frankia I7300 BD
Exp
since 1997 (many years tugger before then)
@Spidey Be warned that on some Ducatos, the manual lists the fuses for the two 12v sockets on the dash the wrong way round. Shouldn't matter too much to you as neither of them work, but when only one has failed & you don't know about the manual being wrong, it's really frustrating when you check the fuse the manual says is for the one that doesn't work & find that the fuse is fine.

I've had this exact scenario on 2 vans, an '04 & '55 reg 2.8 ducatos...and the fuse ratings weren't as stated in the manual.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Jun 16, 2013
1,228
820
Wiltshire
Funster No
26,522
MH
Low Profile Hymer CL 554
Exp
Since May 2014
@Spidey Be warned that on some Ducatos, the manual lists the fuses for the two 12v sockets on the dash the wrong way round. Shouldn't matter too much to you as neither of them work, but when only one has failed & you don't know about the manual being wrong, it's really frustrating when you check the fuse the manual says is for the one that doesn't work & find that the fuse is fine.

Thanks i will keep that in mind. They checked a few bits out and determined that is was our fuses. But the only charged £32 for the job! :mad: It was only because it was in for its service and the warranty runs out next month. Live and learn :rolleyes:
 

Join us or log in to post a reply.

To join in you must be a member of MotorhomeFun

Join MotorhomeFun

Join us, it quick and easy!

Log in

Already a member? Log in here.

Latest journal entries

Funsters who are viewing this thread

Back
Top