And the Volkswagen manual is … just plain wrong.
I keep my 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI pretty loaded down with electronics, and I really rely on my cigarette lighter. When they went out – both at once – it was clearly a fuse issue so I immediately starting digging into the manual for the fuse location. On page 80, it clearly lists the cigarette lighter as being a 25-amp fuse in position number 24, and the “power outlet” as being a 20 watt amp in position 26. I don’t have a power outlet per se, but since my cigarette lighters are really just cylindrical 12v outlets (they don’t have the coiled resistor that justifies the ‘cigarette lighter’ part ) I figured perhaps it could be that fuse as well. Oddly enough however, both positions are EMPTY. Even when placing a 25-amp fuse into position 24 (which is the 3rd slot on the first set of large fuses when ‘reading’ down the fusebox ) the lighters did nothing.
I googled, found no articles pertinent although apparently on older Jetta’s they liked to hide the cigarette lighter fuse behind the fusebox ( why, I have no clue). After pulling all the fuses and checking for the blown on, I found the problem: the manual is completely wrong. The cigarette lighter fuse – at least on my 2006 Jetta TDI – was a 20-amp fuse in position 28 NOT 24.
So there you have it … finally an article to help any owners of a Volkswagen Jetta TDI who’s cigarette lighter won’t work.
Thank you for the guidance. For the last two months, I had been trying to figure out where the fuse for lighter was. I was lost without your help: maybe 24 is German for 28.