In article <40A6FBEC.45B69308@junkmail.com>, trash@junkmail.com says...
> I believe there is only one standard size for cigarette lighters / power
> outlets. I have found that many of the cell-phone chargers simply have a
> plug that is too big. Even my brother's original Nokia car charger has
> this problem (too big, tested in Honda Civic, VW Gti and Infiniti I30).
> The side contact sticks out too far and is too stiff. You could try
> bending in the side contact a bit or you could just look for another
> charger with a smaller plug.
>
> Star Carol wrote:
> >
> > I got a new Civic and I'm having a problem with its power-outlet, or
> > socket (formerly known as a cigarette lighter). Anyway, I need it to
> > recharge my cellphone, but when I try to remove the cellphone
> > charger from the socket, it doesn't want to come out. At one
> > point I couldn't remove it at all and took it in to the dealer. He
> > said there's different sizes of sockets, and that to remove my
> > cellphone charger from it they'd have to remove the whole panel just
> > to get to it. Well, I decided against it and finally managed to
> > remove it myself. So what now? Does anybody know about this? How
> > many different socket sizes are there? Do I need a different size
> > other than the one that comes standard? Thanks.
>
Yes, there is only one standard size. But because there are ranges of
tolerance in this size, some plugs will fit tighter than others. As was
stated, the side contacts maybe to stiff and require adjustment.