On Sun, 16 May 2004 07:04:57 -0700, Randy Hunt <rhunt960@tco.net>
wrote:

>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.

That makes sense to me. I'm glad I didn't let the dealership rip my
dash out! Thanks.