2nd Hand Car Problem

[Chris101]

I have just bought a 2nd car from a private dealer a week back.
All seemed fine when we test drove the car but as we was leaving I tried plugging in my tomtom to the cigarette lighter port and it did not work.
I tried the tomtom car usb car charger in the port in the boot of the car and it worked without any issues....


The dealer checked this before we left and agreed to change it and to bring the car to him a week later for a repair....

Today I took it back to the dealer and he tried his own phone charger and it worked. The fact it worked and the actual lighting of the cigarette lighting part worked, he refused to replace it and said it functions as it should so therefore it is to do with my '3rd party' products....

I have tried other less demanding chargers and they do work but it seems anything that requires more power then a phone and it struggles such as the tomtom and iPad....

I think that there is a fault that is causing it not to charge the same way as the boot port.

Am I right to think there is a fault and require a repair, as pre agreed?

[Chris101]

It is 2008 plate.
I would have thought it is a fault with the car as throughout put should be consistent as the one of the boot?

[Chris101]

Butter Face said:

So the cigarette lighter (I.e the bit that pushes in) works?


Therefore the socket works. It's your devices...

If that is the case, why does it work fine at the back boot port?
I will buy a new belkin car charger just to make sure tomorrow...