Something stuck in my cigarette lighter?

[Swenny]

First pic is of my left, working outlet

Second pic is my right, non-working outlet

Am I correct that something is stuck in the right one or is there some weird quirk where they have different outlets?

Thanks

 

[msmith1956]

Looks like the front part of an accessory power plug is broken off in it.

 

[Swenny]

I'm re-visiting this again and am a bit confused

So I removed the right one a while ago because it was indeed fubar. I'm looking at a replacement and found this schematic. It indicates that the cigarette lighter on the left has a different part number than the right (this is from GMPartsGiant.com if anyone is wondering)

Left: 25776667 - RECEPTACLE,C/LTR(PART OF 1)(2 TERMINALS)
Right: 10202970 - RECEPTACLE,ACSRY PWR(PART OF 1)(2 TERMINALS)

I'm guessing one stays on after you turn the car off and the other turns off. Can someone confirm this for me? Or have a different explanation? I'm going to hook up the left one into the right harness and see what happens. I'll post later

Thanks all

 

[Swenny]

I just tested the left one in the right harness and it came on without the keys in the ignition so there goes that theory. Maybe different amp output?

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[Steelcity]

one may be the first one to get the power and feeds the second one, sort of like master slave ? Just guessing. I will look at my 03 and see if there is any difference.

 

[Zimgxp]

My guess is that the right one is a power port. It doesn't have the tabs to hold the lighter in.

 

[Steelcity]

Oh ya that makes sense.

 

[Swenny]

But mine doesn't come with a lighter. They both just have covers

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[old man]

The left one has clips to hold a lighter the right one doesn't

 

[Swenny]

Thanks old man. Stopped by the salvage yard and pulled one out of an Aztek they had. The front part is grey instead of black, but for $2 and a few minutes with a Sharpie I'm over it