Cigarrette Lighter Fell Through

[MatthewAlan8]

I was plugging in my phone charger a few weeks back and my cigarrette lighter pushed back into the stereo system and fell through. I can still see it, but I have not attempted to take the cover off of my system because I don't feel confident in my ability to put it back on.

Is this something that I will need to completely replace? Or should it go back on if I just take the cover off of my stereo system?

 

[95four.0]

remove the stereo face

hey dont worry taking off the stereo bezel is super easy just 2 hex head screws under the stereo face under the lip above the a/c vent nobs take those out and the whole blck plastic peice comes off and its pretty open behind there

 

[fixxxer]

There is usually a large hex-nut holding the cigarette lighter assembly into the dash, it probably just loosened up and backed itself off.

 

[smurfxlt]

consider yourself lucky. one time my brother knocked one in on my friends camaro while the lighter was lit and it melted a bunch of stuff.

 

[MatthewAlan8]

Thanks for the help! I'll pull the face off of my stereo tomorrow when I have a chance.

Ouch, bad news about the Camaro

 

[David in NC]

I just went through this. The lighter assembly on my '97 looked just like the one above and had no hex nut. Here is my write-up for my fix. It was really pretty easy.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=247867