{"id":58063,"date":"2019-09-30T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T01:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=58063"},"modified":"2019-10-08T08:57:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:57:43","slug":"cigarette-lighter-stopped-working-toyota-rav4-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/cigarette-lighter-stopped-working-toyota-rav4-1974","title":{"rendered":"Cigarette lighter stopped working Toyota Rav4 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2007-toyota-rav-4.jpg\" alt=\"2007 Toyota Rav 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2007-toyota-rav-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2007-toyota-rav-4-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its a automatic but the shifter lights that tell me what gear I&#8217;m in are not lighting up, same as the dash one, also cigarette lighter and side mirrors have stopped working also.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- In-Article --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5950293074584657\" data-ad-slot=\"3814845838\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You state it is a 1974 Toyota Rav4? The first generation in the US was introduced in 1996.\u00a0 Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_RAV4\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_RAV4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Either way, the first thing to check would be the fuse panel for a blown fuse. You can look to see if the fuse is blown or check for continuity across the fuse.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/wiringproblems%206.html\"><strong>How to test for continuity<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the fuses are OK, then move on to checking the ground connections. There may be a shared ground connection that would effect all the electrical items no longer working.<\/p>\n<h4>Separate Issues<\/h4>\n<p>It is possible that the fuse blown may only correct the lighter and mirrors. Then you would look to see if the bulbs for the shifter light are good. Then check the wiring and connections. Finally check for current signal from the selector switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its a automatic but the shifter lights that tell me what gear I&#8217;m in are not lighting up, same as the dash one, also cigarette lighter and side mirrors have stopped working also. You state it is a 1974 Toyota Rav4? The first generation in the US was introduced in 1996.\u00a0 Source: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_RAV4 Either way,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/cigarette-lighter-stopped-working-toyota-rav4-1974\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cigarette lighter stopped working Toyota Rav4 1974<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15416,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[23711,516],"class_list":["post-58063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-toyota","tag-lighter-stopped-working","tag-rav-4"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cigarette lighter stopped working Toyota Rav4 1974 - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/cigarette-lighter-stopped-working-toyota-rav4-1974\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cigarette lighter stopped working Toyota Rav4 1974\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Its a automatic but the shifter lights that tell me what gear I&#8217;m in are not lighting up, same as the dash one, also cigarette lighter and side mirrors have stopped working also. 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