If you need to remove the cigarette lighter receptacle (not the powerpoint plug) on a 2000 Super Duty, follow these steps: Remove the hook panel on the lower dash next to the lighter (two bolts). Unplug the wire in the back on the lighter (squeeze one tab). Reach behind the lighter receptacle and angle it slightly downward and push towards the rear of the truck. The lighter will pop out. FYI-the lighter receptacle itself has two tabs on the black collar holding it in the dash. Not sure what other model years this style covers.

 

Thanks for sharing. Curious why you would want to remove it? Another power port for accessories, USB ports, etc.

 

Also curious about why you'd remove it. What did you add in its place?

 

The mobile phone charger was not charging through the cigarette lighter socket although the light on the charger was lit. I tried the charger in the powerpoint receptacle and the phone charged properly. I changed out the cigarette lighter socket and the phone is charging properly now.

By the way, the lighter socket was less expensive at the Ford dealer (around $11) than on Amazon. Go figure!

 

I had difficulty removing mine and replaced it with another power ports. though.

 

Funny I saw this thread. My power point plug went bad but still showed that it was working when I plugged in a cell phone charger it drove me crazy. My pc charger did not work for a month before I just took a chance and replaced the cigarette lighter power point. So my ford parts guy sells me { 11 bucks}a insert only. So i had to unplug and remove power point from dash. Then had to trim existing harness plug emboss groove on plug to aloud proper insertion. Then had to open up the hole the sleeve cigarette inserts into and to my surprise it worked i am happy but there has to be a better way.

 

Hey there Bob

I removed mine to add this...

My new head unit did not have an auxiliary port so I did this instead of drilling holes in the dash. The USB port and auxiliary port connect to the radio so I can charge stuff and play music from a USB drive.

Plus I don't smoke

 

thats what I asked for my ford dealer parts guy said didnt exist . cool may be I will put in lower cig lighter. the power point has a larger fuse fro my pc charger. thanks

 

FYI, it is not a Ford part. I got it off Amazon and should have posted that in my original post. Here is the link to it...

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are others like it too that have dual USB's if you do not want the aux port.

 

thanks for the link . I figured it was not a Ford I was going to try Professor Googel or ebay

 

I added one of the usb/aux plugs a year ago. I LOVE IT

 

I have one of those that I got at an auto stereo store.

 

I am intrigued by the usb/aux plug that Yama4fitty linked, but I'm using the stock stereo (with an adaptor module that converts the CD changer into an aux port), so I don't have a USB connection to plug it into. Has anybody wired this plug's USB port to the cigar lighter wiring (with some sort 12v to 5v converter) so it could be used as a power port for phones and such?