ok, I have a 97 Chevy cavalier 2 door 2.2 L, and the cigarette lighter doesn't work. (Which I need to charge my cell phone and run my radar detector). Is there any way I can get that power port to work again? Some way I could run something from the battery through the firewall or something?Thanks in advance!
With all the tech around tis there really not a way to put wipers on rear windows on all sedans, in heavy rain driving in city traffic is when you really need a clean rear window. Your side mirrors are wreaked with rain, they become useless, your back window is basically blind from all the rain,so how do you check the traffic behind you on red lights, stop signs and uncontrolled intersections ? The no.1 collision in city traffic, you guessed it, is rear end collisions. I teach my driver ed students, that every time your foot moves to the brake pedal, or you know you are going to slow down soon, your eyes go to your mirrors, hard to see anything in heavy rain storms, safety is now a monumental factor, vehicles in the flow of traffic and pedestrians scurrying across streets in a rain storm. Come on auto manufacturers, you claim safety is one your large factors in selling new vehicles, well it is time to make them even safer. Thanks Driver ed instructor with many years of experience.
no good way to mount it on a sedan that wouldn't cause water to accumulate around the wiper arm and thus leading to rust and or leaking. also the aerodynamics of a sedan force air down the rear windshield and this would rip off a wiper at higher speeds not to mention a rear wiper on a sedan would sling water onto passing cars due to aerodynamics. also due to air flow rear wipers aren't needed on rear windshields as much
Check your fuses if it keeps blowing You may have to buy an accessory outlet from the auto parts store. Never install a higher rated fuse as the wiring may not handle the amps draw , you could melt your electrical system. I have the same problem if I plug my inverter into my cigarette outlet to run my laptop it blows the fuse but the lighter element will work fine. I installed one taking power from the fuse block this solved my problem . Be careful to use the right wire size for the load and fuse the accessory plug accordingly .
I have wondered that too actually, I think it may be because on the outer sides of the rear windshield it is a bit curved, actually the whole thing (on most sedans) is slightly curved, so a wiper wouldn't be making direct contact throughout, which obviously wouldn't wipe away rain. I'm just guessing, good question though.
