Fiesta Mk5? 2004 cigarette lighter

beer enigma · 10-02-2026 12:00PM #1

Sorry I know this will sound odd, but the cigarette lighter went in the fiesta which I use for a Bluetooth yokey.

Replaced and works fine but every time I change into third, it hits the barrel of the lighter and the BT plug in often falls out. You can hear a metal clonk so I dont think it's the wiring which is clipped in anyway.

Spoke to a Ford dealer (you'd think 2004 fiesta was like a model A Ford) he checked something and said it's a standard lighter.

Just wondering if a shorter barrel lighter is such a thing ? There's only one way to fit it, so can't imagine I've done anything wrong. I threw the original one away on bin collection day but can't recall it being very much different.

mikeecho · 10-02-2026 08:19PM

Just get one of those extentions

cml387 · 11-02-2026 10:14AM

Do you mean that the gear lever is clunking against the barrel of the cigarette lighter itself down in the bowels of the fascia?

horse7 · 11-02-2026 10:46AM

Photos please

beer enigma · 12-02-2026 11:50AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124224271#Comment_124224271

Thanks problem actually is as cml says (my bad description) the problem is actually the gear mechanism 'in the bowels' hitting the base of the lighter barrel, so wondering if the old original was a shorter barrel as it was always fine & there's nothing wrong with the gear mechanism. Not sure if a short barrel lighter exists anywhere

cml387 · 12-02-2026 12:11PM

I would double check the cabling run.

beer enigma · 12-02-2026 12:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124229178#Comment_124229178

Done that, cable is clipped into the original clips, you can hear the noise of the mechanism hitting the barrel

beer enigma · 12-02-2026 12:28PM

Sorted, the original is a slightly shorter barrel and also has a slot that locates to hold it below the console.

Appreciate the comments everyone

Fiesta Mk5? 2004 cigarette lighter

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