Volkswagen Audi Cigarette Lighter housing Removal 

Glad to hear this info helps! 🙂

By using the FORCE/mallet you'll probably break the metal pins of the housing - but its definitely an option of you want just to disassemble and remove the housing - without reusing/assembling it back later... :)

@@RetrofitGuy nah. The metal pibs are protected by the plastic housing. The "just hard enough" rubber mallet whack simply dislodged the metal holes from the plastic tabs holding it in place.

Best option just lightly tapped it and came out nothing broke.

@@Steven-yf2ef yes- I should clarify my comment that by “whack” I meant “an appropriately strong tap to dislodge the tabs”

@@DavidHeyburn Yeah I had a mallet from a leather kit didn't even use a strong tap, just held it while I tap it bit by bit and came out. As I need to still use it but spray painting the center console.

Glad to hear you found my video informative😊

Hi. Assuming whole cigarette lighter was pushed in somehow - its the surrounding plastic/leather housing that somehow got enlarged. In this scenario I can only recommend to disassemble that housing and get access to this lighter from the back - and remove it as its pushed all way in now. To disassemble plastic - you will need to remove rear air vents, possibly read climate, to get access to screws that hold that housing in plastic. Or try removing just the vents first - as it may give you access to the cigarette housing - so you could get it out...Then disassemble it as per my video - and assemble back in the that leather/plastic housing - if the hole is not broken/enlarged/damaged obviously... Hope above info is of a benefit, and helps. Thanks.

@@philip00010 it was me that pushed it in..interesting, I can't open a cap on a water bottle but I have enough strength to push a cigarette lighter through the wall. Lol. I did look at taking the vent apart. It appears the rear vent is attached to a whole unit to the front, making this a big job for a small issue. I left it go. I tried to get it back through the hole and I can not. Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. I think your videos are excellent. I appreciate your time and work.

@@e.shealer2417 Thanks for kind words. Appreciated. I'm more than confident those 2 rear vents can be ejected as one piece - and it can give you enough room to get access to that problematic cigarette lighter socket - but of course triple check - as you do not want to damage the vents themselves because those fenders are very delicate and can break easily. Stay safe out there! Regards.

I have no experience with MB but assuming their lighter has same removal technics - the tool should work exactly same way...

You should not be pulling the orange plastic out but just the metal part if both teeth of the tool are pressing the inner walls of the cigarette lighter cylinder. Once you insert the tool - be sure you rotate it until you feel the "click" - meaning those tool teeth actually got "caught" in the cylinder holes... If all "caught up" and still seems you pull everything out - I may assume its all stuck / rusted there due to age. There is a need to apply some pressure but not too much.. Depends on condition of cigarette lighter...I may assume you have no choice but to pull and 50/50 you break the yellow plastic surrounding... Hope this helps.

@@philip00010 cool thank you very much! idc if I have to buy a new orange/yellowy part because there is a coin stuck inside and now already for like 4 years I cant use it so it will probably be just pulling and see what happens ;) thanks for the help!

If so - you actually need 2 picks and 4 hands: 2 hands to push 2 picks in opposite directions, 1 hand to hold the housing and 4th one to actually pull housing... :))) Feasible - but really not straight forward... :)))

@@ozeraner Use spring part from binder clip. Works like it was made for it.

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This tool fits any VAG ashtray as the mechanism is similar. To your particular question: yes, it will fit Q7 2014 too

Exactly why I just went by my local Audi dealership and asked the service department if they would pop it out for me. They were more than happy to do it...said it was probably the only time that tool had ever been used there :)