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I have a 2006 Vibe with a smoker's kit. In the owner's manual, it says you should not use the cigarette lighter outlet for powering devices such as cell phones. Of course, there isn't another outlet in the vehicle that can accept a car charger, only the household plug outlet. Is it OK to use a car charger in the cigarette lighter outlet, or is the owner's manual correct?Thanks for your help!

that's nuts, I can't think of any reason why you shouldn't use it for a cell phone charger, unless you tend to use the lighter and put the charger back in the socket when the socket is still hot.

Basically, the reason they tell you that is because of the two different types of outlets... You have your standard lighter socket, which you and I have, and then the 'Accessory Power Outlet' which is what would be on your dash provided you did not have the smoker's package (and this is the type of outlet that is in the center console for those of us who have it.) Internally the sockets are a bit different between the two types.Certain types of plugs don't want to plug into the lighter socket but work fine in the APO and vice versa... Sometimes the wrong plug for the wrong socket can even cause a fuse to blow, from what I've read on some GM TechLink articles that addressed this sort of issue. Honestly though, I wouldn't worry that much about it. A phone charger more than likely will be designed for the lighter socket anyway, but might also work in an APO if you have it as well... Plug it in and see what happens. I use mine all the time there, and I have used it in the APO in the consle where it worked just the same...

It should work fine. Parts of the manual are written by lawyers.