First Day with New GPS- I broke the car!

The wire harness really does have a plug on the end that just slips over those blades. You haven't toasted anything, at least nothing electrical. (I wonder, mechanically, how the lighter socket pulled out of its hole - no flying plastic chips or anything, I trust?)

Repair probably won't be as simple as pushing the socket back in the hole - the wiring harness end is probably dangling down behind the hole now. What you'll likely have to do is remove that piece of plastic lower dash trim, and then you'll see the wiring behind it. Put the lighter socket back in the hole in the plastic - see if you can figure out what clips it in place and keeps it there - then take the plug on the wire harness end and push it securely onto the blades on the end of the lighter socket, and reinstall the trim.

Removing that trim piece in a G1 is really easy, I don't know about a G2. In a G1 there are two round black clips near the floor, 1 each on the driver and passenger side; they are the kind of clip with a center button you can just push in till it clicks, then the clip easily pulls out. With those two clips removed, the whole trim piece with lighter socket and all can just be pulled gently straight away from the dash (the top edge is secured by some invisible springy clips that will slip out nicely if you just pull gently and straight). Putting it back together is the reverse, but before you put the round clips back in you push the little center stalks back through so they stick out on the head side. Then put the clips back in the holes and push the center stalks down until they are flush and click.

Of course, I just described the G1 procedure, which may or may not even be close for your G2, but you'll probably be able to figure it out.

hope this helps,
-Chap

 

Oh pshaw. While you've got the cover off to plug your lighter socket back in,
look for why it pulled out so easily. Maybe tighten something or add a little something to reinforce it. A ty-wrap around it on the inside of the panel might do the trick.

-Chap

 

It should be no problem to put it back in. I also have the Garmin 660 and love it Let me know if you have any questions about the unit and especially the Bluetooth function I installed a separate mini amplifier and external speaker to increase the volume for the hands-free function of the 660. Also be sure to update your 660 on the computer as new updates just came out for both the maps and the unit itself. New updates also came out for the vehicles you can choose for the unit. Somre pretty cool looking ones too!!!

 

I'm not familiar with the red light camera locations. How did you get that? Is it standard or an upgrade you need to buy?

 

Thanks ... this looks pretty cool :clap2: