Hey guys, been a lurker for a while and have found the solution to my problems through google searches, but this one is stumping me. I have a 2012 Cruze LT (1.4 Turbo) and my smarphone charging cable's tip was stuck in the cigarette lighter socket. I was able to find some posts for other chevy vehicles and I found a tool on Amazon that could pull out the socket. So that's all good there with the retrieval. The problem though is that the tip of the charger can't be extracted. It's all the way in there and there's no leverage I can get to use with pliers or a flat-head for extraction.
1) Any suggestions on what I can do to get that tip out? My guess is that the metal tip is about an inch long and embedded into the socket. The top of the base of the tip (imagine the bottom of a pointy cone) is below the top level of this rubber ring that is around it. I can't tell if the black rubber ring on the bottom of the socket is part of the socket or if it was part of the charger. The rubber piece doesn't extend far enough out for me to grip on it to pull upward.
2) If I can't extract that charging tip out, I'm thinking about getting an OEM part to just replace the whole thing. The problem is that I can't find the part number anywhere. I've tried looking through RockAuto's catalog, but maybe the name of the part isn't even a cigarette lighter socket? There's no top part for which you'd push in to heat up for lighting a cigarette. All it is is the socket and a plastic cover.
If you guys want, I can take pictures to try and explain what I mean.
For the record, I did try searching through the forums and this is the first time I've made an account here. The only other post I found was from a user that hasn't logged in since 2014 and their post was never answered. Hopefully I'm posting in the right spot, if not, please direct me to the right sub-category!
1) Any suggestions on what I can do to get that tip out? My guess is that the metal tip is about an inch long and embedded into the socket. The top of the base of the tip (imagine the bottom of a pointy cone) is below the top level of this rubber ring that is around it. I can't tell if the black rubber ring on the bottom of the socket is part of the socket or if it was part of the charger. The rubber piece doesn't extend far enough out for me to grip on it to pull upward.
2) If I can't extract that charging tip out, I'm thinking about getting an OEM part to just replace the whole thing. The problem is that I can't find the part number anywhere. I've tried looking through RockAuto's catalog, but maybe the name of the part isn't even a cigarette lighter socket? There's no top part for which you'd push in to heat up for lighting a cigarette. All it is is the socket and a plastic cover.
If you guys want, I can take pictures to try and explain what I mean.
For the record, I did try searching through the forums and this is the first time I've made an account here. The only other post I found was from a user that hasn't logged in since 2014 and their post was never answered. Hopefully I'm posting in the right spot, if not, please direct me to the right sub-category!