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hello fellow tundra owners. this will be my first post since i purchased my tundra, thanks to everything being so informative. i'm a 2008 crew max sr5 owner. unfortunately i have ran into a problem which i can't find the answer to through the searches, it appears that the problem hasn't been written about or at least i haven't found it. here lies my problem: last night a buddy and i was out spot light hunting wild hogs. we didn't have any problems with the power outlets working for most the night. then when we switched one of the lights to the cig. lighter outlet i saw a spark and it burned a fuse. simply enough i fixed that. so i took the same light and plugged it into one of the power outlets then those quit working. i know this because my buddy's light stopped working when i plugged mine in. secondly we had been running the same two lights on the power outlets all night so i know that it should have worked. the light fuses were good. i checked what i thought would be the power outlet fuse and it was good. maybe i didn't check the right fuse. so maybe someone can tell me exactly which fuse is the correct one for the pwr outlets, and if it is in fact good what could be keeping my outlets from working. sorry that is is so long, but i wanted to be thorough to make it easier for someone to understand the issue of why it might not be working. thanks in advance for any and all help

chris

Welcome aboard. Sounds like a blast spot lighting hogs!! Can't help too much on the problem. Are you sure its not the lights messing stuff up?

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2008 Tundra CrewMax 5.7 4X4
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Mods- Homelink Mirror, Expedition One front and rear winch bumpers, PIAA 510 Ion fogs, Backup Camera, Lund Interceptor Bug Shield, Truxxx 3/1 leveling kit, 20% front window tint, 18x9 XD Monsters +18 offset, 325/60 R18 Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ's, DiamondDeluxe 3Hole Dogbox, Bushwacker Fender Flares, Custom Front Emblem, Weathertech front and rear liners, Husky center hump liner, N-Fab textured step bars

Mine did the same thing, I couldn't find the problem. I checked all of the fuses that I could find all seemed ok. When I took it in for service it was definitely a fuse.

Mine was caused by a bad cell phone charger.

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2007 Reg. Cab, Longbed,5.7 SR5, TRD Exhaust, Cold Kit, Tow Package, Toytec 3" Front, 1" Rear, Recon - Running Lights, CCL's, Rear Lightbar,Maxxis Bighorn 285-65R18 MT, Custom Limited Mirrors --Led signals, Puddle lights, Dual underhood light mod, Tough Country rear bumper, E55 Projector Headlights 5000 K, Splitsec AFR Calibrator

If in fact all the fuses are good, there is a fusible link on the back of each of the power outlets and cig lighter. I would be betting on a fuse though. There is a fuse called power outlet under the dash. Also a fuse called cig under there. I would check both of those first. They are both the blue 15 amp fuses. Hope this helps.

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08 Tundra DoubleCab,
4X4 SR5,
Prodigy Brake Controller,In Channel WindowGuards,20% Window Tint,TRD Cold Air Intake,All Weather floor mats,Diamond Plate Toolbox,OEM Backup Camera W/ flip down screen,
2.5inch leveling kit,Firestone airbags,Alluminum skid plate Underseat Storage 305 65 18 BFG All Terrains

yea i had checked the fuses that night, and the pwr outlet connector fuse was good. and all the light fuses were good as well. i did figure out the problem though and hope this can prove useful for someone in the future. when i was checking and switching the pwr outlet conn. fuses, i had kept the truck running. turns out i guess i tripped some circuit overload protector, which keeps you from actually blowing a fuse. had i known at the time all i had to do was turn the truck off and restart it which would have reset the circuit protector, i wouldn't have wasted all that time looking for fuses thinking i found the wrong one. as they say hindsight is 20/20, and now i will know if it happens again on any of my future hog hunts. like i said hopefully this will help someone out in the future. thanks for looking into my probelm.

Good info lukychrm... thanks for sharing it!

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2007 Tundra Limited Double Cab 4x4 Super White
Volant CAI
Pioneer AVIC Z-2 (hard drive upgrade to AVIC Z-3)
Key FOB Tailgate Lock (courtesy of Toxarch)
OEM back-up camera w/flip down monitor microswitch mod
Sirius Satellite Radio
WeatherTech Floor Liners
20" OEM alloy wheels
Line-X Bed liner
UWS Black Powdercoat Low Profile Toolbox
DU-HA underseat storage unit
JC Whitney Black Nerf Bars
Lund Interceptor II Bug Shield
Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller

Well that is some very good info. Thanks for updating.

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2007 SR5 Crewmax 5.7L 4x4
Mods: nerf bars, Truxedo tonneau, radar detector power, 3M clear bra, fog lights, black billet grille, rear differential breather, parking sensors, Line-X, power tailgate lock, hood safety latch mod, one off driving lights behind grille, Pioneer NAV w/ OEM camera, Flowmaster 50 SUV dual/dual, blue LED dash lights, Volant CAI, Llumar tint, CompuStar Pro alarm, ProComp 6066 20" wheels, Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/60/20 tires, OME HD coilover lift, Firestone helper air bags, 55w reverse lights, stereo cable lock, Tekonsha P3 brake controller, colormatched exterior parts (de-chromed truck), eDead sound proofing, CDT Audio speakers, Custom made speaker brackets, Weathertech floor mats
All mod descriptions and pictures © 2007-2009 by Toxarch. They may be copied only for personal use and the mods may be done for non-profit only.

I learn something every day here. Thanks.

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2007 Tundra 5.7, Double Cab, SR5, Blue Streak

TRD (stickers removed), de-badged, Volant Intake, Zoomers exhaust , Doug Thorley headers, Leer 100R, Bedrug, Curt front mounted hitch, Sirius interface kit, Tekonsha Prodigy brake controller, OEM alarm activation, Wet Okole seat covers, Stubby Antenna, Folding Rear Seat Mod for Double Cab, Unichip,
Carriage Works Billet Grille