Exact same thing for me! My Garmin is now hardwired, but when I was testing it with the supplied Garmin USB cigarette charger didn't work, but had an old 3rd party USB charger laying around I got from Amazon and that did work.here to agree with the comment above. I got my Garmin dash cam and the charger that came with it didn’t work. Swapped it with another from my other car and it worked fine.
Awesome info. I tried a few adapters and they all felt loose and would stop charging if they were touched even slightly. This will probably solve the issue.Don't want you to go down a rabbit hole, but I'll just let you know that there are 2 versions of chargers.
You may be using an old one? I doubt it, but just letting you know..
12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size A: (below 1, 2)
12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size B: (below 3, 4, 5)
- Receptacle inside diameter: 20.93 - 21.01 mm (median 20.97 mm)
- Plug body diameter: 20.73 - 20.88 mm (median 20.805 mm)
- Most often used in American automobiles.
- Receptacle inside diameter: 21.41 - 21.51 mm (median 21.455 mm)
- Plug body diameter: 21.13 - 21.33 mm (median 21.18 mm)
- Most often used in European automobiles, and sometimes as a second socket in American automobiles expressly for DC power connections.
source:
• https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=AV53-USA---E46-BMW-330i&diagId=03_1510
• https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1866871
well turns out this is true, though it may not be american vs european but how far the side prongs are from the center prongDon't want you to go down a rabbit hole, but I'll just let you know that there are 2 versions of chargers.
You may be using an old one? I doubt it, but just letting you know..
12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size A: (below 1, 2)
12-volt cigar lighter receptacle and plug, size B: (below 3, 4, 5)
- Receptacle inside diameter: 20.93 - 21.01 mm (median 20.97 mm)
- Plug body diameter: 20.73 - 20.88 mm (median 20.805 mm)
- Most often used in American automobiles.
- Receptacle inside diameter: 21.41 - 21.51 mm (median 21.455 mm)
- Plug body diameter: 21.13 - 21.33 mm (median 21.18 mm)
- Most often used in European automobiles, and sometimes as a second socket in American automobiles expressly for DC power connections.
source:
• https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=AV53-USA---E46-BMW-330i&diagId=03_1510
• https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1866871