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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DukeofURL" data-source="post: 5905854" data-attributes="member: 45390">This issue here (I've read; not tried myself as of yet) is that the refresh cars use "virtual fuses", in which the car monitors the amperage each circuit has, if it exceeds the normal amount by too wide of a margin, the circuit is shut off until the demand goes down, then it is turned back on. This allows them to save weight, space, wiring, cost, and also allows them to pinpoint issues far easier.... BUT with these circuits tuned to the normal usage amount, when you tap them to add aftermarket devices, it senses it and shuts it down. What I DON'T know is how much of a margin and what you can get away with... what I DO know is that you can just tap the cigarette lighter port under the armrest and run a cable under the passenger footwell up thru the A-pillar. Sort of a PITA, so I'm waiting until someone more adventurous than me breaks some clips forging the path before I tackle it, haha.</blockquote>