In sci.electronics.repair, on Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:38:01 -0400, Ed
Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/8/2018 10:01 AM, micky wrote:
I'm renting a brand-new car, a 2018 High'N'Dry, that has a USB style
port that allows me to play a flashdrive through the radio -- but will
not charge the phone using the same port. Isn't that very unusual?
Impossible?


I guess anything is possible, but the ability to charge a phone is a big
feature in cars today. Have you tried a different cord?

It's the same cord i used in the previous car. Oh, and after I noticed
that it wasn't charging, I put a USB to cigarette adapter in that
cigarette lighter port, and it's been working fine since then.

They told me I had to return the car for inspection and take the new one
which is not nearly as nice.

I do have another cord but it takes 2 hands to plug anything in there,
using one finger of each hand. When I use two fingers of one hand, I
can't get my hand in far enough!