it happened to me too man...i took it out after it and thought about putting gauges in there...but i've just been having a nice hole for like a month now 
You hit the nail on the head my friend my cigarette lighter isn't working either so I cant use my car cell phone charger.its ur fuse its the same one as the cigarette lighter u can locate that on ur left side of the dash just take the cover off and find the fuse that make the cigarette lighter work. It worked for me.