I had the same issue with my WD Passport. You have two choices... use the drive and get a axillary power adapter from the power point, or get a portable HDD that consumes less energy.
The WD drive draws more juice than the car's USB drive can give, in order to make it spin up. Mine would initially light up blue, and then begin blinking, indicating a problem.
I have another drive on order right now, that's a 1.8" drive, and draws a lot less. HOPEFULLY, this will work.
I'd use my ipod, but I keep inadvertantly leaving it in the car.
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