# Headlight trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-trouble/8507>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** plug, electrical-wiring\
**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-trouble/8507 "2007-12-20T04:14:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sunshine47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sunshine47](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sunshine47)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-trouble/8507/1 "2007-12-20T04:14:39Z")

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the electrical plug to my headlight melted on one side now my left headlight wont work what caused this

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-trouble/8507/2 "2007-12-20T10:34:12Z")

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```
A poor contact. A bad contact creates more heat. It also could be a non-standard lamp like some of the extra bright lamps being sold today.
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