{"id":15819,"date":"2012-03-19T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=15819"},"modified":"2024-02-11T12:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:49:45","slug":"repairing-a-broken-headlamp-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2012\/03\/repairing-a-broken-headlamp-connector","title":{"rendered":"Repairing a broken headlamp connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 9006\/H4 low beam bulb seemingly burned out the other day on my wife&#8217;s 2006 Sienna so I pulled the plug off and noticed that some of the brown colored plastic had broken away around one of the connector spades. I tried switching out the good bulb and it also did not work so I now surmise that the connector plug is no longer any good. Is this something I can pick up at the dealer and fix myself?<\/p>\n<p>or must I take it in to a Toyota dealer for repair. 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