A lamp socket assembly, comprising: a lamp base body (412; 512) molded from a first plastic material, said lamp base body (412; 512) having an upper portion formed with a socket cavity (416; 516) configured for receipt of a bulb and a lower portion (460; 560) depending from said upper portion; a plurality of contacts disposed in said socket cavity (416; 516), said contacts being arranged for electrical communication with a plurality of terminals (474; 574) received at least in part in said lower portion; and a housing (414; 514) overmolded onto at least a portion of said lower portion of said lamp base body (412; 512), said housing (414; 514) being molded from a second plastic material separate from said first plastic material, wherein said lower portion of said lamp base body (412; 512) extends along an axis, said lower portion having a plurality of openings (468; 568) extending substantially transverse to said axis and receiving a plurality of said terminals (474; 574), said terminals (474; 574) being functional terminals (474; 574) arranged in electrical communication with the contacts enclosed with the body (412; 512) and disposed in said socket cavity (416; 516), and wherein said functional terminals (474; 574) are provided to terminate within the lower portion (460; 560) of said lamp base body (412; 512), the lamp socket assembly being characterized in that said socket cavity (416; 516) comprises a plurality of pockets depending therein to accommodate said contacts and a pair of apertures depending through the lamp base body (412; 512) for receipt of a pair of lock fingers (466; 566), in that the lock fingers (466; 566) have proximal end portions for engagement with the bulb and distal end portions inserted through the apertures and partially outwardly therefrom, and in that the second plastic material is injected about a desired portion of the upper portion of the lamp base body and about the distal end portions of the lock fingers (466; 566) to secure the lock fingers (466, 566) in a fixed position, wherein the lock fingers (466, 566) remain out of electrical communication with said contacts. a lamp base body (412; 512) molded from a first plastic material, said lamp base body (412; 512) having an upper portion formed with a socket cavity (416; 516) configured for receipt of a bulb and a lower portion (460; 560) depending from said upper portion; a plurality of contacts disposed in said socket cavity (416; 516), said contacts being arranged for electrical communication with a plurality of terminals (474; 574) received at least in part in said lower portion; and a housing (414; 514) overmolded onto at least a portion of said lower portion of said lamp base body (412; 512), said housing (414; 514) being molded from a second plastic material separate from said first plastic material, wherein said lower portion of said lamp base body (412; 512) extends along an axis, said lower portion having a plurality of openings (468; 568) extending substantially transverse to said axis and receiving a plurality of said terminals (474; 574), said terminals (474; 574) being functional terminals (474; 574) arranged in electrical communication with the contacts enclosed with the body (412; 512) and disposed in said socket cavity (416; 516), and wherein said functional terminals (474; 574) are provided to terminate within the lower portion (460; 560) of said lamp base body (412; 512), the lamp socket assembly being characterized in that said socket cavity (416; 516) comprises a plurality of pockets depending therein to accommodate said contacts and a pair of apertures depending through the lamp base body (412; 512) for receipt of a pair of lock fingers (466; 566), in that the lock fingers (466; 566) have proximal end portions for engagement with the bulb and distal end portions inserted through the apertures and partially outwardly therefrom, and in that the second plastic material is injected about a desired portion of the upper portion of the lamp base body and about the distal end portions of the lock fingers (466; 566) to secure the lock fingers (466, 566) in a fixed position, wherein the lock fingers (466, 566) remain out of electrical communication with said contacts.