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CHMSL Bulbs

By Marty Padgett Marty Padgett, Executive Editor

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Q--I want to know when they first put brake lights in the middle of the rear window. Why did they do that? It makes it hard to replace the bulb.

 

A--I don’t know which was the first make or model to have the center high-mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) installed behind the backlight glass. But I do know that the CHMSL was mandated in the 1985 model year as a result of studies on taxi cabs that it reduced rear-end collisions.

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Comments (2 total)

  1. By brian norton #1, Posted: 7/5/2008

    taxi driver

    re changing the bulb
    its not hard to change the CHMSL bulb usually the cover pulls straight off its only a couple of clips holding the cover

  2. By bill #2, Posted: 10/17/2009

    actually it was the 1986 model year

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