The Honda Passport brake light requires a 1157 bulb size for proper installation and function within the rear lighting assembly. Data for the specified component covers the period from 1994 to 2002.
The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.
The Honda Passport uses three distinct brake bulb types across its production run: the 1157, the 168, and the 7443, all of which conform to ANSI standards recognized in the United States and Canada.
The 1157 is a dual-filament bulb with a BAY15d bayonet base, rated at 12V with a 21W high filament and a 5W low filament. This two-filament design allows a single bulb to serve both brake and tail light functions.
The 168 is a miniature wedge bulb in the T10 form factor, rated at 12V and 4.9W. Its single-filament, low-wattage output is consistent with use in a center high mount stop light position.
The 7443 is a dual-filament wedge bulb in the T20 form factor, also rated at 12V with a 21W/5W output. Despite sharing the same wattage rating as the 1157, the 7443 uses a wedge base rather than a bayonet base, making the two types physically non-interchangeable.
The Honda Passport (1994-2002) uses the 1157 for its standard brake lights across the entire production span covered by these specifications.
The center high mount stop light on the Honda Passport uses the 168 bulb consistently across the 1994-2002 model years.
The outer brake light position on the Honda Passport shifted from the 1157 to the 7443 between the 1997 and 1998 model years, representing a base-type change despite identical wattage output.
Because the 1157 uses a BAY15d bayonet base and the 7443 uses a T20 wedge base, the two bulbs are not interchangeable even though their electrical ratings are equivalent, and substituting one for the other is not possible without a socket adapter.