The Nissan NV1500 brake light utilizes 3157 and 2458 bulb sizes for illumination across various production versions. Available data covers a specific time span starting in 2012 and ending in 2021.
The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.
The Nissan NV1500 uses two distinct bulb types across its brake lighting system: the 3157 for the standard brake lights and the 921 for the Center High Mount Stop Light, covering model years 2012-2021 for both positions.
The 3157 is a dual-filament bulb, meaning a single unit serves two separate lighting functions within the same socket, typically combining stop and tail light operation at different wattages.
The 3157 operates at 12 volts with a wattage split of 27W for the high-intensity filament and 7W for the low-intensity filament, conforming to the T25 wedge form factor under the ANSI standard recognized in both the United States and Canada.
The 921 is a single-filament wedge bulb operating at 12 volts and 16W, following the T15 form factor under the same ANSI standard applicable in the United States and Canada.
Because the 3157 and 921 share a wedge-style base design but differ in physical size, T25 versus T15, the two bulb types are not interchangeable with each other despite their similar construction category.
The dual-filament nature of the 3157 means a direct replacement must also be dual-filament; substituting a single-filament bulb of otherwise similar size would result in the loss of one lighting function at that position.
The 921 used in the Center High Mount Stop Light of the Nissan NV1500 is a single-filament unit, consistent with a dedicated stop light application that does not require a secondary low-intensity function.