The Most Common Headlight Bulb Sizes

Across 3,253 US vehicle configurations in the GarageDex database, the most common low-beam headlight is H11 (29.3%), followed by LED and H7. A growing share of newer cars use sealed LED units instead of a replaceable bulb.

Low-beam bulb codes by share of vehicles

H1129.3% · 952
LED16.5% · 536
H710.5% · 343
90066.4% · 209
H135.9% · 193
D3S5.4% · 175
90034.3% · 140
D2S3.8% · 122
Most common low-beam headlight bulb codes across US vehicles
RankBulb codeShare of vehiclesVehicles
1H1129.3%952
2LED16.5%536
3H710.5%343
490066.4%209
5H135.9%193
6D3S5.4%175
790034.3%140
8D2S3.8%122

Methodology

Counts reflect distinct year/make/model configurations with a known low-beam bulb in the GarageDex database, each checked against a cited fitment source. High beams and signal bulbs use different codes. New to bulb codes? Halogen vs LED vs HID.

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