’96 center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) (Accent)
 

My CHMSL (the brake light in the back windshield) light bulb burned
out, so I fetched myself some new bulbs for it, and when I got home to
put them in, I couldn’t figure out how to open the CHMSL. I unscrewed
some things, and now it’s dangling in my trunk by two wires (black and
green).

I can’t seem to open the little capsule thing in which the light bulb
is in.

If anyone could tell me how, that’d be awesome.

Thanks!

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Re: ’96 center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) (Accent)
 

There are about four to six Phillips screws holding the housing together.
You'll need to remove them and take the housing apart.

A frequent failure in this lamp is that the plastic melts around the
ground lug. To repair, I typically move the lug on top of the socket
bracket and reinstall the screw.