WHY?: Dust, pollen, gases, and bad odors can enter your car's ventilation system. The cabin filter, or pollen filter, helps keep those things out. Dirty air filters restrict air flow and can lead to heating and cooling issues. If you got asthma like me, it's a good idea keep the cabin filter in check.
WHEN?: When to change the cabin filter. I was told from the part store at least once a year or every 20000km.
HOW?: There are two cabin filters in the 7th generation civic. Both are behind the glove box. Here's how to do it.
1. Remove the glove box. Open the glove box and on each side you will see a black clip. Before continuing, it is best to remove the contents of your glove box first. Push the glove box towards the front of the car a couple inches. We need to push both clips inwards to remove it. Do this one at a time.
2. Once both the left and right clips have been removed, the glove box will swing open, hopefully you removed all the contents from the glove compartment. With the glove box fully open, you will see a black plastic cover in front of the filters. It will need to be removed.
3. WIth the black plastic cover removed, we can now pull out the first cabin filter. On the right side you will feel plastic protruding from the front surface. The cabin filter should pull out smoothly. Make note of the air flow directional arrows. The filter will not work if it is installed the wrong way.
4. Remove the cabin filter from the plastic housing and install the new one.
5. To remove the 2nd cabin filter again on the right side there is a plastic protrusion. This time slide it to the left and then pull it out towards you. This is the second cabin filter. Replace it with the new one.
6. Reverse your steps to put back the cabin filters and the glove box. Piece of cake right?
7. Here is an image of what my cabin filters looked like compared to the new ones. It was way past 20000km.
Let's hope yours don't look like mine when it comes time to replace them.
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