OK --so who has tried to find and change their cabin air filter in ANY car or truck? I tried on the 2005 Honda Mini-Van yesterday.
First step - where is it .... I googled the info and found a message board where respondents said it was on the fire wall AND/OR thru the glove box - a quick check said it can't be on the firewall
Second Step - look up the filter and see the instructions in the box ... gee - the part about removing the support arm could be bigger (old tired eyes?) .... but there are still TWO support stops on either side that are NOT mentioned on the instructions...
Third Step - ask Matt ... Matt likes the www.hastingsfilter.com web site for instructions - you need to look up their filter part # and then we found it thru google not thru their links -- but they don;t show the tabs removal. But Matt figures out the squeeze and push technique and the glove box is now hanging down out of the way
I sent a note to Dan Lewis (product manager at New Castle for cabin air filters) to suggest their improve the paper instructions and throw yet another hint at my love of WIKI's so we could have a counterman help page that key people could make suggestions and improvements ( some day I will get it --if you have never tried a WIKI -- go try wikipedia.org and google the term WIKI ).
So - lets hear about your experiences in finding and replacing cabin air filters --some are downright hard to change.
In most cases when you look it up in the e-cat, there is a foot note underneath the part number. That works pretty good and if it is not there, then usually the cfi-connect will have the locations there as well.
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