I figured after 11 years and 187,000 miles on the road, it was time for a little routine maintenance on my daily driver, a 2001 Honda Accord. A couple weeks ago I placed an order online for a new window regulator/motor assembly and just out of curiosity, I checked what the price was for a new pair of cabin air filters. It was only $20 for the pair and I knew it would be easy to replace because I've had my dashboard apart plenty of times. Impulse buy? Absolutely.
Anyway, I had some free time today and the temperature has finally started to cool down here in southern Florida so I grabbed a phillips screwdriver and went to work.
After yanking out the glove box and disassembling the lower portions of the dash the slot for the cabin filters was exposed.
Yuck!
Compared to the new filters...
The main vent where the filters are inserted was clogged with leaves and other debris. I couldn't quite cram my hand in there so I had an idea. I turned the car on and set the fan speed to full blast and it worked like a charm.
That's just some of the debris that was blown out of the system when I turned the fan speed to high.
After putting in the new filters I took the car for a test drive. It still drove straight and the air smelled clean so I was a happy camper. Like a new lint roller or mini bottle of hand sanitizer at the check-out line at your local grocery store, some impulse buys are worth giving in to.
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