Cabin Air Filter.. Am I missing something?
Can anyone help me out with taking out the cabin air filter. I get the glove box out, get the cover off the filter, but should the filter not pull straight out? When I try to pull it out it is directly in line wiht a metal bar running under the glove box. Or does one have to bed the filter 90 degrees to get it through? Or did I miss something entirely here..
Thanks
J
ok, latest info on replacing cabin filter....
so I have this 05 aveo purchased last week for $8K. it has 20,800 miles on it and it apparently, has the original cabin filter and, it is STANKY! The removal is easy, IF, you do it THIS way: Ok, so you know about having to brutally remove the glove box door like a barbarian, right? So now you're staring at a horizontal piece of light guage steel, being held on with 4 screws, right? So, you remove those screws and the horizontal bar comes off, then, surprise, you have a piece of horizontal plastic! This plastic is there only to hold the dash in shape while it is installed. After that, it has no purpose. So? What I did was take out my left handed sheetmetal shears and cut through the plastic on the right hand side, right next to the attachment steel which is behind the plastic. That is where the 4 screws screw into to hold the horizontal, removable steel bar. Then I used my right hand sheetmetal shears to cut off the plastic on the left hand side, right next to the attachment steel as well. After that, toss the plastic piece as it is no longer needed. From there, you see the vertical little piece of removable plastic where, behind that little door, lies the filter. Just grasp the filter holder and wiggle out the filter. It will now come straight out, as it should.
So being the cheap guy that I am, I tried to save some moola so I vacuumed the filter, then I sprayed Febreeze on it, let it set in the sun to dry, then reinstalled it.... Phhht, waste of time! It still was stanky. Once it has stank in it, that's it, time to toss it! Sooooooo.....
Searched around locally for it... no dice, no one has one, BUT, eveyone can get one! The prices varied $10.00 from the Dealer ($30.00) to Napa ($20.00)... Still too much money for me! (Hell, if I had money, would I have bought an Aveo???) Online i went... found a place that has autoparts as cheap as I have ever seen... http://rockauto.com there, I purchased the Wix brand cabin filter for $13.31, plus shipping of $7.00, so for $20 bucks delivered I have a new stankless filter coming.
Done, any questions, I'll try to help out as much as I can.
: ok, latest info on replacing cabin filter....
Received the cabin filter, replaced it in 2 minutes...
It took a few days to absorb whatever stank was left in the vehicle... don't know why. May be the air conditioner. Wonder if using dry Arm & Hammer on the filter periodically, as a dry wash (on the incoming side only) :shock:, would keep the filter fresher?
Re: Cabin Air Filter.. Am I missing something?
Just to let any SVM owners know...you DO have this filter.
I checked mine after looking at the pic on page 1 and I was pleasantly surprised.
I got 2 filters in a deal from Jim, who wrecked his Aveo and sold me some extra new parts he had (thanks Jim!!!) Before I went and resold the filters I did one final check and I was like wow I do have one!!
I'd been looking at the wrong places.
Mine already had the plastic cut, all I had to do was remove the glove box door, and the metal bar.
There's a little connector for the airbag thats slightly in the way, but otherwise it was cake getting the filters in and out.
My old filter appeared to be the original and it had collected a golfball sized wad of dust and debris, between all the pleats.
So Yeah, SVM's have a replaceable filter too.
And thats another knock against my idiot dealership that told me my car didnt have the filter.
Re: Cabin Air Filter.. Am I missing something?
my 09 aveo has an AC heater box assembly with the evaporator already installed.