As the title says, Cabin air filter change diy demonstrated on my 2007 Aurora Blue Mazda 3.
Items needed:
10mm socket needed for Battery Negative Terminal
12mm deep socket needed for metal brace lugs
Flat-head and Philips-head screwdrivers
TYC 800023P2 Mazda Replacement Cabin Air Filter used
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Great video man!! Really helped alot! But dayum was it tight in there!! Getting the 2 new filters in was a B!! Hahaha! After 10 min i managed to fit them in properly and everything was good from there!!! Thanx again!!
This is a walk in the park compare to replacing the cabin filter on a Renault Megane 265. On those you need to remove the clutch pedal
If you remove the passenger seat it makes it way easier. I had to fix my subwoofer under my passenger seat and replaced my cabin filter at the same time. Makes it way easier to access the compartments!
Thanks dude! Just did mine, quick and easy after watching this took me maybe an hour
It's legit. Like the man says, you don't need to remove the glove box. I've changed these filters a few years ago and I was looking for a video to refresh my memory. I came across a few that go through removing the glove box, and I knew I didn't do that the first time. Thanks for the video, very thorough, to the point, no chit chat, and some good tips along the way.
great and clean video man… thanks
Can a realy durty a/c filter affect the the sistem to not work well ?
I'm just about to do the filter on my gfs mazda, after watching some videos I wish I hadnt volunteered. my car you flip the glovebox down, unhook it, pull out a tray with the filter, pop out old, pop in new. quick 5 minute job and no unbolting anything.
I hope the engineer and designer got shot for this design
It's not that difficult to do. It would be a shame to spend money on a mechanic. It took me about half an hour and I didn't need a deep reach extension socket for the bolt, I could reach it with an ordinary one.
The only difficult part is/was the crouching position (very difficult access), which could be made a lot easier by taking off the glove compartment. All in all, it is doable without removing the glove compartment (and probably faster), but takes more physical exertion.
thanks for the video I did it but after the check engine light came on P0043 any ideas?
good video. I tried to do mine today but failed. the two 12mm screw are very tight. I couldn't get one of them off.
That was so much quicker than removing the glove box. it's still a little tight in there. Thanks for the tip on leaning the seat back. it really helped. It's so much easier to change the cabin air filter in my husband's Toyota.
I couldn't remove those 2- 12mm nuts holding the bracket on. They were so tight, I ended up using an impact driver and breaking the extender!
I Dont know why mazda made the replace of cabin air filter too dificult. !!!
Thanks for this video, it helped me quite a bit. I was having trouble with getting the filters in, I understand why there are two but getting the bottom one in place while trying to hold the top one just wasn't working for me. I ended up blowing a balloon up to about 3 inches in diameter and wedged that behind the top filter. That held it in place while I was able to slide the bottom filter in place. With the bottom filter in place I was able to pull the balloon out. Trust me it was well worth the trip to the dollar store.
Thanks for the tutorial. I just replaced mine today for the first time on an '08 – after 105,000 km. My old filter was gross and definitely needed to be changed! Surprising, the hardest part was getting those two bolts off the metal bracket – I needed a long breaker bar, a couple ratchets extensions, and a deep socket to get them free. Luckily I had those things! The other thing that was a bit of a pain was contorting my hands/body to get those damn clips out, especially the upper ones.
I also noticed that one of the new filters I got came with a piece of foam attached that looked like swiss cheese. I left it on when installing it (seemed to be glued on so didn't try to remove it) This seems kind of weird since the original 2008 OEM filter didn't have that piece, and why would you want to restrict airflow more??
Wow your carpet looks amazing, mine is all warn from pervious owner