►A cabin air filter is one of the maintenance items that’s most often neglected on a vehicle. What’s ironic, is that it’s one of the easiest to replace. In the case of Nate Vincent’s Volvo C30, which is used in this video, it’s definitely on the easier side, so long as you have some patience and a solid set of tools.
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2007 Volvo V50 Cabin Air Filter
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Index:
Intro 00:00
Remove the gas pedal 01:07
Replace the cabin filter 03:28
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What a PITA. Most have never been replaced because of this.
For RHD, it's still a headache to replace. To get access to those bolts, you'll need to remove the passenger side fuse tray beneath the glovebox.
1. Lower the tray by loosening the two wingnuts
2. Disconnect the wiring harnesses from the fuse tray, remembering which colours go where. Most have levers to release and replace them.
3. Maneuver the fuse tray forward out of the bracket so it is no longer in the way
4. Optional: Remove the bracket by removing the two nuts.
Now you should be able to get to those three bolts holding in the cover to the cabin air filter
Each time I change this stupid filter I hope my wife will get rid of her C30 before I have to change it again. It's a nightmare design! Her former Accord took 10 minutes and it was all done sitting in the passenger seat. Thanks for posting this, because this time it only took me 30 minutes! Of course, last time I lost one of the brake pedal nuts, so I saved time there.
The first thing you need is good back 🙂
Cabin filter is one of the easiest replacements to do yourself
Volvo engineer: Hold my beer
I'm assuming this is much easier for RHD cars?!
It’s way harder on the first gen Mazda 3
"'one of the easiest to replace." what a pain for such a simple thing.
I've done this a few times now on my wife's 2013 C30 (auto trans). It comes with the wing nut from the factory, I guess to make it "easy" on us. 😉 After doing this a few times I've found you can do it with out removing the accelerator pedal. You have to go behind the pedals with the filter, compress it in a way that it kind of springs back into shape once it's in place. I have to replace ours about every year and a half to two years because it gets really smelly almost like rotten fruit. It's probably because the car is parked outside in the driveway.
Bolt isn't missing, the newer P1 cars just have a single wing nut installed in the middle from the factory. Older models will have one 7mm in the same spot. It can be done with the gas pedal in, but either way is no fun
What would be in volvo engineer's mind, may be haven't got paid on time
First thing you do is swear at the engineer who thought this up.
My 2010 has the wing nut thankfully.
Thanks for the video!