I second that!!! thank you, now that`s what you call a good instruction!

 

+1

Dealership quoted me $120 to replace my cabin air filter yesterday.

Replaced it myself this morning with a Wix filter in 10 minutes. Total cost: $12.29

 

They should have made it like the IS where you don't have to drop the entire glove box. They made an actual removable piece inside the glove box itself. But nonetheless this is still easy.

 

that's easy DIY

thanks adam very helpful vid

 

Changed mine today at 23k miles and it was still showing daylight through 80% of the filter. Not going to change it again till 55K. That back screw will fall to the gap between the housing and glove box itself but you can grab it with a magnetic pickup from the left side gap. I have an 03 Accord too and as another poster said it is much easier, just lower the glovebox and done. Better engineering in this instance by Honda.

 

Don't forget to verify operation of trunk after replacing filter. The valet switch might get switched off during the removal of the glovebox.

 

Did my filter swap last weekend. Video is great.

 

Helpful video, I'm gonna attempt to change mine.

 

Wow that looks much easier than I thought. Will change it tomorrow. Thanks!

 

Thanks a lot! I am planning to do my 60K service very soon and this is one of the DIYs I am looking for.

 

I just changed my 2010, with 30,000 miles, cabin filter.
It wasn't that dirty.
I probably could have gone to 50,000 miles.
The majority of my miles are long highway trips, so it didn't take but about a 1/3 of the hours to put the 30,000 miles on then someone who does most of their driving in town.
I used a Purolator, Breath Easy, C25870. It is electrostatically charged and has activated charcoal. The price was $21.99 before taxes at Advanced auto parts, in SW Florida.
It was helpful having a magnetic Phillips head screwdriver.
It would have been more helpful if the screwdriver was at least 10" long.
I removed the 7 screws, the right side plastic cover and the bottom cover.
The glove box pulled loose fairly easily.
When you unsnap the right end of the white cover, in front of the filter, pull the cover to the right to remove it.
The new filter should have a directional arrow that needs to be facing down.
It wasn't obvious to me how the glove compartment should snap back into place.
I knew that the tabs on the right side had to properly line up to the slots, but didn't know what had to align on the left side.
I pushed the glove box back into it's space, but it didn't align that good on the left side, so I tapped it with the palm of my hand, on the left side, and it popped into place.
Tom

 

Even though it wasn't too dirty looking you will likely notice a cleaner smell in the car, especially in humid weather. I find myself wanting to change them in the rainy season.

 

did it myself last night, everything looked fine.
This morning I just realized when I opened the glove box, it just slammed open.
Anyone knows what I did wrong?

Thanks.

 

Yeah you forgot to reconnect that clip with the cable onto the back side of the glove box.

 

thanks for this, the dealership was going to charge me a lot more to change it, just going to do it myself and save the money.