Thanks for the excellent write-up/photos. The additional comments regarding the glove-box wiggle and the cautionary tightness of the 'lower bar' screws were also useful. It took me about abour 50 minutes to take it all apart and change the air cabin filter. It took less than 10 minutes to put everything back in place. I'm guessing the next time around, I should be able to complete the entire swap in ~30 minutes.

The local honda dealership (Andersen Honda in palo alto) wanted to charge me $495 + tax for a 60K service. What a rip-off. According to my service manual, the only things that actually get changed at 60K are the oil/oil filter, air cleaner, and the cabin filter. They rotate the tires as well, but everything else is a visual inspection.

 

I just want to let everyone knows that I followed this instruction last night replacing my pollen filters on '01 Accord Ex (with 60K miles), and it has worked very well for me. It took me about two hours and 20 minutes. I just want to add to few gotchas for those who will doing this the first time (like me).

1. To get the center panel to open, use a flat screw driver wrapped with electrical tape (to prevent scratches) to pry the top open. Then, I used a long, hard, and flat wooden stick to pry the bottom open. I did this by inserting the wooden stick down the center thru the top openning, and push outward against the radio like a sesaw motion.

2. Two screws of the metallic beam blocking the openning of the bottom pollen filter (on the bottom panel) after you removed the panel can be really tough to open. Becareful not to strip the screws. Use a hair dryer or heater glue gun to heat up the screw area a little bit to make it easier to unscrew them.

3. Wear a dust mask to prevent from inhaling the dusts when removing the pollen filters. I found mine were really dirty (black) and full of leaf debrits. I used my home vacumn with a narrow spout to vacumn the filter area after removing the filters.

4. Lay out the screws in an orderly way (map them out) so that it would easier for you to reassemble everything after you've sucessfully replace the filters.

5. Replace your Philip screw driver if the edges are worn. It cost less than $5 but it would save the headaches off causing stripped screws.


Good luck.

 

i just did it today for the second time, it has been almost 6mos since the first time. it took me only 18mins to do it.

1. i only unscrewed the left gold screw to get the metal bar to lower and

2. to get the black filter cover off, do not pry down with a screw driver, just lift up and forward from the bottom, it just snaps in place.

this is a really easy DIY.

 

Thanks for the pictures!
I did remove the dust/pollen filter myself.
The trouble is that I sent my car to the body shop to fix
a rather large scracth+dent against a concrete post from the right rear door and while the repair was great, now my car has this faint smell of car paint solvent inside.

I tried washing the upholstery and wiping all plastic w/ armor all to no avail.

Now I'm trying to replace the damn filters. I smelled them when they came out and while pack w/ dust (my 98 Accord LX has 70K and the weren't replaced) the filters themselves don't smell like car paint. Must admit that it wasn easy,
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The plastic panel below the glove box cracked I think because I was prying it out on a 25F crispy morning. Aaanyway, my significant other says I should contact the body shop and complain. What are they going to do anyway? I try to fix this on my own. So far the fix is driving with the windows open.
Damn luck!

 

I never would have been able to complete changing the cabin air filter on my 2000 Accord without your help. I have attached the instructions that I downloaded from Purolator, which quickly led to complete bafflement. It amazes me that a routine replacement would require such an incredible amount of effort. Your posting saved me from having to implement my Plan B, which was to call my friend who is much better at car stuff than I am. When I mentioned to him at work the next day that I had replaced my cabin air filters, he just started shaking his head before I said anything else. That is a very cool Accord that you have there - probably have something even cooler by now - great rolling shots - Thanks again!

 

Excellent write-up! I did it this weekend with minimal problems. The only minor issue I ran into was well after the fact when the clock light stopped working. I realized when I pulled the clock out that I had slightly dislodged the clock cable when I unhooked the glove compartment light. I reseated the connection and all was well.

Thanks!

 

:werd: I'd be interested to know as well.

 

Great info. Does anyone know if the replacement procedure is the same for the Civic?? I have a 2004 EX and looks a little different than the accord.
Dealer wanted 85.00.

thanks, marvin

 

on the lower metal bar i found it was easier for me to use a #1 phillips bit. i tried a brand new #2 bit and it would not budge very easily. a #1 bit seemed to get deeper in the head of the screw and it came off without any problems.

 

Just wanted to thank you for the great install directions. I'll have to give it a shot if this rain ever quits. Changed the pollen filter on my Ridgeline in about 5 minutes...much, much easier than this looks.