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Subject line says it all.

2005 Accord EX
Where is the passenger cabin air filter located and how does one go about
accessing it to replace it?

Thanks.

My son's car has developed a mildew smell (like dirty sweat socks) which
I'm 99.99% sure is related to mold/mildew accumulating on the A/C
evaporator core. His dealer is telling him it's due to his cabin air
filter needing replacement and wants approx $100 for the job!! O'Reilly
Auto Parts has the filter (WIX p/n 24815) for $16.99 and I was hoping this
is something we could do if someone would be kind enough to tell me where
it is and how to get to it to replace it. I'm not optimistic this will fix
his problem, but for $17 and a little effort it seems worth a try.

"Bubba" <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote in message
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> Subject line says it all.
>
> 2005 Accord EX
> Where is the passenger cabin air filter located and how does one go about
> accessing it to replace it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> My son's car has developed a mildew smell (like dirty sweat socks) which
> I'm 99.99% sure is related to mold/mildew accumulating on the A/C
> evaporator core. His dealer is telling him it's due to his cabin air
> filter needing replacement and wants approx $100 for the job!! O'Reilly
> Auto Parts has the filter (WIX p/n 24815) for $16.99 and I was hoping this
> is something we could do if someone would be kind enough to tell me where
> it is and how to get to it to replace it. I'm not optimistic this will fix
> his problem, but for $17 and a little effort it seems worth a try.

I had a similar odour coming from the vents in my car once. I used a Wynn's
Product called Fresh Air. It cleared the problem up for me.

As for replacing the cabin filtres, I had the dealer do it for me, it was
only ½ an hour's labour and the filtres only cost $16.00 each (two of them).

Brian

This should help you out http://www.micronair.com/

"Bubba" <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote in message
news:0cqkd1l3s4r5skode98ojq9b1fbvnal795@4ax.com...
> Subject line says it all.
>
> 2005 Accord EX
> Where is the passenger cabin air filter located and how does one go about
> accessing it to replace it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> My son's car has developed a mildew smell (like dirty sweat socks) which
> I'm 99.99% sure is related to mold/mildew accumulating on the A/C
> evaporator core. His dealer is telling him it's due to his cabin air
> filter needing replacement and wants approx $100 for the job!! O'Reilly
> Auto Parts has the filter (WIX p/n 24815) for $16.99 and I was hoping this
> is something we could do if someone would be kind enough to tell me where
> it is and how to get to it to replace it. I'm not optimistic this will fix
> his problem, but for $17 and a little effort it seems worth a try.
>
>

Wow! Great resource. Thanks for the tip!

In article <jCuCe.650$je2.50840@news20.bellglobal.com> "Grahame"
<grahame.joyce@sympatico.ca> writes:

>This should help you out http://www.micronair.com/
>
>"Bubba" <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote in message
>news:0cqkd1l3s4r5skode98ojq9b1fbvnal795@4ax.com.. .
>> Subject line says it all.
>>
>> 2005 Accord EX
>> Where is the passenger cabin air filter located and how does one go about
>> accessing it to replace it?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> My son's car has developed a mildew smell (like dirty sweat socks) which
>> I'm 99.99% sure is related to mold/mildew accumulating on the A/C
>> evaporator core. His dealer is telling him it's due to his cabin air
>> filter needing replacement and wants approx $100 for the job!! O'Reilly
>> Auto Parts has the filter (WIX p/n 24815) for $16.99 and I was hoping this
>> is something we could do if someone would be kind enough to tell me where
>> it is and how to get to it to replace it. I'm not optimistic this will fix
>> his problem, but for $17 and a little effort it seems worth a try.
>>
>>
>

Brian Smith wrote:
<snip>
>
> As for replacing the cabin filtres, I had the dealer do it for me, it was
> only ½ an hour's labour and the filtres only cost $16.00 each (two of them).

What was the labor cost?

>
> Brian

<amanda992004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>What was the labor cost?

I pulled my work order and the price was $34.00 Plus tax of course for the
labour. I was incorrect on the price of the filtres, they were $18.70 each
(that was in July 2003). The car is a 2001 Accord.

Brian

In article <1121619048.268314.172750@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>
amanda992004@yahoo.com writes:


>Brian Smith wrote:
><snip>

>> As for replacing the cabin filtres, I had the dealer do it for me, it was
>> only ½ an hour's labour and the filtres only cost $16.00 each (two of them).

>What was the labor cost?

It's still going to be close to $90~100 total. Figure ½-hr labor at $70 an
hour, $32 bux for the filters, prolly another $15~20 bux for the horseshit
charge for "shop supplies" and then tax.

Myself having once removed & reinstalled the glovebox in a Lexus LS400 to
get to the CD player, I can attest that it would have been worth paying
someone to do it. This cabin air filter job on the Honda looks all too
similar.

Bubba wrote:
> Wow! Great resource. Thanks for the tip!
>
> In article <jCuCe.650$je2.50840@news20.bellglobal.com> "Grahame"
> <grahame.joyce@sympatico.ca> writes:
>
>
>>This should help you out http://www.micronair.com/
>>
>>"Bubba" <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote in message
>>news:0cqkd1l3s4r5skode98ojq9b1fbvnal795@4ax.com. ..
>>
>>>Subject line says it all.
>>>
>>>2005 Accord EX
>>>Where is the passenger cabin air filter located and how does one go about
>>>accessing it to replace it?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>My son's car has developed a mildew smell (like dirty sweat socks) which
>>>I'm 99.99% sure is related to mold/mildew accumulating on the A/C
>>>evaporator core. His dealer is telling him it's due to his cabin air
>>>filter needing replacement and wants approx $100 for the job!! O'Reilly
>>>Auto Parts has the filter (WIX p/n 24815) for $16.99 and I was hoping this
>>>is something we could do if someone would be kind enough to tell me where
>>>it is and how to get to it to replace it. I'm not optimistic this will fix
>>>his problem, but for $17 and a little effort it seems worth a try.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
I beleve the owner manual tells you where and how

In article <BfWdnW-TrPzZLUffRVn-hQ@comcast.com> Ray <ray54b@comcast.net>
writes:


>I beleve the owner manual tells you where and how

Thanks, but after seeing the MicronAire site and reading the procedure
involved in changing the cabin air filters on the Accord (requiring
physical removal of the entire glove box), there is no way on God's green
Earth that this was intended to be a "user-serviceable" item.

I just changed the cabin filter in my 04 Accord. It is behind the glove box
There is a plastic arm on the right side of the door that keeps it from
opening too far. It has a hook end on the door side that unclips from the
door. You then push in on each side of the glove box to get it to
completely release. You can see the 2 clips that hold the filter in from
there. The 04 Accord has one big filter. Whole job takes 3 min. Scott