05 Accord Where is Cabin Air Filter?

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/

 

Wow! Great resource. Thanks for the tip!

 

Brian Smith wrote:

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

 

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.

 

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

 

That's exactly right. It's a repair procedure, really, not intended for
the end user.

Which is a damn shame. Again, Honda beancounters are probably
responsible for this. As bad as VW is, at least they go it right on the
98 Jetta: the air filter is right under the hood, where the outside air
intake is for the cabin. Easy to change.

 

Nah, it is a 15 minute job tops. I did it on my '03 Accord (same design
as the '05) and it was no big deal. Just follow the directions.

John

 

Oh, BS. I did it and it is easy. Yes, I would agree that Honda should
have made user service of this item easier by putting a door inside the
back of the glove box (like GM did on our '02 Olds van), but it really
is not big deal.

Kind of funny that GM's design is more user friendly though, eh?

John

 

Just bought two filters at www.HandAaccessories.com for $9.50 each.
Takes maybe 5 minutes to replace them in a 2003 Honda Civic.