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Originally Posted by arak123
The cabin filter is behind the glove box. To get to it, the whole glove box (glove box door and surrounding casing) has to be removed. About 4 or 5 screws in total. My nissan dealer wanted $80 to do this. I found a website which shows how <<http://www.greghome.com/Greg's%20Garage/2002MaxSE/In-Cabin%20Microfilter%20Change.htm>>
I searched for "in cabin filter nissan" on the web.
I'm not about to pay someone $80 to change a filter. I did it myself but ended up just removing the filter without replacing it. Not worth it.
Cars have been running fine for years without in cabin filters. I don't see why they need them now. Haven't noticed any difference.
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They may have been running fine for years but nowadays the air's more polluted, there air more illnesses going around and cabin air filters do more than just keep out the pine needles and dust. They filter out contaminants up to .5 microns(the average human hair is 80-100 microns by the way). They also keep the blower motor and air conditioning and heating system free of contaminants to extend the life of these components. So if you want to not only damage the air conditioning system but breathe in pollen, ragweed and other unseeable air pollutants be my guest but be warned, it could be more hazardous than you think.