Cabin filter

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Try this..to remove the cabin air filter and glove box, first open the glove box and remove the 5 retaining screws. Now that you are past that part already, you will need to use a flat bladed screwdriver to remove the lower panel.

This will gain access to the electrical connector that you need to disconnect. Now you can remove the blove box and filter cover from the blower unit. Pull out the filter and remove the air refiner filter from the frame.

Installation is reverse of these procedures..

I've done the 5 screws. Diagram mentions 2 clips. I don't see any. Where do I insert the flat bladed screw driver to remove the lower panel?

2 clips are at the very left and very right of the end screws at top. Find the edges of the panel and start popping out the clips that hold it in by pulling it outward with a flat bladed tool / screwdriver

I got it. You fellows are great, Thanks

I began noticing a terrible smell last week - I was not running the air conditioning. I just turned the car on and could smell what I would call a rank odor - not so much rotten eggs but a "bad compost" or moldy smell. Someone suggest I bring my car in to have the cabin filter changed, others say it is the new gas mixture?

Do you have an opinion or advise?

Most likely it's mold in your a/c system from a hole somewhere. It can be cleaned out but there will still be a small smell usually left over even after cleaning.

How do I change the cabin air filter in my 2002 Toyota Avalon. I was told by the dealer I have to remove the glovebox and screws, etc.

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Interior problem
2000 Toyota Avalon Front Wheel Drive Automatic

how do you remove the glove box door to replace cabin air filter. The insturctions I received does not match my glove box door

There's no need to remove the entire glove box. Open the glove box, push in on the back of the glove box to unhinge 2 clips on both sides of the box, some models also have a small screw located in the bottom right hand corner on the outside of the box which you will have to remove. Once both hinges are loose pull down and the glove box comes down. To reinstall simply screw the screw back in and push up, the hinges will go back to place.

Thanks. Your diagram was helpful. The one that came with the filter was not the correct one.

Wondering how to change a cabin filter?

CABIN AIR FILTER
Removal & Installation (2000-2004)
Open glove box door. Remove 5 screws retaining glove box. See Fig. 1. Using screwdriver, remove the lower panel. Unplug electrical connector. Remove glove box.
Fig. 1: Removing Glove Box
Courtesy of TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A, INC.
Remove the filter cover from blower unit. Pull out the filter. Remove the air refiner filter from the frame. See Fig. 2.
To install, reverse removal procedure.
Fig. 2: Removing Air Refiner Filter
Courtesy of TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A, INC.

Where is the cabin air filter located exactly on my vehicle.

Remove glove box 5 screws and a connector. Then you will remove filter cover . Remove filter reverse procedure to install. Here is a video of the job being done on a similar car with diagrams below to show you how on your car.

https://youtu.be/ZGhTBEsSbB4

Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.