Cabin Air Filter

CanukV6 · Aug 4, 2009

I know the Genesis is fitted with a Pollen Filter for the cabin air, but does anybody know where it is located and how easy it is to change?

From day one I have had a lot of dust (or at least more than I would expect with a filtered air supply) that seems to get inside the car and settle on the dash and nav screen. I can clean it off with an anti-static cloth at the start of a journey and after an hour or so the dust is back, having never opened the doors or windows. I'm not driving through dusty areas either. Anybody else noticed this?

SterlingDave · Aug 4, 2009

CanukV6 said:
I know the Genesis is fitted with a Pollen Filter for the cabin air, but does anybody know where it is located and how easy it is to change?

Check page 7-22 of the owner's manual. It has pictures and everything for finding and replacing the filter. It does say that you shouldn't have to replace it until [every] 15K miles or 24K km. Good luck!

(Please note that I DO NOT usually read manuals; it just fell open to this page.)

jwaters943 · Aug 4, 2009

It's behind the glove box. You pull out a couple tabs on either side of the glovebox, pull the old filter out, put the new filter in and reattach the glovebox.

On a scale of 1-10 where 1 is a breeze, I'd say this is about a 2. It takes a bit of finessing the plastic tabs on the glovebox to get it free, but be patient and you should have no problems. As someone else mentioned, refer to the manual for more detailed instructions.

P.S.

I'm so glad Hyundai make the Genesis relatively easy to work on for minor things. I've grown increasingly disillusioned w/ Honda vehicles because of their increasing complexity. They used to be so simple and straightforward. On 1st-gen Pilots you have to saw and permanently remove a metal brace in back of the glovebox to get to the air filter! God knows what it is there for in the first place. And on new Accords you have to get in the wheel wells to change the headlight bulbs, they even suggest removing the wheels to access it, but I've heard you can get around it provided you have the car jacked up and the wheel turned inward. It's just silly that a company as big as Honda would engineer/design a vehicle to be this way.

TJPark01 · Aug 4, 2009

jwaters943 said:
On a scale of 1-10 where 1 is a breeze, I'd say this is about a 2.

Yeah. it's pretty easy. Most cars are set up this way. There are a bunch of sharp plastic pieces so be careful pulling those things out, but it's pretty self explanatory. If you don't swap those things out for a while, you will be horrified by what comes out of them.

ctrcbob · Aug 4, 2009

I tried to removed those two plastic pieces, but could not. I was afraid that I would break them. My Genesis Tech, had problems removing them also the first time he tried, but he went and looked in his Service Manual, then tried again, and after working on it for a few minutes, got the plastic clips off. He said something like "you have to pull the clips toward you, and in toward each other" or something like that. One of these days, I will check again.

Oh Yes, it is located behind the Glove Box, and you first much remove everything from the Glove Box, the squeeze the Glove Box clips in order to have it swing down.

SterlingDave · Aug 4, 2009

SterlingDave said:
Check page 7-22 of the owner's manual. It has pictures and everything for finding and replacing the filter. It does say that you shouldn't have to replace it until [every] 15K miles or 24K km. Good luck!

(Please note that I DO NOT usually read manuals; it just fell open to this page.)

Please expand the above reference to page 7-22 to 7-23 thru 7-24 of the owner's manual for the aforementioned "pictures and everything" for replacing the "climate control air filter."

CanukV6 · Aug 5, 2009

Many thanks to all.
I figured it was in there somewhere, but I usually nod off when reading manuals right after the first 14 pages on how to start the car

OK, it's really that I'm too lazy

Anybody else encountered the dust problem?

ultra63 · Sep 19, 2009

Mine is a bit dirty after 9,000 miles in FL. Dealer wants $60 for a new one but they are $9.00 on ebay!

ctrcbob · Sep 19, 2009

ultra63 said:
Mine is a bit dirty after 9,000 miles in FL. Dealer wants $60 for a new one but they are $9.00 on ebay!

That "Stealer" wants to rip you off. I think the price at most dealerships is around $15. (Certainly less than $19) Even if the dealer tech changed it out, the price of the part and LABOR would not be $60.

ctrcbob · Oct 14, 2009

I just don't see how some of you say it is so easy to check and/or change the cabin filter. Today, I again tried to access the filter and again, I could not "unclip" the two clips on the insides of the glovebox.

Taking car in tomorrow for amplifier change and will ask tech to show me how he gets the clips off in the glovebox. (he had trouble last time - see previous posted message).

QCTLG · Oct 14, 2009

ctrcbob said:
I just don't see how some of you say it is so easy to check and/or change the cabin filter. Today, I again tried to access the filter and again, I could not "unclip" the two clips on the insides of the glovebox.

Taking car in tomorrow for amplifier change and will ask tech to show me how he gets the clips off in the glovebox. (he had trouble last time - see previous posted message).

Bob, I myself cannot seem to get those fu...tabs off! It's not easy!
There must be a trick...it's just that I don't know what the trick is.

dataguy · Oct 14, 2009

QCTLG said:
Bob, I myself cannot seem to get those fu...tabs off! It's not easy!
There must be a trick...it's just that I don't know what the trick is.

Not sure there's a trick...some of those tab covers are just practically impossible to get off. It took me 15 minutes to remove the glove box light lens cover (and all the manual says is something along the lines of "push tab and remove the cover"). I had to resort to a flat-bladed screwdriver to pry it out.

sandy · Nov 3, 2009

ctrcbob said:
I just don't see how some of you say it is so easy to check and/or change the cabin filter. Today, I again tried to access the filter and again, I could not "unclip" the two clips on the insides of the glovebox.

Taking car in tomorrow for amplifier change and will ask tech to show me how he gets the clips off in the glovebox. (he had trouble last time - see previous posted message).

Bob, did you ever get to see how the tech removed the clips? What's the trick?

STREETS · Nov 3, 2009

Air filter may be somewhat easy, but I have never experienced a car so difficult to replace headlamps- low/hi- HID or not. To maybe "remove front bumper" scenario....you got to be kidding!!!
Replacing my HI beams and marker lights to LEDs was nothing short of brain surgery.

ctrcbob · Nov 3, 2009

sandy said:
Bob, did you ever get to see how the tech removed the clips? What's the trick?

The tech pulled each clip back (toward the rear of car) and at the same time, pulled them out (toward the center of the glove box). He still had trouble getting them out.

When the day comes that I do it, I will use a pliers, to pull them out.

In addition, he showed me how there is a plate in front of the filter, that is easy to pull off, and when replacing the plate, it shows the direction to place the filter and the plate.

He also showed me how to replace the clips. He had to slide the clips back into their slots.

Hyundai should have made it easier, but then there are other cars, like my Continental, that are ever harder to change.

rpenland · Mar 23, 2010

ctrcbob said:
The tech pulled each clip back (toward the rear of car) and at the same time, pulled them out (toward the center of the glove box). He still had trouble getting them out.

When the day comes that I do it, I will use a pliers, to pull them out.

In addition, he showed me how there is a plate in front of the filter, that is easy to pull off, and when replacing the plate, it shows the direction to place the filter and the plate.

He also showed me how to replace the clips. He had to slide the clips back into their slots.

Hyundai should have made it easier, but then there are other cars, like my Continental, that are ever harder to change.

I just put in my first cabin air filter replacement. It was very difficult and took me an hour to accomplish (and I am experienced in doing these kinds of preventive maintenance types of things.) By the way my car is an 09 and is one year old, and wow did the filter need to be replaced. Also as info, I was quoted $31 dollars for the filter at a dealer but I got two (2) OEM cabin filters from EBAY for a total of $21.93 (which included $ 5.95 shipping charge).
The clips are really,really hard to remove even using all of the good advice mentioned above. I would like to add the following that some people might find useful;
1) I could not begin to remove the clips by hand. I had to pry/pull them off using a combination of a flat head screwdriver and needle nose pliers.
2) I finally determined that what worked best for me was to open the glove compartment about halfway (down) when removing the clips. This seemed to give the clips more space to rotate, which it appeared is necessary for them to be removed.
3) After removing the clips I still had to do another step that is NOT mentioned in my owner's manual. On the left side of the glove box just outside the left edge, I found a rod that also restrains the glove box from fully lowering to the point that is necessary in order to get to the plate that you remove to get to the filter itself. This rod snaps in and out of the glove box and is somewhat hard to get to.
4) Again, at least for me, this was a difficult job. As a point of interest I did my daughter's Sonata a few days ago. The cabin filter is also located behind the glove box but it was a very easy 5 minute job. It used a different type of clips and everything was just so much easier to get to and to get on and off.

nearwater · Mar 24, 2010

CanukV6 said:
Many thanks to all.
I figured it was in there somewhere, but I usually nod off when reading manuals right after the first 14 pages on how to start the car
OK, it's really that I'm too lazy

Anybody else encountered the dust problem?

I've noticed the dusty interior myself.
Mine is only a few weeks old, and I notice a lot of dust(dark & light colored dusts, appears to be coming from some sort of fabric) accumulating around the center console area around the shifter/buttons.

Dan

Pahaska · Mar 24, 2010

I also have the dust problem. There are always light-colored dust specs on the plood on the console and on the dark leather on the dash.

I think that the dust must be coming out of the perforations in the leather seats. I do have almost 10,000 miles now and the dust seems to be decreasing a bit.

ctrcbob · Mar 24, 2010

Hey, come on guys. Just opening and closing the doors will allow dust to enter. Also, dust is on your clothing and skin. To paraphrase: "Dust Happens"!

Pahaska · Mar 25, 2010

Gotta disagree. The dust flakes are of a consistent color and size and I do not have the problem with my truck which has a dark interior and is used in the same conditions.

Definitely a dust problem with the Gennie.

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