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Originally Posted by Edmund
I also tried removing the glovebox today without much success. I don't want to pull to hard on the glovebox lid seeing as the force I applied already had an effect on the allignment of the lid with the rest of the trim.
Another approach is to approach from the engine compartment. The intake is located on the lefthand side of the engin compartment behind the box that says air conditioning. A few screws and clips to be removed and you have access to the filters. Although it's not possible to remove the filters this way is still possible to clean them. A taped a piece of garden hose to a vacuum cleaner, blew the dust out with compressed air and loosened dust by pulling my finger accross the ridges of the filter.
This restored the aircon to its original condition. It may not last as long as replacing the filter entirely, but is a lot simpler and safer than going in via the glovebox.
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You may want to check that you had removed all screws before pulling on it in a way that "had an effect on the alignment of the lid." I don't see that happening with all the screws removed, although no two efforts to pull are probably identical. I was reluctant as well, but with enough trial, the box started to give way to coming out. It was then the technique of where and how much pulling pressure was applied as to how easily the box then gave way to removal. The filters have deep V-shaped crevasses that I would think are impossible to remove all foreign matter from. I would opt for hiring the R & R process before leaving old ones in place. It's just a highly placed maintenance item that I would not neglect accomplishing on my car.