Well guys, I started this thread almost 5 years ago and I'm bringing it back to life for a moment!

I don't know where I got this but for some reason I was thinking that the change interval on these things was something like 30K miles. I'm too lazy to look it up in my owners manual or any other of the many places I could find it ...

A couple months ago I made an online order for a few car related maintenance items and cabin filters was one of them. The package lay upon a shelf in the garage until today - I wanted to get something accomplished today . So, after washing the car it started sprinkling rain and I pulled it into the garage and thought, HEY, I think I'll tackle installing cabin filters. I bought the car 5 years ago and it has been our family DD and everytime I even mention updating my wife gives me a bit of static! I replaced what I remember being very possibly the original filters 5 years ago (they were incredibly dirty and clogged). Today, it received its 2nd set of filters since I've owned the car and I really do not think they were nearly as dirty as the first set I changed.

It wasn't until I was nearly finished that I thought I should have actually recorded a short YouTube video on the procedure. My wife is content to keep the car for another 3 - 5 years - provided it doesn't become a money pit for some crazy reason, but I believe I will change them out sooner than the 63K miles we just put on the first set! Another benefit to doing it more often is that it will likely be fresher in my mind as to the details of the items needing removed to gain access to those rascals. It's not too bad a job but should plan an hour to do.

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Dale