Why spend big money and your precious time at the dealer when you can do this for a lot less in 5 minutes? Here's how-
Open your glovebox (the box), and empty out your contents.
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Each side of the box has a cylindrical stopper/tab that limits the travel of the box. Using your hand, pull the back side of the box inward to reveal the tab, then pull it out towards you to release it from the dashboard wall.
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Before allowing the box to drop downwards, hold its weight while pulling up and disconnecting the dampner arm on the lower right side of the box. This arm allows the glovebox to lower softly when opened (a luxurious touch Mazda!)
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Allow the box to drop down, revealing the blower motor assembly and the white rectangular cabin filter. Study it for a second to orient yourself of how it mounts into the housing. Now simply sqeeze the two middle tabs and pull the filter out like a drawer. Voila! Replace your filter, or in my case, blow out the contaminates with compressed air. Surprising how much junk there was in there with only 1600 miles on the clock.
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A peek of the blower motor inside the housing:
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Make sure to put your new filter in the same way it came out and reverse the order of these instructions. Then start your CX-5 up and turn on the air to make sure it operates and sounds normal. If it doesn't, perhaps a scorpion may have sneeked in there (lol2) . With all the money you saved, you can go buy some beer and enjoy yourself (cheers)
Open your glovebox (the box), and empty out your contents.
<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mystikmax6969/media/2015%20CX-5/64BF1967-0293-45F4-8774-EEDD3F16169B.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/mystikmax6969/2015%20CX-5/64BF1967-0293-45F4-8774-EEDD3F16169B.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 64BF1967-0293-45F4-8774-EEDD3F16169B.jpg"/></a>
Each side of the box has a cylindrical stopper/tab that limits the travel of the box. Using your hand, pull the back side of the box inward to reveal the tab, then pull it out towards you to release it from the dashboard wall.
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Before allowing the box to drop downwards, hold its weight while pulling up and disconnecting the dampner arm on the lower right side of the box. This arm allows the glovebox to lower softly when opened (a luxurious touch Mazda!)
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Allow the box to drop down, revealing the blower motor assembly and the white rectangular cabin filter. Study it for a second to orient yourself of how it mounts into the housing. Now simply sqeeze the two middle tabs and pull the filter out like a drawer. Voila! Replace your filter, or in my case, blow out the contaminates with compressed air. Surprising how much junk there was in there with only 1600 miles on the clock.
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A peek of the blower motor inside the housing:
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Make sure to put your new filter in the same way it came out and reverse the order of these instructions. Then start your CX-5 up and turn on the air to make sure it operates and sounds normal. If it doesn't, perhaps a scorpion may have sneeked in there (lol2) . With all the money you saved, you can go buy some beer and enjoy yourself (cheers)
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