2012 Nissan Altima Cabin Air Filter Replacement

Introduction

This guide will walk you through the steps of replacing the cabin air filter in a 2012 Nissan Altima. This guide is necessary because air filters get dirty and can build up a lot of dust and mold. The air that is being blown into your car when you use your AC first goes through that dirty air filter. Some people have bad allergies when it comes to dust and having a dirty air filter doesn’t really help with that. It also can make someone sick if mold is present in air filter and cause a moldy odor when AC is used.

What you need

Step 1 Cabin Air Filter

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Remove the screws using the Phillips #3 screwdriver.

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Step 2

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Pull the glove box out of its slot.

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Step 3

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Remove the tab that holds up the wires to the glove box light.
Place the glove box on the floor of the car, so that it can be out of your way.

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Step 4

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Locate the cabin air filter housing on the back left hand side behind the radio. (Area of filter housing circled in photo.)
Open housing and remove the old filter.

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Step 5

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Throw out old filter and open up the new one.

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Step 6

Properly insert the new air filter into housing. ( Air filter will have direction of air flow on the side.)

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Step 7

Return the cabin air filter cover. Return and screw in the glove box so that it's back to normal.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Unscrew all the screws at the bottom and inside the glove box.
Pull the glove box out of its slot.
Pull out tab that holds the wires for the glove box light to remove them out your way.
Locate your cabin air filter which is locate on the left side behind of where you took out the glove box. kind of behind the radio.
Pop open the cover for the air filter housing.
Pull out old air filter
Slide in new air filter in the housing. (Be sure to have filter facing the direction as labeled on filter)
Put cover back on the air filter housing.
Put wires back in tab
Put glove box back in the slot and screw it back in.