Bought the car for wife in Feb 2016, both of us love it. It is the 2nd summer now and it is approaching 14,000 miles quickly. Searched on the web for a few days, but couldn't find any information on how to DIY change F54 cabin air filter. Anyone knows?
Thank you. I can see the filter in the same location as F56. Unfortunately in F54 Clubman the left wall of the glove compartment covers half of the housing of the filter. Looks like I have to take off the glove compartment as well. I will update if I managed to do it.
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Originally Posted by FlyByMike
Here's two links that may help (but they're for my 2014 F56 2 door - should be easy enough to reset to your model & year
Well, took me 3 hours and a trip to HomeDepot (for a T20 torx screwdriver) for this. Don't have to remove the whole glove box, just the kick board that is underneath and attached to the glove box. In fact, I am pretty sure you can not remove the glove box, because the passenger airbag is underneath it.
Took some pictures of the OEM fitler, product from Mann, looks and feels high quality. The replacement filter I bought from Amazon is not as good as these OEM filters.
Doesn't MINI still cover the replacement of those?
My F54 has done 1st year/10,000 miles factory recommended service and from the bill I don't see any item related to this. They didn't even try to take the filter out and disinfect it. Maybe they will do it for 30,000 miles maitenance, as the dealer did to my Lexus. Even if they do, it will probably cost you $50 ~ $70, parts and labor. Now that I know how to do this, next time it will only take me 15 minutes.
Doesn't MINI still cover the replacement of those?
From their literature, they still do. The CAF (Cabin Air Filter) is recommended to be replaced every 2nd oil change (i.e.-20K miles). This is the only "combine with Engine oil" tasks that fall under the 'base' 3/36 scheduled maintenance program.
My former Subie's CAF needed replacement every year, as it would be almost fully clogged to the point of restricting airflow noticeably, yet my wife's Jeep was barely discolored after almost 4 years in service...go figure?!?
Yeah the dealer will do it about every 2 years. They'll do the wiper blades the same way, if you tell them they streak. Tell 'em the car gets a little smelly sometimes, they'll swap out that filter.
