Vehicle maintenance is one of the important tasks you need to do if you want to keep your car in good condition and avoid unforeseen breakdowns that would require you to waste a lot of cash. Some maintenance tasks seem obvious to almost all people, just like oil and filter changes, but for others you might not always be aware of them. Today we’re going to focus on a less famous but equally crucial maintenance task, how to change the cabin filter on my Honda Pilot? For this, first we’ll see where the cabin filter on your Honda Pilot is, and secondly how to change this famous filter, as well known as pollen filter.

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Where is the cabin filter on my Honda Pilot?

So let’s start our content page with location of the cabin filter on your Honda Pilot. Determined by the year of your automobile and the series, the filter can be placed in three different areas, we will now describe these locations.

Passenger compartment filter found in the engine compartment

To locate the cabin filter of your Honda Pilot?, we encourage you to look at the side of the engine compartment, in truth, it is one of the most popular places for car makers. This is just mainly because this is where the Honda Pilot’s external air intake is situated. This is where your vehicule will supply air to your passenger compartment. It is most of the time located just below the windscreen, at the level of the air vents, you can access it through the bonnet of your motor vehicle, it will be in a plastic box.

Cabin filter which is under the glove box of an Honda Pilot

The second possible position for the cabin filter on your Honda Pilot is under the glove compartment of your car. This is the least difficult place to access, you will just have to lie down and look under your glove box and you should identify a black box including the pollen filter, just unclip it to access your filter.

Cabin filter which is under the dashboard of your Honda Pilot

Finally, last position where the cabin filter on your Honda Pilot can be placed is under your dashboard, to access it you will have to take off your glove box which is usually held by clips or a screw. Now that this is done, you should see the black box it is in.

How to change the cabin filter of my Honda Pilot?

Finally, we will now discover how to change the cabin filter of your Honda Pilot? Nevertheless this is a rather common procedure, it must be done at the right time to prevent problems on your motor vehicle.

When to change the cabin filter on Honda Pilot?

The big query for a good number of Honda Pilot owners is when to change this filter, because we know that you have to change it every 20,000 kilometres; don’t be reluctant to read our content page on the removal of the service indicator light; nevertheless, for the cabin filter, it’s a complete other question. It should be changed every year if you use your motor vehicle regularly or every two years if you drive in the country and only make short trips. The purpose of this filter is to filter out air pollutants, allergens and exhaust gas. Do not hesitate to change it more frequently if you drive in city.

How to take off the cabin filter on my Honda Pilot?

Last but not least, the last step that surely attracts you to this instruction, how to take off the cabin filter from your Honda Pilot? This step is honestly very basic. Once you’ve found the location of the filter, all you have to do is to unclip the box in which it is located and softly pull it out. Be careful when taking it out to look carefully in which direction it is positioned (you will often find an arrow that gives the direction of the air), so remember to position your new filter in the same direction. You just have to close and re-clip the box and you’re done changing the cabin filter of your Honda Pilot.

If you need more tutorials on the Honda Pilot, go to our Honda Pilot category.