"Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I'd rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, reminds us to cherish every moment...'cause they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived."

'07 Nissan Versa SL Hatch, CVT - Superblack/Beige, Splash Guards, Lock Nuts, Floormats, Nose Mask, 35% tint.

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Mine definitely needs to be done, I'm nearly up to 19000 miles.

1) Buy filter from your friendly Nissan Dealer (for around $20).

2) Remove glovebox: Screws are located around the upper lip of the box, and towards the bottom lip.

3) slide glovebox out of dash, be careful of the g/box light; disconnect wire before sliding out entirely.

4) The filter is located on the right/rear side of the HVAC box towards the firewall. Look for something that looks like the plastic part of the new filter, it's hidden, so it may take some time to locate.

5) The filter has to be popped out towards the top; slide upwards about 1/4", and straight out. The top of the filter media is loose and will get stuck, you will have to manipulate the media slightly to free it up.

6) Turn blower on full-blast on recirculate to blow out any particles trapped in the housing.

7) Install new filter, reverse of removal procedure.

Hope this helps!

Well I finally did this today. Not a complete PITA. The worst part was putting everything back together but I'll explain more on that later.

Here are the steps.

1. There are 8 screws holding the glove box compartment to the dash. 4 of the screws are on the bottom and are only accessible when the glove box is closed. The other 4 are on the top of the glove box compartment are only accessible when the glove box is opened.

2. Once all 8 screws are removed, you will be able to pull out the whole glove box assembly, but only pull it out part way as there is an electrical connection on top of the glove box which I'm assuming is for the glove box light. You might be thinking "Duh!" but I've never seen that light come on and thought it was an additional option. Anyway, just press down on the white part to unlatch this connection and you can remove the glove box completely.

3. Now to remove the in-cabin air cleaner. It's on the bottom middle of the dash right against the firewall. Removing it according to the service manual didn't make sense to me. "Compress the filter downward..." Huh? The plastic molding that holds the paper element isn't compressible, it's rather sturdy. There is no tab for the filter on the top, but there is a tab on the bottom of the filter, that doesn't help me. Ugh. I finally figured out what they mean by "Compress the filter downward." Imagine a deck of playing cards, now if you apply equal pressure to the top and bottom of the deck, nothing happens. However, if you apply downward pressure on the top of the deck at an angle, what happens? The deck bows or bends (i.e. compression). In this case, the the plastic the the air filter is attached will bow slightly to the passenger side when you apply downward pressure at a slight angle. You probably won't be able to visibly see the plastic bowing, but that is what they mean by "Compress the filter downward." Anyway, once you use that compressing/bowing action, pull the top part of the filter out.

4. Once you have the top part of the filter removed, just lift up the bottom of the filter to unlock it from the tab holder. Voila, the filter is out. (note: be mindful of a foam covered assembly that somewhat obstructs your view of the in-cabin air filter, it will get in the way of removing the filter unless you filter towards the firewall).

5. Putting the filter back in is a cinch, you just have to hold the paper element (accordian like) down and push it in being both mindful of the tab, and using some slight "compressing" technique.

6. Now for the fun part, Go grab the glove box assembly and slide it back in halfway. Attach the glove box light connector (only goes on way way) until it clicks into place. Shove the glove box in the rest of the way and put the 8 screws back in. Simple enough right? Wrong. This was the hardest part for me because you essentially have to keep pressure on the glove box so you can line up the screw holes so you can screw it back together. I normally expect this when taking things apart. The part that irritated me is that there are these little metal spacers between the plastic of the glove box and the actual screw holes that move around. I had to use a small nail to move them back into position and quickly get a screw started so they didn't fall back down.

If anyone has any questions, please let me know. Also, if my glove box is supposed to be illuminated (not sure if it was standard or optional) I hope to god I don't have to remove the glove box again. While not difficult, it's something I'd only like to do once a year.

Steve

LED Lights
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...-blue
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/358872
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...versa

LED Versa Grill:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=358872

In-cabin Air Filter Change:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...hotos

Painting Versa calipers:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=355772

Installing Fog Lights:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=363158

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Hey, no problem!

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I actually posted my information before, you and didn't want it to go to waste as it seemed to be buried amongst posts. Nothing personal. :-)

Thx again

In case anyone else is curious I just did mine and I will be posting pix later tonight or in the morning.

Here's a place that sells the filters for many cars at a great price. $8.18 for the Versa filter plus shipping.
https://www.logical-source.com/Default.html

1971 Datsun 240Z
2001 Sentra SE
2008 Versa SL w/ Sport Pkg & CVT

Steve

Modified by Scuba Steve at 1:48 AM 7/31/2008

LED Lights
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...-blue
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/358872
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...versa

LED Versa Grill:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=358872

In-cabin Air Filter Change:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...hotos

Painting Versa calipers:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=355772

Installing Fog Lights:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=363158

Your A/C will work better with a clean filter. You might be able to stick a dryer sheet with it to make your car smell nice. That's what I do with the vacuum cleaner anyway. Otherwise it smells like dog.

I believe it also filters the outside air when the system is not set on recirculate, as mine is always full of leaf parts, bugs, dirt, etc.

1971 Datsun 240Z
2001 Sentra SE
2008 Versa SL w/ Sport Pkg & CVT

I had no problem replacing the glovebox.

Got taken at the stealership for $22 after tax for the new filter. Here is what the old filter looked like after 22500 miles.

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Disconnect the glovebox light

Then you will see the In-Cabin air filter

To remove the filter you have to push it up and pull out, it is a bit stiff but it will move, once you remove the old filter you can't reuse it. Take the new filter and squeeze it like an accordian in the middle and then slide it in the socket, and then snap it shut.

Putting back the glove box:
When you removed the glovebox you have to take the metal clips and crimp it back together and then push it back to it's location, otherwise the clips will not stay and you willl have trouble putting the screws in.

And the clip should look like this after you crimp it to it's original state.

And then push or slide it back to it's original locations.It will not move away for the screws.

Modified by Scuba Steve at 3:04 PM 9/8/2008

LED Lights
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...-blue
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/358872
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...versa

LED Versa Grill:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=358872

In-cabin Air Filter Change:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...hotos

Painting Versa calipers:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=355772

Installing Fog Lights:
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=363158

Received my order today. I bought 3 filters, one for each of our cars, and with shipping, the total was $28.70. They look just like OEM, and came individually packaged. Great deal, fast shipping (3 day delivery).

1971 Datsun 240Z
2001 Sentra SE
2008 Versa SL w/ Sport Pkg & CVT

best tank: 6.27 ltr/100 km [45.02 imp / 37.51 US mpg]
25,000 km: 8.25 ltr/100 km [34.25 imp /28.50 US mpg]
36,000 km: 8.48 ltr/100 km [33.30 imp /27.73 US mpg]

2 wheels: 1980 Honda 750 CBK [parked for winter . . . sigh]
2 wheels: 1992 Suzuki GSE 500 [RIP]

Crap...time to get mine replaced....

thanks for the link, ordered one and installed for 15$ as opposed to 90$ lol

EDIT: Yes you can somewhat.

Modified by NODES at 1:10 AM 10/12/2009

Ditto, in frustration I yanked and it came out. The new one from, NAPA is a lot easier to take out.

Side Note - The bulb and the bulb holder are $26 plus taxes at the dealership.

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Side Note - The bulb and the bulb holder are $26 plus taxes at the dealership.

Screw that. It'd be cheaper and cooler to wire up an LED strip inside there or something. But it seems like those tiny dim bulbs take forever to blow out.

I am in the process of throwing an LED in mine.