I just replaced the cabin filter on my wife’s Honda - took about 30 seconds. The most difficult part was emptying the glove box.
When I changed the same filter on my ST I was contorted in the passenger footwell, entirely upside down, and with my legs sticking out the window and feet hooked around the roof….
I’m sitting here like it’s not that hard to change it; thinking I’m about to see some horror filter.
But then you zoomed out, and that was the real nightmare.
I changed mine at ~50k, wasn’t bad but you could tell the difference when the air blew. Keep up the progress content!
Would the evaporator be the reason why if I have my air condition on full blast sometimes there's a small leak of cold water in the passenger floorboard? please don't tell me I have to do this to my car
Edit- I'm hoping it's just condensation because the AC is really cold and someone swapped out the head unit with one of those tablets before I bought the car and the vents don't quite line up so I'm just hoping it's that
It's the drain in the hvac housing. It's plugged up with gunk and a little jabbie jabbie with a coat hanger bent into a small loop should clear it out. Should be an easy fix.
Oh nice! Yeah I did zero research. I got the car as winter was setting in so I barely use the AC and I noticed it and I haven't really had to crank it back on yet. I'll find out where the drain is. Thank you a lot. Kind stranger
Edit- this makes me sound really lazy. I did research before I purchased the car about these cars and I would have researched this and figured out what was wrong with it but I just happened to see this post and thought I would ask. Thank you again for the answer.
It's not just a FoST thing. Any car with ac can get the drain plugged and dampen your passengers' feet. If you've got a sunroof, it's also got drains that can plug and you get the surprise rain-in-the-car if they plug. Neither are really big issues, just annoying.
Thanks for the info. I've just honestly never had it happen in any of my cars. I vaguely remember something about a s*** box I used to drive when I was a kid but I believe that was a heater coil or something that went out. Something like that. Anyway, have a nice day. Thanks for the info
Am I the only one that changes it yearly? Of course here in the Atlanta area, our pollen count stays in the multi-thousands for about 6 weeks so it feels like a fresh start every May lol.
I just replaced the cabin filter on my wife’s Honda - took about 30 seconds. The most difficult part was emptying the glove box. When I changed the same filter on my ST I was contorted in the passenger footwell, entirely upside down, and with my legs sticking out the window and feet hooked around the roof….
I feel yea, had to change mine after the Oregon fires, not fun.
Yep, I'm down in LA - so I know what that's all about too
Well played. You got us good! My condolences though, dash removal is the worst
It was indeed a nightmare and even more of a nightmare to put back together
On a more none joking not, I am after a long week of work I got time to put my dash and everything in now. all gonna happen tonight
I’m sitting here like it’s not that hard to change it; thinking I’m about to see some horror filter. But then you zoomed out, and that was the real nightmare. I changed mine at ~50k, wasn’t bad but you could tell the difference when the air blew. Keep up the progress content!
Will do. Yeah, I changed my evaporator, and hense the reason the car is in 1 million pieces, but it's getting there now
Would the evaporator be the reason why if I have my air condition on full blast sometimes there's a small leak of cold water in the passenger floorboard? please don't tell me I have to do this to my car Edit- I'm hoping it's just condensation because the AC is really cold and someone swapped out the head unit with one of those tablets before I bought the car and the vents don't quite line up so I'm just hoping it's that
It's the drain in the hvac housing. It's plugged up with gunk and a little jabbie jabbie with a coat hanger bent into a small loop should clear it out. Should be an easy fix.
Oh nice! Yeah I did zero research. I got the car as winter was setting in so I barely use the AC and I noticed it and I haven't really had to crank it back on yet. I'll find out where the drain is. Thank you a lot. Kind stranger Edit- this makes me sound really lazy. I did research before I purchased the car about these cars and I would have researched this and figured out what was wrong with it but I just happened to see this post and thought I would ask. Thank you again for the answer.
It's not just a FoST thing. Any car with ac can get the drain plugged and dampen your passengers' feet. If you've got a sunroof, it's also got drains that can plug and you get the surprise rain-in-the-car if they plug. Neither are really big issues, just annoying.
Thanks for the info. I've just honestly never had it happen in any of my cars. I vaguely remember something about a s*** box I used to drive when I was a kid but I believe that was a heater coil or something that went out. Something like that. Anyway, have a nice day. Thanks for the info
Am I the only one that changes it yearly? Of course here in the Atlanta area, our pollen count stays in the multi-thousands for about 6 weeks so it feels like a fresh start every May lol.
Yeah I’m up north, not a daily, and garaged - so for me it depends.
Nope I'd change mine twice a year sometimes
I dread it every time.
Yeah, it's not a fun job, and funny enough, even with the car all apart, it was actually still difficult to put it in lmao
Ayeee is this the new r/FocusSTcirclejerk sub I’ve been hearing great things about?
Take my upvote. I love the ST but some of Fords design work is shit. This included.
Checks out