2011-2018 Volvo S60 Cabin Air Filter Replacement
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- 2011-2018 Volvo S60 Cabin Air Filter Replacement. In this video, I show you how to replace the cabin air filter in a 2015 Volvo S60. The process should be the same for 2011 to 2018 S60s. It is a simple sounding process, but at the same time it's a royal pain in the backside. I show you my experience changing the filter and how much of a pain it can really be. The process I show is the easiest I've found for it though. Some things are just easier than others. All in all, it's not that bad, but I don't think it's as easy as it should be. Hopefully, you'll get some benefit out of this as well.
I got this on Amazon, it was a Premium Guard brand, part number PC5840C. Mann makes the OEM filter, and it's available as part number CUK 2733
The tip on pulling that fuse block assembly was pure gold. Thank you for going up the learning curve for us!
Glad I could help. I know they cram a lot of stuff in cars these days, but it really does seem like there could have been a better place to put that inlet. Even slanting it slightly forward would make it a lot easier.
Great video, helped tremendously. Volvo has designed an incredibly difficult to replace common air filter, kudos.
Same with the oil filter. There's a bunch of stuff in the way.
However, Volvo nailed it with the removable headlights. No tools required, pull two pins out that are right on the top, headlight comes out.
If only we needed to replace headlights as often as oil filters...
I watched your video at least 10 times throughout a year before trying it. It only took like 15 mins. Thank you!
Once you know how to do it, then it's not time consuming, but it's still a tight spot and you have to be something of a contortionist to get to it.
Just did this today on my wife’s car and it was pretty easy thanks to your video.
I bought the Carquest replacement product at first from Advance Auto Parts - Model No. 90212C), and it’s a complete piece of crap. Don’t buy it.
Like the video shows, you have to accordion the filter a little bit when installing it given the ridiculous design Volvo made with this and other models to replace this, and the Carquest model can’t do that and just falls apart.
Go with the Purolator One product instead (Model No. C25840C)(or the one the dude in this video lists), both of which look and feel like the original product and can easily accordion fold to get it into the proper position to fit when replacing it.
Like others said, the tab/clip to push to remove the fuse box is absolutely a god send to making this pretty easy.
This is one of those jobs that, even though you know how to do it, it still sucks just having to contort into the positions you need to get this changed.
Thank you. That filter is a Swedish torture device. Good idea on the fuse box.
I'm green when it comes to car maintenance. However, when a local shop quoted me $250 to replace my cabin air filter, I knew it was time for me to get my $hit together. I had trouble removing the fuse box assembly from the clip that held it in place. The mechanic that changed my oil this morning was able to help me with that step. Everything else was a breeze. In all, it only cost me $14 to get this whole thing done. Thank you so much! Next, I plan on restoring my headlights using your video.... I appreciate you!
Thanks so much. Just bought mine 3 weeks ago, and it was kept in garage almost 2 years.
Filter was so dirty, idk how can I replace it without your video.
Thanks so much
Thanks for taking the time to document the steps...........one thing I might suggest........I have seen at least one other video where they suggest just removing the fuse box cover instead of having to remove the entire fuse box. Still provides access. Not sure why Volvo engineers had to make this so difficult. On my Toyotas, it was about a 5-minute process and just required one screw and removing the glove box and there was the filter access.........eezy peezy.
It took me 30 minutes start to finish (2017 S60 Inscription) including a couple pauses to re-watch portions of your video. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this. I am a large(ish) guy with big hands, so this would be a little easier for a more nimble person. I moved my car into the driveway so that I could have lots of natural light, but still needed a flashlight to see some of the key bits up underneath. I doubled up a yoga mat outside the car to kneel on and draped a thick towel over the sill so that there were less hard things and sharp objects involved. The process is a pain, but definitely DIY friendly with a little bit of patience. Thanks again, and Happy New Year!
OMG, the fuse box tab was the winner for me!
Absolutely great video. Saved me a lot of frustration, especially when it only pays .4 of an hour.
I wanted to get mine replaced after the worst of our forest fires were over in B.C. The mechanic quoted me 250 (fair) but also mentioned that the technician has a good chance of breaking a plastic piece while doing it, and that this plastic piece would be $600 so 850 total. After watching this I feel like he was taking me for a ride, the first clip is the only thing that matches this description and you seemed to have no trouble. Thanks for giving me the confidence to do it myself 10/10 tutorial!
$250 for a filter? I hope that comes with a bouquet of flowers and a back rub because you're getting screwed. The average dealer price is about $100, and that's with $90 for labor. The filter itself is super cheap, especially when you're the dealer getting them at dealer prices. It's a pain because of the tight space, but totally something you could do yourself for just the small cost of the filter. I found nothing in there that was close to being a part that could be easily broken.
I can't thank you enough for this video. I was able to get the new filter in there. It definitely requires some work to get down there. To my surprise, there was no filter to replace. The housing was empty!!! That's what you get for buying a used car.
The sad part is a previous owner probably didn't do that. Most likely a previous owner paid some quick oil change place that told them it needed to be replaced, they pulled the old one out without getting the fuse box out of the way, then couldn't figure out how to get the new one in, skipped it, and charged them anyway.
Excellent video. My previous 2012 s60 i messed up, and finished with duct tape. Now with 2015 s60 i finally did it. Thank you.
Marvelously helpful video. Thanks for taking the time to show each step and for recommending pulling the fuse block. I gave up the first time because I didn't think of doing that.
Bet thats never been changed before plenty main dealers will “change” your pollen filter knowing that your gonna struggle to check . Great video bud
Never would of got the fuse box without your vidoe Thank You
many thanks for this video timed this task to 15 mins to complete the job total cost £12.80 for the filter
thanks a lot for this tutorial!! i've got no car knowledge but this made it super simple for me, done in 15 minutes :D
Thank you very much you made my monday afternoon
Amazing video...thank you so much for a better understanding of where and how to replace this. What was Volvo thinking...;lol
Oh, this was nothing. I helped a friend recently change the cabin filter for a 2019 Ford Focus and it was ridiculous. All total it took about an hour. There are tiny little screws you need a little right angle allen key to remove in the tightest of spots where you can only turn it about an eight of a turn at a time. What are all car makers thinking these days!
Thank you so much, Floyd! You just save me a ton of work and it is so appreciated.
thank a lots man, i just finished this job following you, some suffer that you told
Great video, thank you! That is one ignorant engineer who came up with that design!
holy farts that is needlessly complicated by volvo...
Unfortunately it's not just Volvo. I just helped a friend on a 2019 Ford Fiesta and it was stupid. Screws in places you can only get to with a little allen wrench. It took 45 minutes to get the cover off to get to the filter, then the filter has to basically be wadded up to get it into position.
@@FloydNashFixItDad I think my Fiesta is going to be "all original" when it comes to the cabin filter then. Wife's S60 looks challenging enough for me.
Thanks for the video. It was spot on and save me lots of time.
Keep up the good work!
Great video. Had to take a look back twice at it now since I've been doing my own maintenance myself. I wish Volvo did not design this like this because this is very hard compared to a typical car
Congrats for Volvo's engineers! How to make a cabin filter
so difficult to change. Even the Hyundai i20's can be replaced much more easily than this.
Thanks. Did this on a V60 and you also have to remove the plastic trim from the centre console to access the filter on that model!! Unbelievable how awkward they've made this service item to access. On our Honda and Lexus it took 2 minutes to replace at most 😂
Thank you. Most of the comments were from folks who will give this a try. Personally, I stopped at 7-minutes. I don't want to fiddle with a fuse box. This would take me hours, and I know my mechanic can probably do this with eyes closed.
If you take it to a Volvo mechanic, yes, they will be able to do this much easier. I just tend to prefer doing things for myself when I can get the same part for $20 or $25 that a mechanic will charge me $50 for plus $25 to install. Once you do this one time, it's not so bad. It's just a matter of figuring it out that first time. If you watch the rest you'll see the fuse box is super easy. It's the stupid filter that's the hard part.
@@FloydNashFixItDad Hey there! Thanks for the encouragement. My mechanic, George, is a small independent garage. He charges about 50% below the Volvo dealers in Austin or San Antonio, and he doesn't solve a problem by throwing parts at it. He built and races his own stunt plane (aircraft). My mechanical skills are truly challenged in keeping an old Toro mower going, so I'll just leave the car to George. (My Grammarly program wanted me to remind you that you need to hyphenate Fix-it Dad.)
It’s really not hard at all if you follow his instructions, and a great sense of accomplishment when you do stuff like this yourself and save that cash!! But to each his own my friend.
I was quoted $142... its annoying but I would rather struggle a bit and save $120
Worked perfectly. Extremely informative video
Thanks for focusing on that clip on the fuse box if it wasn't for you I want to be able to replace that in cabin air filter
Glad to help. It's still going to be a pain, but once you've done it once at least, it should be easier the 2nd time around.
Thanks for the tip about that black fuse box!
Glad that helped. Getting that thing out of the way almost makes this a tolerable job.... almost.
That was helpful-thank you! Yes, especially the tab location (as time before I managed to wiggle the relay out somehow without pressing that tab). I hate to write it, but I think you shoved that filter in backwards, I think the tabs on each side of the filter should face the engine.
Thank you so much for the video. It helped my allot ❤️
Cut a piece of card or thin plastic the same size as the filter. Slip the card part way into the container first then the new filter will slide in without snagging. Don't forget to remove the card!
Thanks from Finland,it helped me
Thanks for commenting! I'm glad I was able to help.
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it took me 2 hours to figure out how to get the cover off of the filter and actually squeeze the filter in there. i’ve never been more frustrated in my life.
They definitely didn't make it easy, that's for sure.
Thanks for confirming my suspicion that the whole fuse block needed to come off to get this thing in there only partially accordioned. I saw other vids where they just jammed it in [facepalm]. It's still a terrible Chinesed design.
Wow this was painful to watch. Still I admire your gumption. Thank you for taking us on your journey 😎
You think this one is rough, try replacing the cabin filter on a 2019 Ford Fiesta that has torx screws in places you can't actually get a driver. It's totally ridiculous.
Good job, thank you sir
Thanks! I'm trying it next week
Very helpful video, many thanks. Precisely what I needed for my 2018.
the god damn fuse box!
Volvo S80 2014 - Just removed the top cover and folded down the fuse box. I have not taken away the cover in the middle.
Great job and great video!
Nice job!
Great Video Floyd,
Thanks! Wish these were easier to replace but hopefully this helps someone.
Thanks for a really useful video.
Thank You!
The fuse harness on mine must be glued on! I found the place on top of the harness, but no matter how hard I push down it won't release. Will try again tomorrow. Frustrating!
Thanks so much. This is a very tough job and all your camera work was perfect!!!
Good job!
Thanks for the video👍
Brilliant engineering, I wont do this myself. It takes only 10 seconds for me to remove air filter on my Toyota Wish.
It's funny with these Volvo's some things are designed great, like how the headlights remove with 2 tabs you just pull out, absolutely no messing around. Then there is this shit!
No kidding! And don't get me started at all the dang bushings for the subframe vibration isolation and in the rear end. I really wish these manufacturers would make cars easier to work on and stop designing them as almost disposable.
Still a terrible design but much better than the V50. In the V50 it's on the drivers side and you had to unbolt the throttle then remove screws to open the cover. Still had to bend and fight to get the filters in and out. Traded my '06 V50 for an '18 V60 Cross Country last week.
Unbolt the throttle? WOW! That's messed up! Hope you like the 2018. That's a nice car!
כול הכבוד 🎉
At least my TDI Beetle is up top! Haven't done this to the S80 yet.....
Tip for non USA. Right hand drive is more difficult
Can anyone help on a RHD version of the car?
I went to do this job last night, but on the nearside of the car, the plastic around the center console protrudes much further than on the offside of the car, actually going past and covering the bottom half of the filter "door". In the passenger footwell.
Everything else is the same apart from that. I am assuming on a LHD car this plastic is the same - just that it is on the drivers side, where obviously the filter is not.
Alot like my 07 Nissan Altima. A PITA to remove and install.
Pls share the part number. Thank you
I got this on Amazon, it was a Premium Guard brand, part number PC5840C. Mann makes the OEM filter, and it's available as part number CUK 2733. I'll modify the description to include this also
@@FloydNashFixItDad thanx for the reply!
Whoever designed this setup should be tried in International Criminal Court.
I showed this to my daughter who is in college to be an engineer and said, don't be the person that designs this stuff!
Good video though
Do you know if this will actually work on the 2019 model? The S60 was redesigned in 2018 so it might be different.
I don't have access to a 2019 to find out for certain. I've heard it's either identical or very similar though.
Wow , I was complaining on Ford engineering, I guess Volvo uses the same engineers
That has to be some of the worst design engineering by Volvo to make it that difficult to access the cabin air filter. Unbelievable 😂
Totally agree. It's like the whole design team was gathered around, popping champagne bottles open, high fiving, and all of a sudden you hear, Oh Crap, we forgot a cabin filter! Here, we can put it right here where only an 8 year old Russian contortionist can get to it, but only after removing the fuse box!
@@FloydNashFixItDad Right! Compared to how easy it is to swap out the engine air filter this is like they did this just to F with us humans. Great video it saved me a TON of time and curse words.
Thanks for the video. I would never have imagined this would be so difficult. Dumbest car design ever…
this is a bit tedious but I own the car now lol. Did this on my other car and it was breeze.
This does not apply to 2019 S60 Volvos. The vehicle was re-designed for 2019 and the cabin filter is completely different.
I found that out later. I had initially gotten info that said this went up thru 2019 but apparently that's wrong.
Volvo is a criminal for putting the filter there. I still can't get the fuse box out as I can't get a good grip on the tab. (2018 S60)
Unfortunately, Volvo isn't he only ones doing this. It's far too common. Manufacturers don't want you working on it. They want you taking it to the dealership so you can get charged for OEM parts.
@@FloydNashFixItDad I wonder if the dealership has special tools to help them do this quickly, because what a pain!! I shoved the new filter back in but hv no idea if it is all the way in. Oh well.
Why did they make this so complicated to replace?
Good question. It's almost like after the car was already fully designed, someone realized, Oh crap, we forgot some way to change the filter, it was 4:45 on a Friday, and they slapped something together in 15 minutes.
It’s by far the worst designed cabin filter placement on any car I have ever performed this on
Curl it into a p and put it in
I feel like I have to crush it to get it in.
I know! Once it gets started and you figure out how to kind of wiggle it in, it's not too bad, but good heavens, that first time you feel like you're going to rip the thing apart or something!
All of this to replace the cabin air filter? My wife's 2018 Mazda 3 took less than 2 minutes to replace the cabin air filter.
Yep, not a fan of these designs at all. I have a friend that has a 2019 Ford Fiesta that is even worse. It took about an hour to replace the filter in it.
That was a pain in the ass. I’m not doing that again. I’ll breathe poison I don’t really care
HA HA! Someone with a small frame might have a better time with it. That might have been me in high school, but the middle has grown since then! Why the manufactures have to make this so hard, I don't know. Certainly there could be a better way.
Just when I thought I hate my Volkswagen cause everything is backwards engineered and I see this. I’m just gonna have to start buying american cars. I feel like If I try this, I won’t be able to put everything back correctly. Lol
Most rediculous on the planet stupid poor engineering.. crazy!! I'm facing the same challenge to change it in our R-Design 2016 Platinum T6 S60 Volvo.
Pas pratique du tout l'emplacement
Paska video
Blair Witch Project has nothing on you...
Absolute garbage for the person having to work on this scrub car
I don't know that I would call it a scrub car. Most things are really easy to work on with the Volvo's, and this is no worse than many other cars out there. In fact it's much better than some I've seen, but that still doesn't mean it's as easy as it could be. Could have been a better way I'm sure.
Floyd Nash I may of exaggerated as I was having a bad day at work and this car didn’t make it better but yeah maybe I went overboard although the design could have been more simple if they spent less time trynna figure out the worst placement for the filter
Thanks for the information
Thank you for the video I'll follow it when I change my car cabin air filter soon
This was terrific, well done! There's a 2min video which simply can't work... as you point out, you have to detach the entire fuse box... no way around it and, because of your video, no big deal. Thanks so much... I'm reminded as to why I haven't done this in about 4 years 😅😂😅😊. But, all done... fresh oil, oil and air filters + cabin... cabin was the worst. Thank you.