Changing the Cabin Air Filter in a Polestar 2
I bought my used Polestar 2 from a local Honda dealer and it’s been great so far. One thing that came up around August is that I sometimes noticed an odd smell when I got in the car after it had been sitting out in the sun for a while.
Normally my car is in a garage so I didn’t notice it often. I just clipped a Febreze air freshener on the car vent and pretty much forgot about it.
However for some reason I recently realized I probably should check the cabin air filter. I guess I didn’t think to do this before because I just assumed it would have been replaced before I bought it.
I actually replaced the cabin air filter in my Ioniq shortly before I bought my Polestar 2, so you would think I would have thought of checking this one sooner!
Like with the Ioniq, the Polestar 2 cabin air filter is located behind the glove box and is very easy to access so you don’t need to visit a dealer to do this.
Open the glove box.
There is a tab on the left and a tab on the right. Press them both at the same time and the glove box will drop down lower to allow access to a cover behind it.
Cover to the air filter access panel This cover has two tabs on the bottom. Push them at the same time to lift away the cover.
With the cover removed, there is now a panel that also has two tabs. Press both of the and lift the panel upwards.
Behind the panel you will see the cabin air filter, which you can just slide out. Be sure to note the “air flow” direction indicator on the side and be sure to install a new one in the same direction.
After following these steps, I slid out my cabin air filter and to my surprise it was very dirty and filled with leaves and other gunk. Yuck! The Honda dealer definitely should have swapped in a new one. This one is so gross that it might just be the original!
I immediately went to Amazon and ordered a replacement for about $20. It arrived in a few days.
Installing it was a breeze. I went back and removed the dirty one, noting the air flow direction, popped in the new one and closed everything up.
I have now removed the Febreze air fresheners as this changed seemed to noticeably improve things.