Passenger Compartment Air FilterThe passenger compartment air filter traps most of thepollen from the air entering your vehicle. Like yourvehicle’s engine air cleaner/filter, it needs to be changedperiodically. For how often to change the passengercompartment air filter, see Scheduled Maintenance onpage 6-4.The passenger compartment air filter is locatedunderneath the hood below the windshield wiper armon the passenger’s side of the vehicle. See EngineCompartment Overview on page 5-12 for moreinformation on location.Use the procedure listed below to replace the passengercompartment air filter:1. Open the hood to access the engine compartment.See Hood Release on page 5-11 for moreinformation. Locate the passenger compartment airfilter access panel door.2. Push the two tabs on the access panel doortowards the windshield.3. While pressing forward, lift the access panel out ofthe clipped position and pull towards the front of thevehicle. This releases the clips and allows thepanel door to be removed.4. Remove the old filter and insert a new one. Makesure the arrow on the filter is pointing toward thepassenger compartment.See Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts onpage 6-13 for the correct part number for the filter.5. Reverse Steps 1 through 3 to reinstall the cover.3-32