2013 Ford Fusion - Cabin Air Filter Replacement How-To Video 

Your video is noticeably more well thought out and detailed than 90% of what I see on RU-vid. Yay! Someone actually thought of having a light on ahead of time under the dash in the hard to see places. You explain this methodically and without stutter or mumble. Your content is concise, accurate, and extremely helpful. Thanks for the good information.

Excellent video. Too bad Ford engineers failed at making this easy. It can be done easy. Our 2007 Prius this is done without tools and in a matter of seconds. Im dreading this job now, but perhaps dreading it a lot less now that I saw your very informative and well made video.

Excellent video. Many people may know how change the filter but not many people can explain the process in such a clear concise way.

Hey, first off, thanks so much for the detailed video. It made the work on my wife's car go super smoothly. One word of warning, though: Beware of leaves/debris that are resting on the old filter falling down into the blower motor. The motor rests below the filter, and when you pull the filter out it's way too easy to have some debris fall down in there. I vacuumed out what I could, but now when I start up the air I hear a humming noise that was not there before that increases as I turn the fan speed up. My next project is to figure out how to remove the blower motor and clean it out. Some quick searches only turned up results for older Fusion models, so if anyone has seen a video or instructions for how to do this for the current generation, I would be eternally grateful. I also own a '13 Fusion of my own, and I plan to do the air filter swap in it as well. However, my plan with that one is to slide a piece of paper into the chamber under the old filter before pulling it out. Then I can vacuum out any debris and avoid this issue a second time around. Thanks again!

Omg thank you so much. Once I heard I had to take apart my glove box to get to the air filter, instant anxiety. Then I came across your video, that was so well explained, I felt relief. Got it done without any hiccups! So thank you, fords can be so difficult with any little repair or replacement and you made it so easy 👍🏻

Thanks a lot for this video. Takes about 15 minutes to do it. As some commenter warned, slide a cardboard under the old filter before removing it. This will prevent that some debris will fall into the fan. Keep cardboard in while removing old filter and then suck all debris on top of cardboard out with a vacuum. I had to realize that some former owner of my 2013 Fusion did this job before. But he was too lazy putting all the screws back in. The screws on the filter cavity lid were missing as well as the lower left side screw of the glove box. I hate it when people are that lazy.

Thanks for the vid! Just replaced mine. On all my other vehicles it's so easy. You just lower the glove box, and it's right there. This wasn't hard by any means, but Ford (and I'm sure other manufacturers) are really trying to make it so that you have to bring in your vehicle for all routine maintenance.

FANTASTIC! Thank you!!!! Mine is 6 years old now and the dealer wanted $110 to do this... Got the filter from Amazon for under $8... I appreciate the details in this video! I knew I'd have to remove the glove-box but didn't feel like that haasile. DIY today is a must! Thanks again!

Thank you, excellent video! Just bought a 2015 Fusion 2.0 Ecoboost. I've changed the cabin air filters on my Volvo S40 and Mini Cooper, but this is way more involved. My only fear would be breaking that long trim piece that holds the a/c vent as I'm taking it off, seems like you're applying some good pressure. I'm sure if I let the Ford dealer's service dept do it, I'll wind up paying around $200.00 (my estimate) for the part & labor. (Mini dealer wanted to charge me $151.00 a few years ago for a 5 minute job...bought the filter on my own for $20.00 and installed it in 5 minutes thanks to a RU-vid video). Will check back once it's time to change it. Thank you again for helping people save money!

Used your video to change the filter on my 14 fusion for the first time. Thank you so much for saving me money.

Thank you so much for making this video. This is unbelievable that this design was approved by Ford. A consumable item like this should not require tools, period.

WONDERFUL tutorial!!!! Just finished my air filter change alongside this video in 20 minutes. You recommend the EXACT tools for the job. Perfect video - Thank you!!!!

Excellent tutorial, nice camera angles, nice explanations, perfect speed for pause and rewind. I just did my 2015 hybrid using this video. 👍

Excellent instructional. I've used your information...….twice. The dealer wanted 59.95 to change this same filter.Thanks so much !!

Best how to video on you tube. Thanks very much! Guys at the dealership were worthless. This video works perfectly for the 2014 as well.

Thanks Nick...have forgotten how to change cabin filter in my 2013 Fusion Hybrid...your video is very well done and easy to understand...you might consider making other videos as you are very adept and the video quality is excellent.

They don't make anything easy to do these days.

Wow thanks man saved me 65-70$ in parts & labor!! Well detailed!!

this video is helped me Change the cabin air filter on my 2015 Fusion, he explains what to do the whole way through! watched other videos and couldn't get it till i seen this one, Thanks 👍🏻

Thank you so much, Nick! I was able to replace my Ford Fusion 13 cabin filter within 10 mins thanks to your detailed video. I think I just saved $150 👍🏼😂 You’re awesome

Holy crap I changed it for the first time since buying the car brand new in 2013. Needless to say it was NASTY. Thanks for the great vid.

Excellent it worked exactly as you said for my 2015 Fusion Hybrid, saved me lots of labour costs from the dealership, thank you so much. I see the clips for the filter door don’t clip back up again and aren’t needed either the Phillips screw are all that are needed, thanks again that was easy to follow. From Alberta Canada.

Thanks, just completed the job. Anyone can do this if they take their time. The dashboard piece you remove isn't as fragile as I had thought, so don't let that step deter you

If you think this is too involved, just wait until you have to replace a headlight or high/low beam light bulbs. You'll have to partially remove the front bumper. But overall, the 2nd gen Fusion is a great car. No real complaints after 4 years of ownership.

Thank you for this. I watched twice, and changed the filter in my '14 w/no problems. You saved me $$!

KWGuy..excellent video! Very well done! My Fusion has only 7700 miles but I thought I'd give this a try in the next few days. Thanks again for the good professionally done video.

My wife got a new car. I'm now driving her 2014 Ford Fusion back and forth to work (100 miles one way. Gets better MPG than my 2014 Ram) We traded in my 2018 Kia Soul for her Buick Encore. I was always the one to get her car serviced. Nobody ever mentioned the cabin air filter. I assumed it didn't have one. My Ram doesn't, but I could make some cuts and put one in if I really wanted to. The Kia did, and it was really easy to change. If I have to drop the damn glovebox, I'm cutting an access panel out of the back of it to make changing the next filter a lot easier. Say I won't, it's out of warranty and I'm driving it to work until the wheels fall off.

Great video! Thank you for getting right to it and showing the tools you will need. Also lighting was prefect. Strong work!

Thanks for the great instructions and tips. Everything is exactly how it was shown on the video. At 22K mile the filter was pretty nasty on mine....

Thank you for your help and detailed explanation for this filter. We had a model of this car in our store and your video was very helpful. A hug from Brazil to you.

This was an excellent video and explanation. You should go into the business! Thank you so much for taking the time to show others.

An Excellent Video and I changed mine. Thanks a lot. It involved a lot, just to change a cabin filter. If not careful, tabs can brake or screws can be lost. Can be simple as a lots of people mentioned below.

I'll be saving this video for later... I haven't changed mine since I have had my Fusion and I bought it in '14 and it's a '13 so thanks for this video

Best video to watch to replace my filter thanks man!

Awesome video thank you so much! I don’t even want to guess how much time and frustration this saved me.

great video - very helpful when I changed a friend's cabin filter. thanks for posting this!

Awesome video. I am going to be doing this on the weekend. Your instructions are great!

One of the hardest filters to change in the ford family, besides the Fiesta. I do these all the time for the dealer that I work at. Pain in the butt, and half the time, the customers will take these cars to jiffy lube and other places and these (along with the Fiestas) are the ones that I see changed out the least frequent)

unbelievable. I just had mine done. our Saturn Vue takes about 2 minutes to do and no tools!

I love my 2004 lexus. To access the cabin air filter in a 2004 lexus rx330 you just pop off two limiter pins from the glove box door and squeeze 2 tabs and pull to remove cabin air filter tray. Replace the filter on the filter tray and reverse the process.

Excellent video! Advance Auto didn't even have the filter listed in their book so I assumed it didn't have one 😣

Thanks for the detailed instructions. You think they could put a hatch in the back of the glovebox.

Great video. Very helpful. Much harder than it should be, but perfectly do-able if you can turn a screwdriver.

Amazing video. Took me 15 minutes and saved 70$

great video you saved me lots of time and money.

Thank you. Way more intensive than I'd like. This is as bad as changing a headlight bulb. Yikes. I got a 2016 and went looking for it behind the glove box like stated in the owners manual. Now I know why I couldn't find it. I tend to change them yearly and this isn't promising. My Toyota's take a whopping 5 minutes like the older Fusions. Thanks again for posting.

Great vid clear and precise will do my car today. thank you.

Thank you for the video I would have never guessed that is were the filter was. Ford seems to want you to go to the dealership so you can spend a lot of money for something a owner should be able to do sad they have to design things that way.

I really liked your clip.

Excellent video. Probably saved me an hour

Thank you so much for your demonstration 👍🏼

Thank you for the video ill be changing mine tomorrow Great tutorial

Very helpful thank you I'll be sure to link this in the forums I use

2021 just learned something new thanks

I follow your steps man and works like boss thank you for this information 🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️

thank you very much very helpful video I need to change fusion 2013

awesome video. I just ordered mine from rock auto I have 56k miles... after seeing his at 12k I figured it was time for mine!!!! lol.... but hey also forget the lug nuts that come on the fusion they suck... I got after market chrome lug nuts that work great a 19mm actually fits on them. no banging them on with a hammer!!.. (I have the black rims that keep peeling this is the 7th set of black rims they have given me) I know a thing or 2 about taking the rims off now.. I think DP accessories is where I got the lug nuts from and they look a lot better then fords tin plated lug nuts.

Worked on my 2014 FF. Got Fram filters ($45) while picking up groceries at Walmart. Dealership price for cabin, and engine filters plus labor was going to be $80.

Nice job! Well-lit, well-shot, well-explained.

excellent video! thanks for sharing, my doubt is about the air bags in the titanium version, is it the same process????

Great Video. Made my air filter change easy

Excellent, thanks man!!👍👍

Did this to mines today. That shit was really difficult putting back on. Thanks for showing me me how to though

Great video mate! Thank you.

Seems like a pain in the ass just to change the cabin air filter, but thanks for the video! Gonna try it this week.

Great detail, Thanks!

Be careful with those clips at 4:18. Mine snapped right off when I pulled it to the side. I love this car, it's been extremely reliable, but basic maintenance in this car is a monumental pain in the ass. Simply changing the headlight bulbs is a nightmare.

This is a prime example of why my Fusion is my first and last Ford that I will ever own. God! I hate this car company.

Awesome detailed video! 2009 Honda Accord same location 5 seconds to drop in a new one with 0 tools. Smh ford wow

Thank you for your video you made it so easy

Good video! Thanks for sharing 👍

Damn. GM's cabin air filter is also behind the glove box, but you don't have to tear half the car apart to get to it. In fact, you don't need any tools at all. How many of those clips do you think will get broken over time?

Thanks! Tremendously helpful!

Great video

dude you are the best

Thanks for this bro!

great video

fantastic video.. thanks

Great video man. Very helpfull

this video helped tons! not very hard, but kind of annoying how tedious they made it to change, my ac was blowing weak, i had bought the car with about 180k on it. pulled that filter out and it was fucking filthy, don’t think it had ever been changed in its life. no wonder it was blowing weak!

My dealer charge me $65 last year to change out the cab filter. After seeing this video it took me 10 minutes to replacing at. Also I found out the dealer never change the filter in the first place. It was the original filter in it. Shame on you Ford dealee in Collierville, Tn

Excellent video!!

I just bought a 2013 Fusion with about 70k on the dial.... I’m kinda scared to look at the cabin filter simply because the previous owner didn’t seem like she really knew how to take care of her vehicle. Good to know how to get at it though.

Subaru makes it so much easier. Pop the side panel, drop the door to the box and boom right there. No tools needed, no dismantling parts of the dash to fight with alignment.

Why did they make the process so much more involved? Changing the cabin air filter on my 2011 Fusion is a 5-minute job, just release the fastener inside the glove box and the air filter is right there. This alone will keep me from trading up for a newer Fusion anytime soon.

Good Job On This Video

Thank you!

Awesome info. TYVM.

GREAT VIDEO!

This is why I buy Honda or Toyota. This process is much more difficult than it has to be.

You are my hero!

Hello. Thank you for your video, would you so kind, tell me please parameter of the filter, how much centimeters of a/b/h ?

Thank you Very Much, i have signed in just to thank you :)

I havnt had my filter replaced since ownership of my fusion. And ive but 40k miles on it. But turning on air / heat / AC smells like @$$.... So i guess its time.... Off to the hardware store. Thanks for the video

Thank you Very much !

Great video and an easy fit. Saved me some $$

When are you post to change the filter..?

Well yesterday no air was coming from the vents and today it's perfectly normal blowing like new . my professional mechanic friens said it's not the filter . it's the relay or blower motor 15 Fusion SE 2.5

Thanks 😘

Thanks