wow that is awesome, they designed it this way so when the blower over works itself you have to replace the whole thing, that filter is not an easy access so most likely no one will change it
I called freightliner. The guy told me there’s 4 screws that drop the ac systems to access the filter. Or. Take out the blower motor and you can see the filter thru the blower motor area. Gd luck. It should be replaced once a year