I noticed a mildew smell in my car and it was the Cabin Air Filter.
The dealer wanted big bucks to replace. I purchased 3 for my other Hyundai's and put them in.
The Elantra and the Elantra Touring were easy. A 5 min job. The Tiburon did not look easy. I put it back together and will check some sites for support.
There were a lot of leaves and dirt on the filter.
BTW I purchased them off Ebay and got them in 3 days!

 

Thanks for the heads up! Just picked up a filter for my ET on ebay....seems like a MUCH more cost effective option than having the money grabbing dealer change it....

 

Well, since you didn't tell us what year Sonata you have, I had to earch your other posts to find out. I see you claim to have a 2000 Sonata in another thread.

The cabin air filter is located in a slot between the blower motor and the air conditioning evaporator. It is accessed by removing the glove box and glove box housing. The service interval is 7,500 miles or 1 year, whichever comes first. The part number is 97619-38100


REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE:

• Open the glove box and remove the 2 rubber stop blocks from each side of the glove box.
  • First pull the stop block toward you (1).
  • Then pull the front edge in toward the inside of the glove box and pull it out to remove it (2).
  

• Remove the glove box damper by gently pulling the mounting pin out, then feed the mounting pin through the hole. Hold/support the glove box to prevent it from swinging wide open when the damper is removed. Lower the glove box.
  
• Remove the 4 mounting screws for the glove box.

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  • There are 2 cap screws with 10 mm heads (1).
  • The other 2 screws are phillips head sheet metal screws (2).
  

• Remove the glove box and set aside.

• For Santa Fe and XG only:Remove the cover on the right side of the glove box. This will provide access to the mounting screws of the glove box and housing.

• Remove the glove box housing.
  • Remove the 2 Phillips screws (1) on each side of the housing.
  • Remove the nut (2) on the stud behind the glove box latch.
  • Unplug the glove box lamp.
  • Slide out the housing and set i t aside.
  

• Move the lower dash panel out of the way by disconnecting the plastic lock tabs and pushing the panel down enough to gain access to the cabin air filter access door.

• After pushing the lower cover away, you now have access to the filter door and filter.

• Use your finger to pull the lock tab down and toward you to remove the filter access door.

• CAREFULLY remove the air filter by sliding it straight out. Rough handling of the filter during removal may spill debris into the evaporator case or onto the floor.

• Install a new cabin air filter. Insure the arrow points in the direction of airflow (arrow points toward evaporator).

• Reassemble as follows:
  • Reinstall the filter cover.
  • Reinstall the lower dash panel.
  • Reinstall the glove box and connect the glove box lamp.
  • Reinstall the glove box, damper and rubber stops.
  • Reinstall the right side dash panel cover (XG and Santa Fe).

 

I just bought an activated charcoal filter (RA97) for my elantra touring from rock auto and it does not fit. It would appear that the elantra and elantra touring use different sized cabin air filters (they list it as fitting both but it is 1/4" too narrow and 1" too deep).

Does anybody know where you can buy an activated charcoal cabin filter for the elantra touring?

 

Hello All,

Newby here. Just purchased my second Santa Fe. My wife has a 2010,
and I found a barely used 2008 with 18K on it. Love 'em.
Anyway going over everything in the vehicle decided to look at the cabin filters and, yikes, they were dirty. Went on line to check prices and NAPA
auot parts had best prices. WIX filters, the 08 was $13.69 and the 010 was $16.50. Much better than the $59.00 plus tax that the dealer wanted to put in just one!!! Hope to get alot more info from this site and pass along some as well.

Ronster

 

I don't know where you guys are getting these $59 prices for cabin air filters. I get real Hyundai OEM cabin air filters for about $17 online.

 

The $59.00 was the quote the service tech gave me. They most likely
charge for install as well as part cost, even though I had other work done there.

 

got 1 for my 2010 touring on ebay for $10 and installed in 5 minutes thanks to the great instructions i found on this forum