The engineer should be forced to install the filter.
@dillonh321
4 жыл бұрын
The engineer who designed this cabin air filter should be shot.
@dgriffin6074
4 жыл бұрын
@@dillonh321 Or a more appropriate punishment: make a mask out of that abominably filthy cabin filter and force him to breathe through that for a few hours. That's what drivers and passengers had to do.
@Chuck59ish
4 жыл бұрын
Like I've always said, all automotive engineers should have to work on the cars they design to make sure they can be worked on.
@Motive_Tube
2 жыл бұрын
If only.
@mmiller1188
4 жыл бұрын
I think the fine folks at Nissan expected that to be scrapped due to transmission failure a long time before that cabin air filter ever would have needed replacement
@zech007
4 жыл бұрын
When you intentionally build for right hand drive only but then realized you also need to make left hand drive vehicle too.
@72hourbob61
4 жыл бұрын
The engineer that designed the air filter had a brother that designed the crap CVT transmission in that SUV.
@paulterhaar4862
4 жыл бұрын
Just like those cars where you have to remove parts just to change a bulb.
@daNdyPM
4 жыл бұрын
Hah yeah... the Renault Modus is a nice example amongst others.
@justinfisher5175
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah glad my rogue I don't have to remove anything for a bulb
@robertknight4672
Жыл бұрын
I used to have a Honda Element and the air intake was actually in the way of the driver's side headlight bulb. However Honda actually designed front portion of that air intake to be swept off to give you a greater access to the bulb.
@vanceblosser2155
4 жыл бұрын
I checked and they revised the setup in 2014, the access was moved to the right side and can be done without removing anything else and it's not obstructed. So I guess they got complaints...
@The-Rectifier
4 жыл бұрын
The joy of beeing a mechanic....and the shit complety starts, when a car is develop for a RHD ore LHD. That's mostly ending in a real horrible result. 🤬🤬🤬
@blackscotydog
4 жыл бұрын
engineer says hold my crack pipe.
@godzilla12325
4 жыл бұрын
Do you ever swear? Id have used the full swearing dictionary on this job 😂
@Rico_G
4 жыл бұрын
Had an '07 Sentra with the same setup. By the time I got around to it, the heater core was clogged.
@shug831
4 жыл бұрын
Just thought, Japan is right-hand drive. So they have made a left-hand version for the USA but forgot to change the access for the filter!
@ausmartin1
4 жыл бұрын
Yes it is all about the $$ that is why Nissan is where they now are in Sales. Alot of car manufacturers do alternate driving sides badly when it could all be engineered sweet for both.
@jasondriver44
4 жыл бұрын
I will never complain about working on my car again!! That’s absolutely insane, what was the designer thinking????
@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav
4 жыл бұрын
It's probably a result of the car being designed fog right hand drive
@RideCamVids
4 жыл бұрын
Thats the result of having too much Renault in your Nissan.
@marksandstrom4248
4 жыл бұрын
a not-quite-so-bad example, ~2010 Mazda3 and Mazda5, which have cabin filter in 2 pieces side-by-side one above the other. The first piece is slid in then pushed upwards which you must hold in place while you slide in the 2nd piece below it.
@edgarbeat275
4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA yes I did one once.
@vanceblosser2155
4 жыл бұрын
I agree about it being a PITA to change, but keep in mind that in Japan the gas pedal would not have been there, it would have been on the right side. My wife has a 2009 Cube and the filter on that is accessed by pulling the glovebox (just a couple of screws) and it's right there. I wonder if they provided a right hand access to this on the Rogue behind the glovebox?
@fritzkuhne2055
4 жыл бұрын
was wondering too, japanese engineering makes more sense usually
@RPGeert
4 жыл бұрын
In my 2004 Nissan Micra it's on the right side. In a RHD configuration the clutch pedal would be in the way. But being a left hander, the complete glove box has to be removed. 😁 Fun times, just replaced it last month
@pleasedontwatchthese9593
4 жыл бұрын
It was friday and they just notices they frogot the air filter when making the car. "quick place it somewhere, the game is on"
@davidbraun2989
4 жыл бұрын
Just a stupid question - I promise I'm not trying to be a goofball . Can't you get to that filter access from the right side ? Even our '07 Cobalt is easier !
@chorton38305
4 жыл бұрын
No wonder Scotty Kilmer always says Nissan's are junk!
@72hourbob61
4 жыл бұрын
When it comes to there CVT transmissions they are. Just finished replacing one today. When you buy a Nissan you need to keep $3,500.00 in the bank / or glove box at all times to replace it. When dealers keep transmission Assy. in stock its not good. The dealer here tells me they keep 2 of the type I just installed in stock at all times.
@kimkiriniki9433
4 жыл бұрын
@72+Hour Bob: Our '01Nissan Micra 1.3 CVT still drives perfectly,
@k.j.hastings
13 күн бұрын
2012 Ford Fiesta had a dumb design. One Phillips screw to remove the passenger side counter console cover, then you had to unclip a wire harness. Then 5 T20 screws, two of which you had to reach up and under the dash for. Any part that is supposed to have regular maintenance should be easy to reach.
@Matty_________________________
Жыл бұрын
Even with the gas pedal off it’s still a nightmare
@denniswhite166
4 жыл бұрын
At risk of sounding dumb - do all cars have a cabin filter?
@shawnbarry5553
4 жыл бұрын
Most newer vehicles do, especially ones made in the past 20 years or so.
@denniswhite166
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks @@shawnbarry5553 now I gotta find out where mine is on a 2004 Chrysler Sebring and replace it.
@michaelXXLF
4 жыл бұрын
Fritz Kühne You're joking, right?
@goclunker
4 жыл бұрын
NO. Especially when it comes to base models.
@dillonh321
4 жыл бұрын
@jason9022 Sebrings are sexy mmmkay.
@martijnkosters9024
4 жыл бұрын
I raise you my old 05 Fiesta, same spot with added Torx bolts!
@robbertsprezzatura7220
4 жыл бұрын
Will do mine in some days, will get all my tools ready as I see.
@sekopiski
4 жыл бұрын
It's even worse on Qashqais with climate control because there is a servo motor in front of the filter access panel which you have to remove first. And then you need to align plastic gears correctly when you reinstall the servo motor.
@PeteJacksonPapasVlogs
4 жыл бұрын
The heater core has better access than the filter!
@redneckbryon
4 жыл бұрын
So much easier if they put the access from the passenger side foot well or in the obvious location behind the glove box.
@aarond23
4 жыл бұрын
4 hr job at the dealership....
@ausmartin1
4 жыл бұрын
Nissan does LHD🤣 in Australia on RHD this would be easy - but they don't sell them here. On the Chevy Volt or locally here RHD Holden Volt they are behind the accessible glove box ... ONLY problem I have is the dealer never inspects or replaces even when paying the big bucks. So DIY as I have them at home and not worth the hassle to drive back to dealer 🤣
@douglasfur3808
4 жыл бұрын
Designed to be installed into the air handling unit before that assembly is installed in the car. Cars aren't designed for servicing by the owner but a service tech installing magic OEM parts.
@robertknight4672
Жыл бұрын
That looks worse than the one in my grandmother's 2001 Lexus ES300 which is also on the driver's side.
@GriffXJ
Жыл бұрын
This one is pretty bad, but I suggest you check out the 2nd gen Chevy Cruze filter replacement procedure. I had to remove 4 trim panels and undo 5 bolts to get the glovebox out and get access to the filter. Took 45mins for something that should take 5
@davepike6170
4 жыл бұрын
Shame, shame, shame on NISSAN for the placement of the CAF, that's thoroughly stupid!
@jefferyb304
4 жыл бұрын
It seems like they could have made some very minor changes and had that slide out the passenger side of the console.
@Mr96er
2 жыл бұрын
They did
@mericanpunk7432
3 жыл бұрын
my moms car had a bee one time in the cabin filter lol
@martinvickers1954
Жыл бұрын
Probably on that side because it's Japanese so originally designed as right hand drive therefore it would be easy to change as that would be the passenger side
@Adam-wr2rg
Ай бұрын
I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find this piece of wisdom here. Thanks for taking time to write it, so I don't feel guilty for not doing it!
@davemcguigan218
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe a Nissan dealership would charge $100 for labor! Great example of piss poor engineering. Wonder if there are any other Nissan engineering nightmare's?
@michaelXXLF
4 жыл бұрын
Placement also makes it sooo easy to vacuum out all those other accumulated leaves and dirt and grime. NOT! In my car I just open the hood andv here it is in broad day light. Change takes about one minute.
@joelchils
4 жыл бұрын
Nissan does some questionable engineering sometimes.
@marksandstrom4248
4 жыл бұрын
it used to be worse - my US-model 1985 VW Jetta GLI, since it had factory A/C and power steering, along with the hot-rod-engine oil cooler, altogether a combination probably rare at the time in Germany, had an oil filter which could not be unscrewed from above, but could not be removed from below.
@marksandstrom4248
4 жыл бұрын
@jason9022 my oil filter issue is a very clear memory - I owned the car for 3 years and 50,000 miles and did all its oil changes myself. The oil filter very definitely would not fit through the gap below between the engine and the radiator, it had to be unscrewed first then lifted out from above. 1985 was the first year of Gen 2 Golf/Jetta in the USA. I think that the A/C and the power steering were part of the problem, but that part of my memory is foggier. Are you sure your comments apply to 1985 with AC and PS?
@marksandstrom4248
4 жыл бұрын
@jason9022 I was only the owner of the car, I'm a (retired) engineer who always had a desk job. As for oil filters, my comment applies equally to the OEM filter that VW installed on my car new in Germany. It was an end-of-MY1985 model (WVWGB0161FW811016) delivered new to me in Sept 1985. The A/C was factory OEM. Power steering I remember being optional but maybe that was only the base 1.8 8V 85hp Jetta and maybe the GLI had standard PS, I can't remember. My car had the super-duper 1.8 8V 100hp engine and close-ratio 5sp gearbox just like the same year GTI Golf. I can easily imagine that VW made running changes to mitigate this issue as quickly as they could, but I don't have any knowledge about that. The Jetta GLI was pretty much the same car as mine in 1986-87 until the 16V engine came along.
@gafrers
4 жыл бұрын
Most modern cars have stupidly complex and impossible to reach Cabin filters, often behind panels that get scratched just looking at them.
@VladimirRskovski
4 жыл бұрын
That's nothing, in my megane you have to literally take the glove box apart take all the trim out and then have aceas to it
@2810Mad
4 жыл бұрын
Did you really put it in like that, or was that a joke?
@spectra_3005
2 жыл бұрын
Nissan quest is 150% worse. Unbolt the entire glovebox, drop it down, remove the trim that goes between the footwell and the console, reach up into the middle of the dash to unscrew 4 Phillips heads. Unbelievable I tell you.
@MrFastFox666
4 жыл бұрын
If that were my car, I'd rip the old filter out and never put a new one in.
@victorpelini5995
4 жыл бұрын
You should try Volvo 240 heater fan job :) The whole car is built around the fan ahah
@bazasulli4975
4 жыл бұрын
It looks like the same design used on the RHD Renault Clio 4 or Dacia Sandero. I think the 3 worst pollen filters I've done is in a Ford C-MAX 1, Nissan juke and Dacia Duster.
@daNdyPM
4 жыл бұрын
New FIAT 500L? On LHD, you gotta unscrew the whole glove box Zz
@williamcarson423
4 жыл бұрын
This was designed for rhd car that's why it's there
@goclunker
4 жыл бұрын
Why not unbolt the pedal assembly and move it out of the way?
@spicyroo4429
4 жыл бұрын
The Ford Fiesta is just as bad or worse because you have to unscrew panels lol
@aloofgalaxy2781
3 жыл бұрын
Worst location ever same as the Sentra of that Gen
@PapiDoesIt
4 жыл бұрын
It's a little easier from the passenger side.
@panbaagan6495
4 жыл бұрын
Its the same like in Renault
@mccrackenphillip
4 жыл бұрын
I know what u mean what were they on at least u didn't have to pull the dash last year I passed my Auto HVAC class I am now certified to handle refrigerant
@jusb1066
4 жыл бұрын
Cabin filter fiat 500 with rhd just as bad as it would have been passenger well in Italy, in UK clutch pedal in way
@rogerhudson9732
4 жыл бұрын
When companies design a RHD option for a LHD car they always scrimp on the work, like not moving the Renault Zoe fuse box so it makes the RHD glove box stupid. On the 2CV they just left the handbrake in the LHD position so you end up doing a reach and underhand grip.
@daNdyPM
4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerhudson9732 Oh really?... I didn't know that fact about the 2CV lol Thank you^^
@enr3870
4 жыл бұрын
It’s even worse on the 2014-20 Rogue. It’s under the glovebox but you need to be a contortionist to change it.
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