re: Cabin Air Filter Replacement Procedure Narrative
Thanks for the write-up, I'll do the fan cleaning later, but did replace the filter as it was finally a nice enough day to do it in the drive with sunlight; the filter was starting to smell and just didn't have time to do everything before we head out for the evening.
I do know a phillips wasn't what mine called for, but a star tip. Either way, the old one was pretty dirty and when I did the normal man thing and smelled it, I said "yep, that's the smell".
I'm just glad I can still bend my body the way it needed because getting the new one in was a bit tough as it doesn't have the plastic body the OEM did.