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DIY: How to Replace Change Cabin Air Filter Ford Mustang Mach-E Written Guide with Pictures

written 3/17/24, updated 5/9/26

Overview

What

Replacing/changing cabin air filter for a 2023/2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E

Why

Because it’s easy enough to do by yourself and to save money. Cost adds up!

Materials and Cost

ITEMPRICE
Purolator Boss PBC31449$26.43 (Amazon)
Or if you’d like to stick with OEM:
Motorcraft Cabin Air Filter (Part #: FP100A)*$30.56 (Ford)
or
$20.97 (PartsGeek)
*According to Ford, Part FP100A is interchangeable with FP100 and FP99

Time and Effort

Time: 5-10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Process

Tip: It’s best to be parked where you can comfortably open your passenger side door wide

Empty Glove Compartment

  • Take the stuff out of the glove compartment

Lower the Compartment

Remove Stop Arm

  • With the glove compartment open, look to the right side and locate the stop arm. Use a finger to pull it until it pops off
POP!

Press the Tabs

  • Then press the tabs on either side of the glove compartment to unhook the box
Tabs on either side
Close-up

  • It will swing downwards. Just leave it there. It doesn’t need to come out.

Note: If you didn’t unload the contents, everything gets dumped on the floor…

Open the Filter Cover

  • On either side of the uppermost, solid plastic, rectangular door are 2 tabs that keep it in place. Push aside (outwards) the plastic tabs until both sides free from the little tab. Be careful not to break anything!!

Hint: you may need to push aside any impeding wiring bundles.

The right was easy, but the left required two hands: one to push, and one to pull the filter door down

Here’s a close up of the left-side tab from my 2023 Mach-E. The wiring bundle butts up against the tab, making it difficult to remove. The 2024 was much easier without the wiring in the way as much

  • Push up or aside any wayward wiring bundles and reach your fingers (or a plastic pry tool) up and around the two sky-facing tabs. Pull carefully down to open the door

Warning: Be careful of the metal frame! It’s sharp!

Remove Old Filter

  • There it is! Just reach in, pull out the old air filter, and note the direction of the airflow arrow
Ta Da!

Place New Filter

  • Compared to the Motorcraft filter, the Purolator is much stiffer. Just position and slide it in

All Steps in Reverse

  • Close the filter door and press until you hear/feel the click on both sides

  • Pull the glove compartment back up into position until the side tabs click into place
  • Replace the stop arm on the side of the compartment by just giving it a nice push
Position
PUSH!
Boom!

  • Put your stuff back in

All done!

YOU DID IT! Super easy, AND you saved yourself some money!

How To Change Install 2022 Ford Maverick Cabin Air Filter

10/09/2022

Cost: $20.65 + tax & $9.97 shipping from here (ended up being a tiny but less expensive than buying from Ford which is, at this writing, out of stock anyways)

Time: Under ideal conditions, about 5 minutes.

Materials: Motorcraft Cabin Air Filter (FP99)

Installation

The glove box

On the side of the glove box when opened, is a plastic stop arm. You need to pull it off…This was, by far, the most difficult part of this installation because the car is new, and all of the plastic is very stiff. The normal method would be to just hook your finger in there and pull. In this case, I needed pliers but also a microfiber cloth to give it more contact (bonus, that reduces damage to the piece).

Plastic arm
Normal method would be to just slide in a finger and pull

So, if you’re having trouble, brace the glove compartment with your knees, wrap the little top of the split head with the microfiber (or whatever), squeeze with the pliers, and slide the arm off. Geez. Here’s a closer look at the offending mechanism. Now that it’s been done once, it is much easier to do for the future.

On either side of the glove compartment are nice, useful tabs. Just depress on both sides and pull the glove compartment out.

Two tabs on either side
Close up
Just push in on both sides and pull the glove compartment out

The rectangular box is what we’re looking for. To the left and the right are 2 tabs that hold the lid in place over the housing opening. Push them apart to free the tabs being held there. Normally, you would just pull the two tabs on top, and it would come out, but the plastic is extremely stiff having never been used, so be careful not to break the pieces (I did that in my old car D:) and pull the cover down.

An up close of the side tab

Ta da!

Here is a side by side of the new and old. Mimic the direction of the airflow on the original filter. Ford has the labeled on the plastic for you, also.

Mhmm. It was time.

From here on out, just go backwards to replace everything: close the filter lid, hook the hinges into their slots, push the glove compartment up until the tabs lock in place, and then replace the stop arm.

Make sure those hinges are placed in properly!

The one important thing to remember is to make sure that the 3 hinges are properly seated. If they’re not, then the compartment won’t close smoothly. One of mine weren’t clicked in right and closing the compartment was difficult and rough.

You are DONE and breathing much cleaner air.