2013 GMC Sierra 1500 - Cabin filter help request

[eddo]

@George_San_Jose1

@eddo

if it has been replaced before, you won’t need to cut out the cover. Just unscrew the cover and remove it

cutting off the cover looks to be pretty awkward procedure, easy for diy’er to cut themself; just curious why that’s necessary on only the originally installed filter? Does the manufacturer glue the original one in place?

if you notice in the video, the tech in the video did not take an old filter out. Many of these trucks did not come with a cabin air filter, but you can add one. Thus the procedure of cutting the old “cover” off, adding a filter, and securing a cover to keep the filter in place.