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I just bought a replacement cabin filter from the local MB dealer.
212-830-03-18-90
It for some reason did NOT come w/ the piece of sliding plastic that locks the filter in its place. (see the "H" shape white section in photo below)
Is this normal?
yep save the mounting bar as the device is sold as a seperate part----- 212 831 03 00, but you got screwed as 03 18 in off line epc has the cover included, if current someone owes you the mounting bar aka cover
Thanks for the info.
I'll try to re-use the existing bracket, and if that doesn't work I'll swing by the dealer and ask for the cover.
BTW, this is the first time I've seen a cabin filter w/ hard plastic housing...all the other cars I've had (Subaru, Acura, and Porsche) all came with the "normal" soft material only.
Just replaced the filter yesterday.
Took about 30 - 40 minutes start to finish.
Most of the time was spent on fighting that piece of plastic to lock properly
Had to lay in an awkward position to use all of my strength to align the tabs and the locking piece together.
The steps are very straight forward, but that last step was super frustrating.
I was able to replace filters on Japanese cars in less than 5 minutes, no tools required.
Can anyone tell me why Germans engineered this simple task to be so difficult?!
Just replaced the filter yesterday.
Took about 30 - 40 minutes start to finish.
Most of the time was spent on fighting that piece of plastic to lock properly
Had to lay in an awkward position to use all of my strength to align the tabs and the locking piece together.
The steps are very straight forward, but that last step was super frustrating.
I was able to replace filters on Japanese cars in less than 5 minutes, no tools required.
Can anyone tell me why Germans engineered this simple task to be so difficult?!
This is built for service professionals to utilize their skills. There's a specialist trained for every procedure.
Troubleshooting and effective repairs require top skills.
By replacing the cabin filter you prevented having your fan ballast overheat to fail. Everything is purposely well designed.
Just replaced the filter yesterday.
Took about 30 - 40 minutes start to finish.
Most of the time was spent on fighting that piece of plastic to lock properly
Had to lay in an awkward position to use all of my strength to align the tabs and the locking piece together.
The steps are very straight forward, but that last step was super frustrating.
I was able to replace filters on Japanese cars in less than 5 minutes, no tools required.
Can anyone tell me why Germans engineered this simple task to be so difficult?!
I saw a post where a guy cut the locking piece in half, so that he could lock each half separately and not have to get both pieces to align at the same time. It works just as well, but takes way less time to do.
I elected to just fight it like you did, but I was marginally quicker at getting it.
I had the same issue, except I gave up on using the tab that came with the replacement OE filter (aftermarket but still OE.) and used the original Benz tab that worked better.
I've replaced my cabin filter four times now, various different manufacturers, sometimes the filter doesn't seem to fit in my '13 but slides right in to my '12 , always wondered about this,
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you're hilarious
Cabin air filter locking tab
