cabin filter
 

On my XC70 my2006 is the cabin filter on the drivers side or the passenger side?

passenger under glove box

Just changed mine, if you look on YouTube there are a couple of videos that show you how to do it. Either side of the footwell light you'll find a torx screw. Undo these, remove the trim. Cabin filter lives in there, accessed by a lid fixed with four more torx screws. Two closest to you are easy, to get to the other two you'll need to employ the services of a gymnast.

For the two rear torx screws I recommend a common bit adaptor for a drill.

These are the things which have a 1/4" shank for the drill's chuck and a socket to accept 1/4" hex drive sockets of every description.

Wrap it in rubber bands for grip and twist away. Don't strong-arm these torx screws as they're going into very soft plastic.

Or use one of those flexible drive things. Or a torx bit directly in a small ratchet, that's what my gymnast used.

Kira, I'm sorry that I didn't reply to your message, I'm not worthy of being allowed that privilege yet.

I looked at a YouTube of the filter being changed and it's on the opposite side? Maybe it's to do with lhd/rhd?
Anyhow, thanks all, I'm going to try and get in there now, wish my safe return!
I have a habit of getting stuck in car interiors!!!

Just for the record, wow that filter needed changing!
When leaves and debris started falling out I knew it was time....
The old filter was beyond minging, it was a pattern one but I couldn't tell if it was black with charcoal or dirt!
I've used a cheaper non carbon one but I would include it as a job at oil change time now.
Air con seems to work better now as well!
Bonus.

Sometimes they are entirely neglected.

I respectfully recommend to anyone who does this job to reach in and clean as much dirt as you can from the chamber (for lack of a better word).

It is said that the filter's job is more to protect the A/C evaporator coil than provide us with filtered air. They should just say it's there for both.

Putting rags on thin sticks etc. is what I do because pine needles fall into the air intake and the sap is said to be acid and acid eats holes in aluminum heater/evaporator cores. The pine needles don't necessarily get all the way down to the filter.

Just sayin', do as complete a job as you can.

In the old 850's there was an available frame for the air intake in the cowl which would accommodate a filter. I thought this was a better idea because it stopped the dirt before it got into the car.

Be aware that there's a thick slot and a thin slot, so whilst it is entirely possible to fit a thin one into a thick slot you may have to use a lot of force and generally destroy it until you realise how stupid you've been. OE filter is thick, BTW

Ask me how I know :)

I didn't have any trouble, the one that came out was the same as the one I put back, just slid in and had a sort of bendy bit on th bottom which put it under slight load when the cover was refitted.
I always thought they were first fitted as pollen filters?