Highly recommend using Kool-It evaporator coil cleaner when swapping out the air filters. It’s the same product that service centers use when they do the AC system clean and air filter swap.
This might be mentioned in another comment, but you do NOT need to remove the speaker. Even if you can’t get the connector out, once the foot well light is disconnected it is easy enough to work around the dangling panel and replace the filters.
Bro I got the same filter like 2 weeks ago and didn’t realize the car used 2 filters 😂 so now I gotta open the panel back up and swap out the second filter
@@Gjeebs Liked your video. Went to the web site, but didn't see filters for a 2021 Model Y, thoughts? Also, I don't think you have a front license plate installed, but here in CA we need one. Can you recommend one that you would use if you had to. Thanks
@@dapperdave9763 not Gjeebs but I use the snapplate by everyamp and I would def recommend it. It clips on to the bottom grill so it doesn’t mess with the paint at all and is detachable. Check it out, you might like it too
I live a block from the beach in FL where the humidity is always 80+. Had the same problem with my BMW 5 Series. Mechanic told me to always use recirculate. It worked. Now that I have a Tesla M3LR, I'm doing the same thing. So far it works. Fresh air is overrated. You won't run out of O2. But if you wife is like Jamie or mine, you'll just piss them off.... :-)
The kit I bought from tesbros has a coil cleaner too. Worked really well for mine. I think that smell is from the factory insulation or something but it got rid of it.
People forget this filter! My used Ford Focus Electric was sold to me with a filter full of black mold that made my wife sick until I found and changed it! I took it to Ford and they said they would check from then on for used cars!
Thank you! I’ve been slowly buying what you recommend. I bought the hydrosilex, floor mats, trunk liner and been so happy. Slowly collecting things. I’m thinking of the seat liners. Thoughts where do I buy those? I also took the car to rural Minnesota from Colorado and it did great!!
I’m wondering if the filters reduce the airflow? I had bought another brand for my Model 3 and my car got really hot inside (I live in Orlando). I ended up going back to the Tesla OEM filter
I have to ask when you go into the app on your phone under climate does your interior show up in white??? Mine doesn't....shows up black. No biggie just wanted to ask.
Thanks Gjeebs. Had tesla do this process for me a few months ago when they were onsite for something else. There is also a spray that helps remove the dreaded wet dog tesla AC smell . Product is called Cool-it and restores that factory fresh AC smell. Would of been cool to see that also done in your video but in retrospect that may of resulted in more UA-cam banning due to the adult language .. ;> thanks man!
@@freddrake2825 I had it done and was around $90, definitely not worth paying Tesla to do it. Now I replace my own filters and while I replace them I use “Kool-It” evaporator coil cleaner to get rid of the mildew/mold smell. It’s the same stuff Tesla service center uses and cost about $16 on Amazon.
@@illumineddiie Thanks for your generous reply. I’ve only had my model Y for a month, and I’m hesitant to start prying the panels off of the inside of the car, but this video and your input encourages me to try it when the time comes.
@@freddrake2825 you’re welcome! And yeah just take your time and follow the video step by step, at first it would take me quite a while to clean out my AC system but now I get it all done in about 30mins.
Please, please Dr Gjeebs.....I can't figure out why you are changing that filter? If that needs to be changed periodically, doesn't the Tesla service folks do that for us? I would never go to that much tedious work. I would just take it to Tesla and tell them to change my filters. I am more interested in does it make a diff????
This is really funny. When you had your Focus ST, I bought my Focus ST Wagon new and looked for cool content about it on YT (thats how I found you). When you moved on to your M2, at the same time I randomly also bought a 2016 BMW 3 series wagon (320d Touring F31)... Now I see that you have a Tesla Model Y, where I moved to a Tesla Model 3 last year december. So in june I will get my Model S - when do you change?🤣 I just thought WTF, so many similarities. When you also work in healthcare IT, then you're somehow my american clone!🤣🤣🤣 Cheers from germany, your followers are based worldwide 😎
You didn’t show the part that was the biggest pain in my ass. Getting to that damn screw that’s in the plate covering the filters. If they would’ve put the screw at the bottom it would be so much easier to get to.
Dude: NFW would I replace those filters in my Model Y. I think the Musky air made you high. I’d gladly pay Tesla to do that. Recipe for disaster if I tried that.
Hey so quick question my 10.3k mile model y got the funky smell and I’m currently in the middle of changing the filter. Problem is the old filter looks brand new. Doesn’t even smell at all. Is there something else I need to do? I even got the sprayer cleaner thing.
They definitely are not higher grade. You will go back to oem trust me. I have been there. The original filters are German made. I am sure this is China junk.
Hi..big fan of your videos. Quick question...i have had my M3 since Sept 2020..about a month a go or so, i started noticing a strange smell coming from the a/c vents. I was told it might be the filters..but according to Tesla's manual u are supposed to change the filters every 2yrs. I only have about 6250 miles on my car. Any insight would be most appreciated.
The Model 3 is almost the same if not exactly the same from what I could see. Elon doesn't have a basement in the Model 3 so maybe a little safer overall. I will say for those that aren't in climates with only 30% humidity, you should also clean the evaporator while you are doing this. It's basically just a spray on foam in a can that kills any mold or mildew. I made the mistake of replacing my filters and not doing this and mine still smells of taint. I'd quote my favorite line from this video but honestly you can expect me to choose. When everyone is driving EVs you should switch to being a stand up comic.
It is a frustrating job (not difficult). A bad design by Tesla. I have changed these twice on Tesla in 38k miles. This a good 20+ min job if you have done it couple of times, first time it will take you a while. In a "normal" car, it is mostly 3-5 mins tops.
@@Gjeebs Awesome. Thanks. Btw, I like the content you put out. Especially appreciate your honest take on the good and bad with both your Tesla MY and the Ford Mach-e.
Guessing you’ve never changed an air filter in a gmc sierra. It was design where you can never change the air filter and requires you to break it in order to change it.
@@SnowManson BRZ is similar to my 2018 Accord, took me maybe 15 min to change out the filter behind the glove box. That Model Y filter looked much more complicated 😂
I feel this is a Tesla design fault to cause the smell, they should allow to charge me $140 to fix a problem that they created. Non of my ICE car ever have this problem.
not a quality filter. Tesla OEM is MAN filter Germany. You can tell that the MAN filter has more filter material packed in than this. It's a pain to replace too. Get OEM filters....
More complicated than I imagined. Feedback on this video, actually show how to do it, not just talk about the process - show the viewers. Also, if you are given a device to test air quality, educate yourself so you can do “science” instead of saying you don’t know what any of it means. Not too hard.
Aftermarket parts are usually worse than OEM. I would bet that HEPA King filters are made offshore and have zero documentation regarding air flow. The Tesla OEM filters are German made and engineered for excellent air flow inside the cabin.
thanks for sharing, looks more time consuming than typical replacements inside glove box area
Highly recommend using Kool-It evaporator coil cleaner when swapping out the air filters. It’s the same product that service centers use when they do the AC system clean and air filter swap.
Any video you suggest that shows how to do this?
@@Nerdhaven here’s one that can help ua-cam.com/video/xe0Ei_g6fAA/v-deo.html
@@Nerdhaven Just spray it inside the same area where the filters sit, Let it sit air off for about 20 minutes, then run the air for 10 mins.
This might be mentioned in another comment, but you do NOT need to remove the speaker. Even if you can’t get the connector out, once the foot well light is disconnected it is easy enough to work around the dangling panel and replace the filters.
Looks like it was filtering out those microwaveable sausages and hard boiled eggs smells. Lol
The danger of "pre blow out"
Bro I got the same filter like 2 weeks ago and didn’t realize the car used 2 filters 😂 so now I gotta open the panel back up and swap out the second filter
Liked the video while it was free. Thanks Gjeebs
Smart man
@@Gjeebs Liked your video. Went to the web site, but didn't see filters for a 2021 Model Y, thoughts? Also, I don't think you have a front license plate installed, but here in CA we need one. Can you recommend one that you would use if you had to. Thanks
@@dapperdave9763 not Gjeebs but I use the snapplate by everyamp and I would def recommend it. It clips on to the bottom grill so it doesn’t mess with the paint at all and is detachable. Check it out, you might like it too
@@dapperdave9763 the one for 2021 is the 2020- now filter
I live a block from the beach in FL where the humidity is always 80+. Had the same problem with my BMW 5 Series. Mechanic told me to always use recirculate. It worked. Now that I have a Tesla M3LR, I'm doing the same thing. So far it works. Fresh air is overrated. You won't run out of O2. But if you wife is like Jamie or mine, you'll just piss them off.... :-)
Thanks for the video. Just so you know, other people have used a foam evaporator cleaner before installing the new filters.
The kit I bought from tesbros has a coil cleaner too. Worked really well for mine. I think that smell is from the factory insulation or something but it got rid of it.
What a terrible design to get to these. I wonder what it's like on the new center console.
Here’s a thumb screw you can buy to make changing the filter much easier.
We get the same smell in our 2016 Prius. It's worse when we drive in the desert. Always know it's time to change the filters by that horrible smell.
Am I the only one that watches all of his videos just to look at him lol
Yea i think he's taken
@@qman66 what a dilemma, because I’m just fast forwarding for Jamie 😍
I’m laughing at these comments y’all are awesome
People forget this filter! My used Ford Focus Electric was sold to me with a filter full of black mold that made my wife sick until I found and changed it! I took it to Ford and they said they would check from then on for used cars!
Summer is the worst for stinky air filters 😷
That guy is smiling because he’s holding his breath and wants to go out happy lol
Thank you for showing the process. I’ll be changing my filters in another month. Too bad we don’t have an access door to get to the filters. 😓
Honestly once you pop that side panel off once it's quite a bit easier to get off. It's the worst part. The rest wasn't bad
This will be more fun during fire season!
Tesla really doesn’t want anyone to work on their cars even to change a damn air filter 😂
Service does this for about $100. Looks the same as 3. Worth it.
Thank you! I’ve been slowly buying what you recommend. I bought the hydrosilex, floor mats, trunk liner and been so happy. Slowly collecting things. I’m thinking of the seat liners. Thoughts where do I buy those? I also took the car to rural Minnesota from Colorado and it did great!!
I’m wondering if the filters reduce the airflow? I had bought another brand for my Model 3 and my car got really hot inside (I live in Orlando). I ended up going back to the Tesla OEM filter
Great point, sir. Stock (in my opinion and experience) is always the best route.
They do. I have tried them all. Stick with OEM
How’s the smell of your car?
@@mightyjey4 smells like shit
I do my filter about every 6 months or so.
I just let the speak and light panel hang without removing the wires. I had no problems replacing the filters.
I have to ask when you go into the app on your phone under climate does your interior show up in white??? Mine doesn't....shows up black. No biggie just wanted to ask.
it also shows up as the black interior they haven’t put much detail on that lol
@@eshansohail3363 oh okay thanks for answering,
I wish the NC-17 off camera footage was available.
Thanks Gjeebs. Just did mine today. Hope it fixes the stank, but not the stank! Oooooooooooooh!!!
Great filters. Not so easy to replace.
Did the hepa solve the stank? My daughter said my Tesla smelled like throw up the other day, so I got that going for me.
Thanks Gjeebs. Had tesla do this process for me a few months ago when they were onsite for something else. There is also a spray that helps remove the dreaded wet dog tesla AC smell . Product is called Cool-it and restores that factory fresh AC smell. Would of been cool to see that also done in your video but in retrospect that may of resulted in more UA-cam banning due to the adult language .. ;> thanks man!
What was the cost for Tesla to replace the filters? I assume filters are not covered under warranty.
@@freddrake2825 I had it done and was around $90, definitely not worth paying Tesla to do it. Now I replace my own filters and while I replace them I use “Kool-It” evaporator coil cleaner to get rid of the mildew/mold smell. It’s the same stuff Tesla service center uses and cost about $16 on Amazon.
@@illumineddiie Thanks for your generous reply. I’ve only had my model Y for a month, and I’m hesitant to start prying the panels off of the inside of the car, but this video and your input encourages me to try it when the time comes.
@@freddrake2825 you’re welcome! And yeah just take your time and follow the video step by step, at first it would take me quite a while to clean out my AC system but now I get it all done in about 30mins.
The wet dog smell is called, (Elon’s musk!)
Please, please Dr Gjeebs.....I can't figure out why you are changing that filter? If that needs to be changed periodically, doesn't the Tesla service folks do that for us? I would never go to that much tedious work. I would just take it to Tesla and tell them to change my filters. I am more interested in does it make a diff????
This is really funny. When you had your Focus ST, I bought my Focus ST Wagon new and looked for cool content about it on YT (thats how I found you).
When you moved on to your M2, at the same time I randomly also bought a 2016 BMW 3 series wagon (320d Touring F31)...
Now I see that you have a Tesla Model Y, where I moved to a Tesla Model 3 last year december.
So in june I will get my Model S - when do you change?🤣
I just thought WTF, so many similarities. When you also work in healthcare IT, then you're somehow my american clone!🤣🤣🤣
Cheers from germany, your followers are based worldwide 😎
Haha thats hilarious
"Balls are down here." -Gjeebs 2021
The Stank is called (Elon’s Musk!) it will come back. It’s a design flaw.
Had my model3 two plus years tried everything.
You didn’t show the part that was the biggest pain in my ass. Getting to that damn screw that’s in the plate covering the filters. If they would’ve put the screw at the bottom it would be so much easier to get to.
They moved it to the bottom on mine. No joke.
@@Gjeebs haha good so they listened. I have a 2019 Model 3 and it’s at the top. I’m also 6’3” 235lbs so climbing up in there is not easy.
Dude: NFW would I replace those filters in my Model Y. I think the Musky air made you high. I’d gladly pay Tesla to do that. Recipe for disaster if I tried that.
I think you should have done the test driving around Phoenix.
Does Jaime usually watch your videos while eating ?
can you hear the little charcoal bits rattle when you drive
Hey so quick question my 10.3k mile model y got the funky smell and I’m currently in the middle of changing the filter. Problem is the old filter looks brand new. Doesn’t even smell at all. Is there something else I need to do? I even got the sprayer cleaner thing.
Why don’t use the Tesla filters?
These are higher grade filters
Because he got paid to use these
They definitely are not higher grade.
You will go back to oem trust me. I have been there. The original filters are German made. I am sure this is China junk.
Hi..big fan of your videos. Quick question...i have had my M3 since Sept 2020..about a month a go or so, i started noticing a strange smell coming from the a/c vents. I was told it might be the filters..but according to Tesla's manual u are supposed to change the filters every 2yrs. I only have about 6250 miles on my car. Any insight would be most appreciated.
Looks like a pain in the ass. I won’t be attempting this
You should of cleaned out the evaporator before installing the new filters. 🤪
The Model 3 is almost the same if not exactly the same from what I could see. Elon doesn't have a basement in the Model 3 so maybe a little safer overall. I will say for those that aren't in climates with only 30% humidity, you should also clean the evaporator while you are doing this. It's basically just a spray on foam in a can that kills any mold or mildew. I made the mistake of replacing my filters and not doing this and mine still smells of taint. I'd quote my favorite line from this video but honestly you can expect me to choose. When everyone is driving EVs you should switch to being a stand up comic.
Jamie likes it musty. Duly noted. LOL
Been waiting for my filters. How long did it take for you to receive yours?
It shouldn’t take long. Email me your order number rgbgfive@gmail.com
I love your videos!
It is a frustrating job (not difficult). A bad design by Tesla. I have changed these twice on Tesla in 38k miles. This a good 20+ min job if you have done it couple of times, first time it will take you a while. In a "normal" car, it is mostly 3-5 mins tops.
@4:39 FLOAT FREELY in the FOOTWELL.. say that 5 times
Hi there. Can you recommend a cabin filter for 2024 model y?
I have been using the ones from vion.parts code gjeebs will save you 10% and they are HEPA carbon filters
Can you please do a video on your thoughts on the new Ford Mustang Mach E? Love the videos Gjeebs.
I am going to have one soon to shoot videos on
don't get married lol ..is the best part : )
The link is no longer active
1:15 I'm not really understanding here. The temperature display on the meter means what? :-P
Since I’m still
In process finishing order on Tesla Model Y. Can I request HEPA filters install from the Factory???
No
China made Model Y’s have the “Bioweapon Defense Mode” cabin filtration option available. It’s also easily changed through the frunk area.
Thank you Gjeebs
It was starting to grow on me. - (That's what she said)
-Don't get married 👌
Awesome share, I am ready to get the Elon Musky stank out of my car.
How old were the filters?
Lmaoooo I almost returned the car to tesla. 🤣🤣🤣 You crack me up Ben. Lol
how is it holding up 2 months later?
Totally fine
@@Gjeebs Awesome. Thanks. Btw, I like the content you put out. Especially appreciate your honest take on the good and bad with both your Tesla MY and the Ford Mach-e.
Great video but for how much of a pain that was to replace I think I'd rather just breathe in the dirty air
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I have merchandise for sale so if there is something you like try that or support my sponsors by using my codes. Thank you!
Uh every other car to change air filters takes 1 min. Way to go tesla developing a superior car that is a PIA to do anything with.
Guessing you’ve never changed an air filter in a gmc sierra. It was design where you can never change the air filter and requires you to break it in order to change it.
Total lie!!! BMW, Audi and Porsche all take around 30 min to do that.
Who let the dogs out?
We're doing science... lol
Seriously, What in the actual F@#$? This is the only way to change the air filter in this car? 5 minutes in and I am already losing my semi.
It should not be that difficult to change out a cabin filter... do better Tesla
The BRZ was equally terrible, so was my Ford. I'm sure someone makes it easy but I haven't seen it on any car I've owned.
@@SnowManson BRZ is similar to my 2018 Accord, took me maybe 15 min to change out the filter behind the glove box. That Model Y filter looked much more complicated 😂
@@SnowManson BMW's are simple
My 2011 Tacoma took about 2 minutes to change air filters..... Japanese are the world's best engineers.
I feel this is a Tesla design fault to cause the smell, they should allow to charge me $140 to fix a problem that they created. Non of my ICE car ever have this problem.
not a quality filter. Tesla OEM is MAN filter Germany. You can tell that the MAN filter has more filter material packed in than this. It's a pain to replace too. Get OEM filters....
Elon's Basement. LOL
Cute dog by the way
that elon muskie smell - lol
Pro Tip...
Stick with the OEM filters...Tesla is smarter than you!
How could we leave you!
Lol @ Elon's basement!!
More complicated than I imagined. Feedback on this video, actually show how to do it, not just talk about the process - show the viewers. Also, if you are given a device to test air quality, educate yourself so you can do “science” instead of saying you don’t know what any of it means. Not too hard.
The link isn’t very easy to purchase :)
Don’t need to remove the speaker. You make it too complicated
Aftermarket parts are usually worse than OEM. I would bet that HEPA King filters are made offshore and have zero documentation regarding air flow. The Tesla OEM filters are German made and engineered for excellent air flow inside the cabin.
How can something smell like a stain ?