its not the a/c.its not the convertible top.a few years ago the dealer charged me $300. and put a filter to keep the leafes out,he told me to come back in a year to do it again,i do not have that money,does anyone know what filter he put in,where? so that i can have it cleaned by someone else? the water was in the passenger side when the dealer put in the filter,now it is on the driver side,and I can not see water coming in from anywhere,HELP!
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$ 300 for the cabin air filter??? They way overcharged you.
It takes about 30 minutes to change it. You need to remove the glove compartment to get access to it. You will see the access to the filter, just pull it out, replace the filter and reinstall everything.
Zee
Its not the the cabin air filter,I was trold I dont have one. Its a filter to keep the leafes from cloging up. I dont belive I have a cabin air filter in my 2004 mitsibishi eclipse spyder,I was told dont have one.
He is right about where the filter is. ( behind the glove box.) the reason water is getting in is either the drain for the a/c is stopped up. ( located on the firewall outside) blow out or the heater core is bad but they really dont go out
Some Mitsubishi does not have any as a factory installed unit, therefor debris entered the evaporator housing and clogged the drain plug. For this reason they issued the TSB and started to install the leaf / dust / cabin / pollen / A/C / Air Purifier filter (you can call it any way you like it)
OK people, here it is from the Mitsubishi repair manual:
2004 Eclipse
Service and Repair
AIR PURIFIER FILTER (REPLACE)
1. Remove the glove box inner and outer.
2. Pull the air purifier filter cut of the blower assembly.
3. Insert a new air purifier into the glove box inner and outer.
LABOR TIME: 0.4 Hrs
Part#: MR500360
And here is the technical service bulletin from them about the filter and water leak:
A/C - Water Leaks to The Interior
No.: TSB-04-55-008
DATE: September, 2004
MODEL: See below
SUBJECT:
BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING FILTER
This TSB supercedes TSB-03-55-008REV, to update the affected vehicles and warranty information. New information is indicated by a shaded triangle or an arrow.
PURPOSE
Debris (such as leaves, etc.) entering the front cowl area may clog the evaporator housing drain tube. If this occurs, the evaporator housing may fill up with condensation and overflow into the passenger compartment, and into the blower motor through the cooling tube. To eliminate this condition, clean the debris from the tube and the case, then install a blower motor housing filter as described in this bulletin.
On Lancer models produced before 9/25/02, also install special wiper pivot caps onto the wiper pivot shafts as described in TSB-03-51-001.
--> Refer to TSB-04-55-007 for Endeavor and 2004 Galant repair procedures for HVAC drain blockage.
AFFECTED VEHICLES
2002-2003 Lancer
2003 Outlander
2000-2004 Eclipse, Eclipse Spyder
1999-2003 Galant
PROCEDURE
1. Confirm proper blower motor operation.
2. Clean debris from the evaporator housing drain tube and evaporator case.
3. On Eclipse, Eclipse Spyder and 1999-2003 Galant models only: Refer to TSB-01-55-002 for filter installation procedures.
4. Remove the glove box lid.
5. Install a blower motor housing filter (listed in the PARTS INFORMATION section of this bulletin) a follows:
a. Use a knife to cut a section from the top of the blower motor housing, along the perforated lines as shown.
b. Install the filter with the air flow directional arrow pointing down.
c. On Lancer and Outlander models only: Secure the filter with two 5X14 self-lapping screws.
Zee
hope this is in the "relhm" of your type issue i have an 04 spyder conv and i have same kinda issue when it rains water seeps in just above the 2 in' speaker(tweeter) housing that is in the top corner ( side mirror direction)of where the window,door and tweeter intersect as a reference on the otherside of tweeter is the side mirror /housing drops of water trickl;e in and down leaving water beads/streaks all the way down to the door speaker all the way into the floor brd just blow door speaker floor area a have a pick of the described area of done couple thing to where I though the twickles oringinates from however>???? hope this makes sense
Its not the the cabin air filter,I was trold I dont have one. Its a filter to keep the leafes from cloging up. I dont belive I have a cabin air filter in my 2004 mitsibishi eclipse spyder,I was told dont have one.