Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 09:20
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - JOGON

a) How often should these be replaced? b) Is this usually part of the scheduled service? It's just one of those 'never seen' items, and I'd guess that over a year it must clog up with junk, pollen, grime. Thanks.

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 09:32
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - Paul G1pdc

CABIN FILTER...

HI. over the weekend I changed the fiter in my volvo, filter costs approx £15, and I change it every 12 months thats 15,000 miles. The filter new is white and when removed its black with bit of leaves etc....

service interval....my volvo manual doesn;t even list the pollen filter change, but the manual in another section on maintaining the car does mention re-newing them....guess its all down to your milage and location as to how dirty it gets...

on a impreza estate i once owned with a full dealer history the service manual had a list of items used on each service but didn't list a pollen filter, but reading the owners manual from cover to cover it mentions changing the filter,,,yet its not listed in the service items required.....so googled it,,,and found the location of the filter,,,in this case behind the glove box (6 secrews later) i had removed the filter that looked like an orignal part at 5 years old....full of rubbish,,,and carpet needed a hoover after that....stopped the front windscreen getting so mucky after the change...

the volvo filter takes 5 mins and 2 screws to replace. so its carried out yearly...

suppose in your case, change the filter and see how dirty it looks if its no bad may-be you can get away with changing it every other year.....

paul.

guess for a lot of owner they never bother chasing and seeing if the parts been replaced, bit like fuel filters, mines been replaced twice now,,,not due to mechanical issues but because the old ones had been on the car for a lot of years/miles...

Edited by Paul G1pdc on 11/07/2011 at 09:44

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 09:52
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - RT

AFAIK all car brands are like that - the cabin filter needs replacing every 10-15,000 miles but it's either not on the service scheule or the dealers can't be bothered to do it.

I change mine every 10,000 miles and it's amazing how filthy they are - and if you have climate with automatic fan speed it usually goes down one setting after a filter change which just shows how blocked it's getting.

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 13:21
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - Chris M

Could it be that manufacturers exclude cabin filters from the maintenance schedule to keep the published service costs down? No, of course not, stupid idea, they'll be extending oil change intervals next!

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 13:38
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - turbo11

My Mazda is every second service ( 2 years or 25000 miles).

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 20:24
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - unthrottled

Nothing wrong with extended oil changes-providing that they are on a variable service indicator . Except under adverse conditions, 3000 mile oil changes are about as much use as high octane 'premium fuel' in a car that specifies ordinary unleaded. None whatsoever. It's not 'cheap insurance'-it's a waste of money.

I've heard arguments that overly frequent oil changes lead to accelerated engine wear but the theory behind this is sketchy so I'm reserving judgement on that claim.

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Mon 11 Jul 2011 18:41
Cabin Air Filter, Modern Aircon Cars - JOGON

Paul G1pdc That is really helpful, thank you.

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