Auto cabin air filter
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Topic: Auto cabin air filter
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Auto cabin air filter
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 4:08pm
| Dealership claims it should be changed every year. I dunno? They want $100 to do it. Doesn't look too hard to do on u tube, for what that's worth. Any thoughts? Thanks |
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 4:14pm
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Yet another great scam... build in a filter, then charge to replace it every 6 months or year ! $3 part to dealer....GREAT profit. Anyone remember when their rides did NOT have filters ? Hmm...NOW we NEED them ???? ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 4:46pm
| Had OEM filter in my 99 F250, was NASTY when came out but did its job for 24 years. Mine you lower the glove box door and take a small retaining cover off, Not a Big Deal and NOT worth the $100. Now the 2010 Inpala, ENTIRE Dash ASSEMBLY has to come out to change Heater Core, is about the ONLY time can get to this filter, 8 Hours BOOK Time. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 4:49pm
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Dealership rip off. I order mine from Rock Auto and change them myself or get my granddaughter to do it. The filters do help keep the heater core and a/c evaporator from getting clogged. Changing once a year is usually adequate. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: bemer848
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 5:21pm
| I changed the cabin filter in my parents' 2008 Impala took 15 minutes. You do not remove the dash. Open the hood and take a plastic cover off and there it is. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 5:56pm
| Thanks everyone!! |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 6:14pm
| Youtube is a great help for your specific vehicle. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 7:00pm
| Yeah Curt, u tube is helpful. Thanks |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 7:10pm
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I took the one out of our 2019 FLEX last month.. Still clean after 5 years.. Blew it out, maybe 10% plugged... Took almost 3 minutes to remove and replace. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 7:15pm
Its a good idea to take them out and inspect. See if the rodents in your area have taken up residence... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 8:02pm
Nothing I have is new enough to have one, so I'm not vulnerable to the automakers plan of bleeding the customer for all they can get. Once a year with an air-hose blow-tube keeps the heater-AC ducts clean. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
jaybmiller wrote:Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 10:30pm
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Changed mine myself at 36,000 miles - Dealer said $120 to change engine and cabin filter - Had oil change at dealer and now 8,000 on cabin filter - told me it was black and needed changing - even offered to show me - when is said the filter has charcoal particles in it as odor absorption - got a odd look from service writer as she had never heard of that ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2024 at 3:23am
| I'm struggling with sciatica now but when I'm better I'll buy a cabin filter and see how it goes. Thanks again guys |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2024 at 4:34am
Not so simple on a 2010 for some reason GM decided to change it up.
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2024 at 6:11am
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to make it a PITA for owner and FORCE you to go to dealer !!!! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |