Haha, i changed mine at 60k too and there was dirt just falling out of it, but my a/c works great now!

Cabin filter at a checker or autozone is $6 - $20 mine was $7.99. the cabin air is located in the glove box, it takes 2 minutes to replace.

 

Yea I wish I would have known about this before. 60K is too long to wait lol.

 

I've been replacing mine every 15k due to pollen allergies and a high amount of dust.. Living in Texas and all.

The OEM Filters are not made with activated charcoal, just FYI.

 

so which replacement filter is made with activated charcoal? fram? puralator?

 

filters are 7-12 bucks you can get them from any autoparts store I changed mine out took 10 minutes. just have to pull down the glove box open the door to the filter, pull the old one out, then slide the new one in easiest wat to do this is to just push it's an accordion style filter your not going to hurt it.

 

Subd. Will this mod help TVS owners pass 300? I keed. Great post

 

gki brand cf1061

 

Lawlz. I would laugh if someone did a before and after dyno for a cabin air filter

 

we will find on now won't we i bet i wont idle as ruff with the a/c on and a new filter lol

 

I will check, I think the filter is universal in all models.
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Can someone do a pictures instal for meeeeee lol

 

are all the cabin filter same? or is one better than the other?

 

just rip the glove box out and you can't miss it

 

looks like im gonna go change mine today... im at 57k and i live in the middle of the desert in socal... yea im getting nervous hah

 

So I had this new thing happen today. Here goes...
I turn on the AC, I hit the button that makes the air inside the car recirculate rather than letting in new air, and instead of being a steady amber light as usual, it starts blinking and then goes back off. It happened a few times. I later tried it again and it worked fine. I was thinking that it may be a problem with the cabin air filter.... any input?

 

just changed mine today and damn my ac has not worked that good ever even when it was brand new off the lot... lets just say i counted 5 bees, 10 leaves, and when i dropped the filter in the trash, there was a big dust cloud that came out... yea way over due on the change....

 

Sounds like you may not have had your a/c knob in the correct position

Maybe it was on defrost? That's the only thing I can think of. Wouldn't hurt to pull the filter out and see how it looks. It's real simple.

It's like a scavenger hunt when you pull that thing out.

 

Motherfuck... you are probably right black. i did the same thing the next day and nothing happened.

 

Nice haha

 

yeah, now what happened this morning may be an altogether different kind of thing. Check engine light came on. Got the code p0420. Which may be my cat not functioning properly, large vacumn leak, or godforbid, piston rings.

 

Going to attempt tomorrow. Will get pics. Where are the tabs located as said to drop the glove box?

 

72,219 miles later .... and it took 5 mins to get in. Real easy as everyone said

 

wow i now know what im doing when i get back from deployment seeing as i have like 78k miles

 

carbon or not;
you can clearly see on one side that the filter has been exposed to a treatment process which stains it gray (you can see on the ends where the treatment isn't present).

I'd be inclined to suggest that look again - look at the ends - you will see a line where it goes from white to gray - but maybe depending on where you live, cars come with different parts, and the aftermarket/service parts are different too...

I changed out my original one last week with another GM filter because I noticed an occasional odor coming from my hvac (I'm at 13k miles) - both had that treatment.

also, around here the aftermarket filters are $18-25.

 

Mine was the purolater one. Cost 14 bucks at advanced auto