My 1999 Caddy STS had one,but you had to be a contortionist to change it!
Why do we have cabin air filters?
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So they've been around longer than I thought. I guess I've been riding around with the window open, obliviously, not even thinking about it. 
Thanks for the informative replies. I have to go change that thing... (usually about once a year)
Thanks for the informative replies. I have to go change that thing... (usually about once a year)
Same as my 94 530i. It was clearly an afterthought and besides being very difficult to access it was surrounded by sharp objects. However it did the job.
The good news is if anyone thinks the CAF is just a conspiracy to sell more service and product, you can simply remove it and let the air flow unimpeded just as God intended. The evaporator or heater core will catch of the big stuff anyhow.
If someone was so inclined, they could even remove the engine air filter, my car has a screen before the mass airflow sensor, that should keep any rocks out.
If someone was so inclined, they could even remove the engine air filter, my car has a screen before the mass airflow sensor, that should keep any rocks out.
so, our autos have cabin airfilters, but we hate wearng a mask for other reasons,,lmaorof
I didn't know the NX had a cabin filter!
Too bad Nissan didn't use one in all their cars by then! The 4th gen Maxima of the late 90s, 5 years after the NX was made, had no cabin filter
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Are you sure they didn't have the slot for them. 2nd Gen Xterra's when they first came out in 2005 - the low trims didn't have cabin air filters - it was one of the added features for the higher trims, but they were all the same - Nissan simply didn't install the paper element in the lower trims. "marketing"I didn't know the NX had a cabin filter!
Too bad Nissan didn't use one in all their cars by then! The 4th gen Maxima of the late 90s, 5 years after the NX was made, had no cabin filter
Living where there are pine trees (needles), crape myrtles (blooms), and a wide selection of gnats I’ve grown to appreciate the logic behind cabin air filters. Cleaning the aforementioned Sh&# out of heater/evap housings and cores wasn’t easy or fun.
Outboard motors still don’t have air filters.
Nor do they have evaporators or heater cores.
Plus we don't operate automobiles on water.
Because it's easier to change the filter then an evaporator core that got clogged up from debris?
Because people keep cars longer (when compared to decades ago), meaning long enough to clog the (outside part) of the evaporator core.
Because people keep cars longer (when compared to decades ago), meaning long enough to clog the (outside part) of the evaporator core.
If you were severely asthmatic you would know!
