Cabin Air Filter
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Joined: 08-18-2007
Posts: 602
From: Warrington PA
great thread.....
will probably order some filters, jsut checked mine, and it is still clean after 10,000 miles and 5 1/2 months. I do have the dark one in my SS,
Part # 52493319 found it @ GM parts direct.... http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results.cfm
but there shipping is
very high!!!
the TYC filters sound just as good from their write-up on the ebay link....
again...great info
Part # 52493319 found it @ GM parts direct.... http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results.cfm
but there shipping is
very high!!!the TYC filters sound just as good from their write-up on the ebay link....
again...great info
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Joined: 07-16-2008
Posts: 158
From: Colorado
Well I just went looking for my cabin filter. Found it, pulled it out. It was horrible. It wasn't simply discolored or dirty. More like a Hepa Vacum cleaner container exploded when I got it out. I had no idea but if anyone has not ever changed it, might be a good thing to do.
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Joined: 06-01-2008
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From: arlington texas
ya, i bet there are people who have no idea what the cabin air filter is.. and let it go for years.. eww. must be a nightmare when they finally discover it. 
i looked at mine, its a light grey color and had leafs all over it. im going to get a new one sometime and but a febreeze scented dryer sheet on it 
i looked at mine, its a light grey color and had leafs all over it. im going to get a new one sometime and but a febreeze scented dryer sheet on it
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Joined: 07-16-2008
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From: Colorado
FYI, It does not go back in the slot very easy. Need to kind of umph here and do that their
Doesn't come in and out straight. Kind goes up at an angle then in sor of like a up in and over. Once you do it the first time, it'll be better the second time
Doesn't come in and out straight. Kind goes up at an angle then in sor of like a up in and over. Once you do it the first time, it'll be better the second time
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From: arlington texas
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From: Southeastern Michigan
Kind of funy, yesterday when I took my HHR in for its Oil Change/Tire rotation I asked if they could look at the air filter. They said air filter was alright, but the cabin filter was real bad.
It was the first time I had heard of the Cabin filer, we have 65,000 miles on it so I am guessing it was pretty nasty. (I saw it, it did look like the heppa vaccum someone else mentioned) I heard the staff talking about cabin filters to other customers so I was unsure if they were just pushing it, but in reading these posts looks legit and it should be changed about once a year. Wife said she noticed a difference driving as the inside did not have that smell she had been talking about
It was the first time I had heard of the Cabin filer, we have 65,000 miles on it so I am guessing it was pretty nasty. (I saw it, it did look like the heppa vaccum someone else mentioned) I heard the staff talking about cabin filters to other customers so I was unsure if they were just pushing it, but in reading these posts looks legit and it should be changed about once a year. Wife said she noticed a difference driving as the inside did not have that smell she had been talking about