Air Conditioning Filter, When Do you replace them?

[leasaunce]

Hi all,

how often do you have to replace the Air conditioning Filter (Cabin Filter)??? also where is it located?

i noticed everytime after using the A/C i can smell some weird scent from the air vents. but it goes away after 5-10mins. is this normal?

[Mello]

i have this problem too. i have yet to dissasemble the filter and spray it with some cologne =D

[blue_rolla]

what sort of weird scent is it?

ive been noticing mine smell like vacuum cleaner sometimes... im sure you know what that smells like...

[leasaunce]

cant really describe the scent.

so far my friend told me, its located behind the glovebox, so ill check on that.

[kelvin33]

it is definitely behind the glove box..

[bigdenis]

There's a cabin air-con filter?

[leasaunce]

i couldnt find it.

are they located behind the glovebox or underneath the carpet??

[Mello]

read the car manual

for corollas its behind the glovebox squeezed inbetween the chasis and the ecu

a huge white plastic thingy box

[bigdenis]

Our Aussie Camries don't have them. I read http://www.micronair.us/assets/pdfs/118.pdf and then checked my 2003 Camry (pulling the glovebox out). It didn't have any filters there whatsoever.

[Mello]

theres definitely got to be a filter or some kinda purification thingy majigy

dont want to swollow a bug on the highway inside your car

[Terry]

Our Aussie Camries don't have them. I read http://www.micronair.us/assets/pdfs/118.pdf and then checked my 2003 Camry (pulling the glovebox out). It didn't have any filters there whatsoever.

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i looked behind my glovebox aswell, i couldnt find a filter either...

i took the pic below, and there seems to be a section in the middle that resembles a 'filter' (just like in that link you posted), but they just moulded the plastic to look like that for some reason

so there isnt any way to put a filter in, even if we wanted to <_<

Edited December 1, 2005 by Terry

[XploShun]

i have this problem on my corolla too...

can anyone tell me where is it for a corolla??

["RuNx"]

As for this problem if u dont want to change it there is an aerosol spray which is called "Air-conditioner De-odouriser/ Disinfectant" You should be able to buy this from your service centre or a repco or AutoBarn???!!!Maybe..... It's very nice its more of and odour neutraliser then a fragrance and it kills any bateria that is present in your Air-con system!!!!! ^_^ ^_^

[Son Gokou]

I've bought these air-con filters from Toyota for my Soarer and cost me $45 each and they are under glovebox panel...

[czaja74]

Same problem here. It doesnt look like we can change it. Maybe whole thing needs to be taken apart.

[Suprathai]

Same problem here. It doesnt look like we can change it. Maybe whole thing needs to be taken apart.

You have to remove the plastic cartridge that holds it in. Push the two clips on the side to slide it out

[czaja74]

I tried to do so but it appears that carriage is not removable. Whole thing is moulded as one piece. I will try Toyota spare parts place and post back.