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Old 07-10-2009, 06:11 PM   #37
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So this thread got me wondering if my 07 Yaris had a cabin filter so I just went out and checked. Sure enough there was one.
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Old 07-10-2009, 07:46 PM   #38
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I probably ought to look, too...
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Old 07-10-2009, 08:11 PM   #39
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How many people would have guessed it did not already have one in it from the factory-what a goof on Toyotas part. I convinced the sales dept. the car was not properly Pre-delivery inspected and they missed it so I got a freeby. Wow, they want $32 for one now-crazy! I go to PepBoys and buy almost the same thing for $11.99 every 10K miles.
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Old 07-10-2009, 08:50 PM   #40
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I'd never heard of a car having a cabin air filter before running across it on this board. Still seems really strange to me!
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Old 07-10-2009, 11:34 PM   #41
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I'd never heard of a car having a cabin air filter before running across it on this board. Still seems really strange to me!
They have been used in Toyota, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, VW, Dodge, Pontiac, Saturn, and Chevy since around 1997.
A lot of commercial vehicles have been using them for years, even before 97. You have probably owned a vehicle or several over the past 12 years that had one or had a slot for one but you just didn't know it.

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Old 07-10-2009, 11:37 PM   #42
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How many people would have guessed it did not already have one in it from the factory-what a goof on Toyotas part. I convinced the sales dept. the car was not properly Pre-delivery inspected and they missed it so I got a freeby. Wow, they want $32 for one now-crazy! I go to PepBoys and buy almost the same thing for $11.99 every 10K miles.
All Toyota's shipped to the US will not have a cabin air filter already installed.
A few select dealers will install them when they roll of off the truck but they usually do this to make even more money from the sale. If you got your Toyota in Canada then yours should have came with one in it.
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:23 AM   #43
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They have been used in Toyota, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, VW, Dodge, Pontiac, Saturn, and Chevy since around 1997.
A lot of commercial vehicles have been using them for years, even before 97. You have probably owned a vehicle or several over the past 12 years that had one or had a slot for one but you just didn't know it.
Might be why some of the ACs have gotten a bit musty.
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Old 07-11-2009, 12:26 PM   #44
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Might be why some of the ACs have gotten a bit musty.

And thats why the US Toyota do not come with one already installed because they know that there are n00bs out there that don't know how to maintain a modern day car.
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Old 07-11-2009, 02:27 PM   #45
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I just had a thought. Yes, I know, most of my thoughts are odd, but this is a legit thought.

I was wondering why all this cars don't come with the cabin air filter. Now, could it be possible that maybe the fact that they are being shipped across the Pacific have any affect? You know, months of salt water air going into our cars would degrade the filter and have a negative affect?

Just trying to find a reason why they don't do this.

BTW, I purchased a Wix cabin air filter before realize about the DIY. By the time I need a new one, I am definitely trying the DIY instead.
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Old 07-11-2009, 02:42 PM   #46
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Maybe Toyota is following the line of "Ya can't teach an old dog new tricks." Like, some people can't wrap their heads around the idea of a cabin filter because the 1949 DeSoto they grew up with didn't have one.
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Old 07-11-2009, 03:15 PM   #47
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Honestly, the most probable reason is cost for not including one. I did have a musty smell coming from my A/C when I didn't have the filter. Solved when I put a new filter back in. I don't go cheap on those, I get the highest quality, allergen reducing ones. Hell, for 12 or 13 bucks you get 6 of em anyway.
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Old 07-11-2009, 03:50 PM   #48
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Hee, hee, I got called a "noob." That's like getting carded.

I still think it's weird. I'm sitting outside right now, breathing unfiltered air.
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Old 07-11-2009, 04:08 PM   #49
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Hey Astroman,
You into rock climbing, by chance? Living in Wenatchee, you've got the prime climbing around Leavenworth. I was totally obsessed with it for about five or six years until tendonitis in the elbows got the best of me.
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Old 07-11-2009, 04:21 PM   #50
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Honestly, the most probable reason is cost for not including one. I did have a musty smell coming from my A/C when I didn't have the filter. Solved when I put a new filter back in. I don't go cheap on those, I get the highest quality, allergen reducing ones. Hell, for 12 or 13 bucks you get 6 of em anyway.
smell has nothing to do with cabin air filter being in or not. TOYOTA's fix for the smell is to replace the evaporator.TSB has been out for a few months now and its a night/day difference was complete.my weak a/c coldness was also fixed when they recharged the system......
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Old 07-11-2009, 07:15 PM   #51
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Got a link on that TSB rockland? Would love to get it taken care of. Haven't noticed it since the filter was installed. I'm well past my 36k warranty. TSBs are only covered under warranty, after that its out of pocket right?



I used to do some rock climbing (minor stuff) when I was a kid. My Dad's friend loved to climb in Leavenworth. I grew up there.
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Old 07-11-2009, 09:43 PM   #52
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I just had a thought. Yes, I know, most of my thoughts are odd, but this is a legit thought.

I was wondering why all this cars don't come with the cabin air filter. Now, could it be possible that maybe the fact that they are being shipped across the Pacific have any affect? You know, months of salt water air going into our cars would degrade the filter and have a negative affect?

Just trying to find a reason why they don't do this.

BTW, I purchased a Wix cabin air filter before realize about the DIY. By the time I need a new one, I am definitely trying the DIY instead.
Im pretty sure it doesnt take months to get across the pacific!
20 mph=480 miles per day and the pacific is only a five thousand miles across=10 days.
Sorry but i thought that wuz funny.
Just checked mine=no filter. Owners maunual says "Cabin filter" (if installed)in the maintenance section.
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Im pretty sure it doesnt take months to get across the pacific!
20 mph=480 miles per day and the pacific is only a five thousand miles across=10 days.
Sorry but i thought that wuz funny.
Just checked mine=no filter. Owners maunual says "Cabin filter" (if installed)in the maintenance section.
Oh shit! Never mind....there goes that theory.
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Old 07-13-2009, 07:36 PM   #54
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All Toyota's shipped to the US will not have a cabin air filter already installed.
A few select dealers will install them when they roll of off the truck but they usually do this to make even more money from the sale. If you got your Toyota in Canada then yours should have came with one in it.
I live in Puerto Rico and bought my 2009 Yaris new about 4 months ago and it came with the cabin filter.
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