Water Leaking into car!

[matti]

Thank you. I have a 2012 Yaris L and I went through the maintenance guide and I didn't see anything referring to changing the cabin filter. Perhaps I missed it?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by matti

Thank you. I have a 2012 Yaris L and I went through the maintenance guide and I didn't see anything referring to changing the cabin filter. Perhaps I missed it?

I did a search on the DuckDuckGo search engine and I think the parameters were : 2012 Yaris Cabin Air Filter. Several of the hits indicated that the part number is the same for 2006 through 2012, so I imagine the housing is still the same...but I don't know if the housing is still in the same location as through Model Year 2011. I would think it would be. I've never located it for my own needs, but I know somewhere on Yarisworld you can download a file that comprises the Owner's Manual (at least through 2011 Model Year) and you could look at that and see if it is in the same location on your car. I regularly get coupon brochures from various local Toyota dealers and a coupon for the cabin air filter itself and the labor (together) is always either $47.95 or $48.95 for both together.

I've never had a problem with my empty, filterless housing in nearly 223,000 miles and, given all the problems so many have had, in my particular case I'm just going to leave my housing empty/filterless.

I searched the Toyota site as well (back when I did the DuckDuckGo search) and if you put the cursor over the cars and minivans label a picture of each car will come up. Move the cursor over the picture and then click on Features and Specs. Then click on Interior and the first feature listed is Air Conditioning with filter. I clicked on all of the Yaris specific tabs during the 2011 Model Year and I don't remember seeing the 'with filter' as part of the Air Conditioning label. Happy Locating/Familiarizing.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I did a search on the DuckDuckGo search engine and I think the parameters were : 2012 Yaris Cabin Air Filter. Several of the hits indicated that the part number is the same for 2006 through 2012, so I imagine the housing is still the same...but I don't know if the housing is still in the same location as through Model Year 2011. I would think it would be. I've never located it for my own needs, but I know somewhere on Yarisworld you can download a file that comprises the Owner's Manual (at least through 2011 Model Year) and you could look at that and see if it is in the same location on your car. I regularly get coupon brochures from various local Toyota dealers and a coupon for the cabin air filter itself and the labor (together) is always either $47.95 or $48.95 for both together.

I've never had a problem with my empty, filterless housing in nearly 223,000 miles and, given all the problems so many have had, in my particular case I'm just going to leave my housing empty/filterless.

I searched the Toyota site as well (back when I did the DuckDuckGo search) and if you put the cursor over the cars and minivans label a picture of each car will come up. Move the cursor over the picture and then click on Features and Specs. Then click on Interior and the first feature listed is Air Conditioning with filter. I clicked on all of the Yaris specific tabs during the 2011 Model Year and I don't remember seeing the 'with filter' as part of the Air Conditioning label. Happy Locating/Familiarizing.

It is identical to the 06-11 Yaris. Pop the passenger glove box and the cabin air filter housing is to the left. Squeeze the tabs to release the cover and the filter it right there.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by CTScott

It is identical to the 06-11 Yaris. Pop the passenger glove box and the cabin air filter housing is to the left. Squeeze the tabs to release the cover and the filter it right there.

Great! Thank you!

[The Limo]

And Toyota Canada recommends you change it every 16,000 Km (10,000 miles)
Roy

[matti]

Thank you. I looked at my owner's manual and it says "the air conditioning filter must be changed regularly" and "inspect and replace the air conditioning filter according to the maintenance schedule."

However, I went through the maintenance schedule and it says nothing about the air conditioning filter. I suppose I'll just change it whenever it seems I'm having trouble with air flow/ventilation?