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I just did both on my 2005 corolla last week and it was $42 for both parts and 15 minutes of my time. Wpuld jave been $196 at budget near me.
Pros: cheap parts
Cons: expensive at budget
Vehicle:
Toyota Corolla
Where I live, my best choices are the Toyota discount charcoal cabin air filter at the parts counter for $44 CAD (#87139-YZZ93, YZZ means "value" or approved 3rd party rebranded as Toyota, only $4 more than aftermarket non-charcoal).
Pros: discount, charcoal
Vehicle:
Toyota Corolla
Part number: 87139-YZZ93
The Genesis OE filter is $75!! The Fram Fresh Breeze filter is $25 or less; it combines activated charcoal with baking soda to reduce HVAC odor. I've used them in all my vehicles since Fram introduced the Fresh Breeze filter line and found them remarkably effective.
Pros: effective, cost-effective
I did the air box filter and cabin filter myself (Fram stuff).
Vehicle:
Acura RDX
FRAM TrueAir for me - smelled much fresher in the cabin for a little while, but nothing spectacular...
Pros: smelled much fresher
Cons: nothing spectacular
Be wary of Amazon, I ordered genuine Toyota cabin and engine air filters two years in a row, the second year the filter was noticeably lighter, cheaper feeling. I suspect a counterfeit imitation that has only half the filter material
Pros: good quality, first year
Cons: lighter, cheaper, counterfeit
Vehicle:
Toyota Prius
Otherwise, the Fram cabin filters are fine, too.
Pros: fine quality
Vehicle:
Acura TLX
IMO, don't get the really thick ones with carbon (like Fram FreshBreeze) - they restrict airflow and can cause the resistor and motor to overheat (essentially it's like a clogged/dirty filter)
Cons: restrict airflow, overheat
Vehicle:
Toyota
I had them do a standard service on my Tacoma once. Oil, filters, etc. Next time around I had them give me a quote for a 150k mile service...and it was almost insulting. Got everything to do it myself for a fraction of the parts cost and when I went to replace my cabin air filter it was very clearly about 5 years old.
Pros: fraction of parts cost
Cons: cabin air filter old
Vehicle:
Toyota
Mileage: 150000 km
When I bought my 2005 Tundra I took it to Kendall Toyota for an inspection, they recommended a cabin air filter.
A 2005 Tundra doesn’t have a cabin air filter.
Cons: unnecessary recommendation
Vehicle:
Toyota Tundra
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