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Cabin filter Wix or OEM BMW
I use WIX for every car I've owned for the past 10 years. Good quality, and not overly expensive
Pros: good quality, inexpensive
Same issue in my 2019 M3. Replace the cabin air filter. Solved.
Pros: issue solved
Vehicle:
BMW
At 23k miles I figured a cheap fix would be the cabin filter. Swapped in a Wix WP10159 charcoal filter and the smell is gone.
Pros: smell is gone
Cons: musty/old/damp smell
Mileage: 37015 km
Part number: WP10159
I use a charcoal Wix filter. It works really nice, even for filtering out smells a bit. And I drive a lot on dirt roads and it helps clean that up too.
Pros: filters out smells
As for the cabin air filter. I usually go with WIX.
I went with Wix. Works well.
Pros: works well
The HVAC smelled really musty from sitting so long, so I replaced the cabin air filter with a new Wix one.
Pros: new cabin air filter
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I've had to replace the cabin filter 2-3 times because of this problem. At first the smell would go away after replacing the filter, but eventually returns, usually when spring rolls around.
Pros: smell goes away
Cons: smell eventually returns
2) Cabin/engine filter ( $210) buy the filters elsewhere for $40ish. Spend the 10 min to do it at home.
Cons: overpriced filters
One out of two times they gave me the wrong engine filter, even though they searched by VIN number. The second, and last time, I purchased from them, they sold me an aftermarket cabin filter for the same price as OEM.
Pros: null
Cons: wrong filter, overpriced aftermarket
Vehicle:
Mazda
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