Owner reviews for cabin filter

Go for the K&N cabin filter and you'll never go back to those paper ones.

K&N cabin filter benefits:

* Reusable and washable.

* The static charge on the filter captures way more dust, germs, and bacteria.

* You can breathe better and less dust that makes it through your car vents.

The air in my Arteon is starting to smell so I bought a new fancy Mann cabin filter from Pelican. All good so far.

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.

I have a 2015 3, bought the DENSO from Rock Auto, fit perfectly.

Bought a Bosch cabin air filter for $13.39 and a Ecogard engine air filter for $13.52 from Amazon. Installed both today in less than 5 minutes. Super easy just check a YouTube video.

With the special Castrol LL VW 50700 Diesel recommended oil and Mann filter, it costs me $35-40 myself. If you are in warranty though, it may be best to dealer service because despite legislation, it is worlds easier if you need warranty work and can prove you had it done at a franchised VW dealer.

Cabin Air Filters aka the Pollen filter they tried to sell you is remedial classes easy to change in most cars. My MK6 JSW was maybe 5 minutes with no tools? Cost was $10ish dollars for a Charcoal filter too.

I have been a fan of the Fram Freshbreeze or Pureflow filters. Not as good as the Bosch HEPA for other cars, but seem pretty good at least for filtering allergens and some particulates.

I used a Denso; no issues.

When I started dating my wife, I found out she was on the original cabin air filter in her car. Surprisingly the cabin air filter was relatively clean and looked nothing like the picture posted.

I have changed cabin filters multiple times, and cleaned the evaporator with foam. I first used Klima cleaner, then I tried DWD2. I can not get this problem to go away.