Cabin filter OEM FORD or OEM Volkswagen

I've changed the cabin air filter twice, rotated the tires three times (should have done that more often in hindsight), and I've replaced all the wiper blades.

I’ve had the cabin air filter replaced once.

- The usual things like wipers blades & fluid, cabin filter, tire rotation are all the same. - Tire life is about the same as my ICE cars

I would change my own cabin filter...seems EZ breezy....

My 2017 Classic Edition has 24,500km just an oil change and Cabin filter.

Approaching 7k miles on 2018 GSW S 4motion 6mt, loving the car. -Warranty work to clean musty smell out of HVAC system, and replace cabin filter. This was performed free during first oil change. Dealership was excellent throughout the process and told me to not run recirc before shutting the car off.

I can't verify but it does seem like the OEM cabin filter in the Atlas is not charcoal activated, as I'm noticing all kinds of odors (including washer fluid) that I never got while driving my '08 Jetta with an activated charcoal filter.

My AC smells like wet dog for the first 30 seconds I run it. Wonder if changing the cabin filter would help.

LHM Ford pulled this on me recently too. Had a bunch of 80k mile maintenance done that I didn’t want to do myself, and the guy called me up telling me our cabin air filter was filthy and really needed replacing.

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.