Breathe Deep With Your Cabin Air Filter
Bad air quality while you're driving around Lansing is nothing to sneeze at. But seriously, more and more vehicles these days come equipped with a cabin air filter. Since they're fairly new on the scene, a lot of folks don't know about them yet. Many vehicles starting in 1998 added a cabin air filter to the heating system of the vehicle. As of 2005 almost all vehicles have a cabin air filter a few even have two.
These filters clean the air in the passenger compartment, or cabin, of your car or truck. They do the same job as the furnace filter you have at home. They can filter out particles as small as thee microns. By contrast, a grain of sand is about 200 microns.
So your cabin air filer can clean out dust, pollution, pollen and spores, to keep the air in your car nice and clean. And just like your furnace filter, they need to be replaced when they get dirty. Check your owner's manual, but they typically need to be replaced at around twelve to fifteen thousand miles or once a year.
The filter is usually either under the hood or under the dashboard. Some are a little tricky to get to, so you'll want to have your Lansing auto service center, Professional Fleet Services, take care of replacing them.
As we said, many people don't realize they have a cabin air filter and will go to their shop complaining about a funky smell in the ventilation system. It turns out to be a cabin air filter that was long overdue for replacement – really dirty and starting to smell. We have also had complaints of lack of heat into the vehcile because of weak air flow going through the vents.
A quick replacement and they were on their way and smelling fine.
People who are allergy sensitive can really benefit from a cabin air filter, as it keeps allergens to a minimum. If you're one of them, you'll want to stay on top of your filter replacement schedule.
Of course if you do a lot of driving in dusty or polluted conditions, you'll need to change your cabin air filter more often. If you are one of our customers we check your filters every time you visit our shop for any repairs. We also check the air pressure in your tires and make sure all fluids are correctly filled.
Lansing Professional Fleet Services offers a free 30 point winter evaluation of your vehicle to ensure a safe and trouble free winter.
By the way when was the last time you checked your battery? How about tires?
Give us a call and we can get you scheduled in the same day and back on the road as quickly as possible.
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