when i bought my 05 XA i was told that the XA comes with an in car cabin air filter, well i was wiring up my amplifier the other day and decided to see how dirty that filter was and to my suprise there was no filter there, just the skeleton cartradge. so i went to scion and asked them if all XAs come standard with those filters and they said only some came with it but no perticular ones. I dont know if this is just me but it doesnt seem right or fair, i have to pay 20 something dolars to put in a filter that should come with my car anyway. im going to call scions big boss today to check on this...ill keep you guys informed

 

No Scion comes with a cabin air filter from the factory.

It may be that some dealerships install them as part of pre-delivery, but I've never heard of that.

-Alex

 

Cut up a house air filter and drop in, much cheaper and better than buying from the delership. Problem solved.

 

there was another thread about this too....I believe he ended up getting about 8 filters that would work in the car out of 1 house filter.

 

so im a NooB, but what is the advantage to having this filter???

 

Filters the air coming into the cabin.

 

I picked up a AC filter at home depot....it comes with the filter material and a activated carbon insert, even has a stiff plastic mesh I use to keep the filter "sandwhich" together. I was unsure as to where the air enters the filter (from the top or bottom?), so I have it layered like this:
mesh
filter
carbon
carbon
filter

 

its amazing how much dust on the dash is reduced by having a filter there...... thats where its most noticable.... so if you look at your dash b4 installing one... maybe wipe it down... drive for a week or 2 b4 putting a filter in... then put one in and drive same amount w/o wiping the dash off..... huge difference..... then figure all that stuff on your dash is also all over everything else....

 

very true. I wold rather have a cabin filter than have to deal with wiping my dash all the time due to dust and other crap in the air.....

 

the freash air comes from the top.. the fan is below it

 

I make my own from house filters...and when I check it, I see all of the crap that it caught and think wow, i could have been breathing that in!

 

We pulled one out of a camry in service one time that had a dead mouse stuck to it...

...wipe that off your dash!

 

theres plenty of posts about this. no scion comes with it. scion feels we dont need one.

 

Slainte!

 

when i went and asked my dealer they said the tC can't be retrofit with a filter because of some design. weird.

 

i'm guessing that means thanks

but what language is that in???

 

It is an Irish phrase. Basically means 'cheers'.

 

Here is the link to the Tech section in case you wanted to look at it:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20753

 

So instead of cutting up a house filter, I just went the easy way. I ordered one from Carson Toyota. I actually ordered the Blitz reusable unit. It was like $60, but then again, theoretically, i'll never have to buy another. I'm such a tool.

 

http://www.newscionparts.com/product/?id=1892