Does the C have a cabin air filter ?

Yes, and you can easily check it yourself in a few minutes. If it's dirty, that's not something the warranty covers (normal wear item like oil, wipers, tires, etc.).

 

Behind the glove box as you suspect, and as Zen said, very easy to replace. Also much cheaper if you buy it at an auto parts store and do it yourself. Surprised the dealer hasn't suggested replacement already, whether you needed it or not .

 

Cabin air filters are 1/3 the price on Ebay compared to stores... Make sure to get one w/charcoal in it and not cheap white paper ones.

 

i can't find anything in the owners manual

 

That's because you've been hypnotized to think PriusChat is always the only solution...

 

ommm....

 

LOL!!!!!!

 

I've never once replaced these things. I just pull them out when the air gets restricted and close it back up.

 

If you want to protect the lungs of yourself and your loved ones you need to replace these every 6 months with charcoal activated filters and keep it on recirculate so as to avoid breathing car exhaust from other vehicles.

It's important to take the health of your lungs seriously! It's the primary limit to longevity in old age because lung capacity starts to decline in your mid-20's. What's worse is prolonged exposure to air pollution has been found to lower intelligence and induce lethargy.

 

i replace it because there's alway tree detritus and etc one it. better there than going through the fan and jamming a vent door

 

Maybe if you put your old filter in the forest and water it you can re-use to grow more trees? The world needs way more trees!!!

 

i just planted 3!

 

Tulip tree
Doesn’t look like much now, but wait until spring!

 

My first Prius was also the first car I owned that had a cabin-intake filter. Everything else just sucked in whatever Mother Nature served up, and blew it into the A/C evaporator, which is usually moist during operation, so it makes a pretty good debris trap.

Dry leaves were especially good. Would get converted into fine leaf confetti on their way through the blower, then get packed very densely into the A/C evaporator fins with blower pressure behind them.

Solution I found was to take out the evaporator and soak it for several days in a tub of warm water with a cupful of the bacteria/enzyme gook you can flush down to digest stuff in septic tanks. Then a trip to the U-spray-it car wash to use the pressure wand to spray the digested leaf gook out of the fins. All clean and shiny, no harsh chemical damage to the aluminum, and both the heat and A/C worked waay better afterward.

It's faster to change a cabin filter though.

-Chap

 

you don't need to change the cabin filter that often...

 

Man, those tree detritus's grow fast.

Think it'll start growing cabin filters in the spring?

 

i like the charcoal filter, offers some protection from smells