Anyone tried the charcoal cabin filter for the 2010 Prius? If so, how much are they and are they worth the $$ over the regular ones? Thanks
The FRAM Fresh Breeze (w/ arm and hammer) has 4 1/2 stars on Amazon.com The Part Number for a 2010 Prius is CF10285 according to FRAM's website. I haven't used one myself so I cannot offer personal experience with it unfortunately... I'd give it a try though since the prices seem to be around $15... Thread talking a bit about it, but looked like no one offered any personal experience using it as well: http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...8551-check-your-cabin-air-filter-today-5.html
I bought one from Amazon ( [FONT="]CF10285) for $14.45. Install took about 20 seconds. I'm not sure how much of a difference it made since I can still smell petrol odors while driving behind a big truck or such. Oh well. It was cheap, and after 24k miles (in 7mo? I didn't know I drove that much), it needed changing.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
I just changed my IV's cabin filter with an OEM and got a bit of a different filter. On the right is the filter that came out, and on the left is what I got. I'm wondering if the IV with "Plasmacluster ionizer" uses a charcoal filter, and if my old one only appears dirty. Anyone have any insight on this? Thanks!
I saw the Fram filter at a Wal-Mart in New Hampshire today. It was priced a couple dollars higher than Amazon's price, but if you want to check them out "in person," they may be at a WM near you, soon!
The old one is dirty. Because I just changed mine and we took a look at new (have touch ground yet new) Prius and the filter is as white as snow like the one on the left. My prious filter looked like the one on the right and it is dirt.
Jim, I just got back from checking mine and it's white like the one on the left with only minor "spotting". I've put 9,500 miles on mine since June '09 and it's a model IV with PlasmaCluster. Hard to believe yours could be that dirty. I suspect your older one may have been a charcoal filter. For anyone that wants to take a look at their cabin filter, the owner's manual shows step-by-step instructions beginning on page 449. I was a bit surprised at how much force it took to get the glove box loose but it was a good learning experience. Brad
To explain the dirtiness, I changed mine at ~15k miles and do a lot of driving through DC traffic. Interestingly, the engine filter is still squeaky clean. I guess the next question is "why the different number of pleats?" My only concern was that the Ionizer requires a different filter for some reason, but when I tried it nothing blew up or caught on fire so it can't be all bad . In any case, I'll probably go with the filters from Amazon listed in separate threads after I run through couple of OEMs I have. FWIW, I had thought about asking my dealer about them, except the SM thought the 2010 still has the coolant thermos (among a number of other faux pas).
