Keeping Your Nampa Air Fresh When Driving With A Clean Cabin Air Filter

Pop quiz: What is a cabin air filter?

A. A filter for your Nampa house?
B. A fresh, piney scent?
C. A filter for the passenger compartment of your car?

Clever you, it’s C.

A cabin air filter cleans the outside air before it comes into the passenger compartment of your all types. It filters out common Nampa air particles like dust, pollen, spores, bacteria, pollutants, exhaust gas, odors and even sparrows.

These high tech filters can block particles larger than 3 microns. By contrast, a grain of sand is about 200 microns.

Not all Nampa car owners have cabin air filters. They are fairly new on the scene. Last check, about forty percent of new vehicles sold in Nampa come with cabin air filters, but the number is growing every year.

Cabin air filters make driving a lot more pleasant. Your all types can be a haven during our Nampa allergy season with very little dust and pollen getting into the cabin. Of course, like all filters, the cabin air filter eventually gets clogged. When this happens, your heating and air conditioning flow can become restricted. The filter can even get kind of smelly.

Check your owner’s manual for replacement guidelines. If your all types owner’s manual doesn’t mention your cabin air filter, ask your Honest tech at Country Repair for a recommendation. It’s usually every year or 12,000 miles / 19,000 kilometers. Change it sooner if you drive in dusty conditions around the Nampa area, or if you start to notice a funky smell coming from your vents.

So keep your cabin air filter clean. It may not help with your brother-in-law in the backseat, but it will make your driving experience around Nampa more enjoyable.

Come by Country Repair in Nampa and we’ll take a look at your cabin air filter for you.