Cabin Air Filter.... but when you look it up in the repair manual for Saab, THEY call it the "AC FILTER".... took me like an hour to figure that out lol

yours actually looks pretty clean... mine had way more leaves and crap in it after 30k 

Only the Aero has it from the factory.

The Linear/2.5i did not come equiped with one but IIRC you can put one in.  Someone correct me if I am wrong.  99% sure on this

  Yes, correct.  I have had one in my Linear since early 2006.  All you have to do is install it.

oh god, guess i'll have to do this soon.... mine's got 94k miles and I have never changed my filter.

JPL315 wrote:

Jeez guys, Linear cabin filter, check previous threads through Search function!!!!!   go to Lowe's or Home Depot, buy 3M Filtrete cut to fit and install.

I know what you mean... but there is just something about driving a Saab and saying that you used OEM Subaru parts that just gives me a wonderful feeling

JPL315 wrote:

Jeez guys, Linear cabin filter, check previous threads through Search function!!!!!   go to Lowe's or Home Depot, buy 3M Filtrete cut to fit and install.

this. I do it every 15k miles. probably going to do it this weekend along with planning out my 60k maintenance.

I don't get joy out of spending way more for "subaru genuine parts" when nobody's going to notice it. Spend that on things like din pockets and cargo mats, and "my fifth subaru rainbow club" badges 

I just changed my cabin air filter and figured I'd add my photo to the heap of other nasty ones:



The stock filter is about 7.25"x8.25"x1.125".  I ended up buying a big 3M filter and cutting it up. They only had 1" thick filters, but it's close enough that it'll probably be just fine.  I got 4 air filters out of it for $5.

It's great, the blower can put out so much more air now!

Here is mine:
I replaced mine while waiting in the car for my wife to do some grocery shopping.  There was a Home Depot next to the grocery store so I bought a furnace filter for $9.00.  Then I pulled this out:

and removed these:

this happened:

I needed to remove two wiring clips and pulled the old filter out and slid the new one here:

Replaced screws and glovebox.  Easy mod, done in 20 mins with a mini leatherman in a parking lot.  The filter is 1" and doesn't fit snug but I think it will be ok and the AC smells better.

Last edited by aasst15 (2010-07-29 13:03:16)

Please CHANGE You AC FILTER!

krazykarguy wrote:

I made an honest attempt to "make my own", and managed to butcher a perfectly good Filtrete filter and waste $9 in the process. Tin snips and two pairs of sharp wire cutters had a difficult time getting through the reinforcement mesh/filter media.

Fuck it, I'm going filter-less. No point, really. My older cars never had these filters and I never noticed a difference (except decreased airflow when the filter clogs up).

No filter=higher airflow, cooler A/C.

I'll have to agree with him, fuck it, my other cars never had one and it's fine as is. Now I get an actual breeze flowing in with the blower off and the sunroof open! It just gives me an excuse to clean the interior more often!

Justin80 wrote:

Please CHANGE You AC FILTER!

Just did. Definitely not as dirty as the ones pictured above, but had the usual crap inside. Not too bad for 25K+ miles, lol.

And idk why aasst15 had to unclip his wiring from the glovebox, I managed just fine with the two wires in the way.