How To Change Cabin Air Filter In Subaru Outback

Changing Subaru Outback Cabin Air Filter (2010-2014)

February 17, 2020

Save money and replace your Subaru Outback motel air filter one time a yr or every 12,000 miles. It'southward a cheap and easy DIY maintenance job that takes only a few minutes, requires nil tools and can actually make you feel better! We chose a Bosch HEPA Cabin Air Filter - tested to meet High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) standards, and provide filtration efficiency of 99.97% at 0.3 microns. If y'all take allergies or other respiratory issues this is the filter you lot want. Replacing your cabin air filter will too aid remove funky car odors.

Video past Matt'southward Garage & Misc. DIY. Re-published with permission.

Tools You'll Need

No tools required

Parts You lot'll Demand

Bosch HEPA Cabin Air Filter

Video Transcription

Overview

Today nosotros're changing the cabin air filter on our 2012 Subaru Outback. Nosotros're gonna use this HEPA rated filter from Bosch. So why HEPA?

So this happens to exist a high-efficiency particulate air filter and these filters are rated to filter out 99.97% of airborne particulates that are 0.3 microns. And why does that matter? Information technology actually matters if you lot're like me and you have allergies. It'due south gonna remove more allergens from the air you are breathing in your machine and if you spend a lot of time in your car that matters.

Replacing the Motel Air Filter

So at present for the actual replacement. It's pretty easy. You're gonna empty your glovebox, which I've already done, and secondly y'all need to disconnect a dampener arm that is over here on the right paw side of the glove box. Third, you need to utilize a little scrap of force per unit area on both sides of the glove box to release these two areas of the glove box from this track. And then now you've got access to the cover and you're going to squeeze on both sides to release the cover. Cover comes right out. Now you tin can see the erstwhile motel air filter.

So now you just want to remove this carefully so you don't get a bunch of debris in the car. And this one looks pretty dirty. It'south probably never been inverse. So this is our one-time one. And so this is the before and this will be the afterward. This is the Bosch filter - astonishing difference. You should actually do this about once a twelvemonth or every 12,000 miles. Then I'thousand going to just slide the new one in. One of the things that I'grand looking at is the air menstruation on these is supposed to go down. This slides into identify... good to go. Only demand to put my cover back in. All right now nosotros're just gonna close upwardly the glove box. I'm gonna reattach that dampener arm and nosotros're washed!

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