Does anyone know of a cheap replacement for the in cabin Micro Filter on the 2004 Max? The dealer wants $80 to replace it. I pulled mine out and cleaned it. It does not have plastic around it like the replacements.

 

http://www.courtesyparts.com/maxima/a34_maint.html

you can get the "in-cabin micro filter" for $30.05 plus shipping+handling.
that's the cheapest one i found so far...

 

Thanks, I now have one on order from courtesyparts.com

 

This may not be the place, but does anyone think that filter actually does any good? For example, when you drive behind a diesel truck or pass by a cattle feedlot or pass through a little smoke, the Maxima seems to let all of it into the cabin. By contrast, in my BMW you never know you even encountered anything.

Considering that, I don't think I'll bother to change this (IMO useless) filter.

Mike

 

But if you never change it , the air flow will be restricted.

 

How often should one change this filter anyway? I've just had the car serviced for oil change and rotation and they did bring in the air filter to show me that it needed replacement (car is 11 months old) no mention was made of the in-cabin filter. I'm assuming all 2004 Maximas have an in-cabin filter. I have not noticed any improvement with the in-cabin filter over my '91 or '00 Maximas.

 

Its going to depend on where you live, how much driving you do, road conditions etc.

On my last car I replaced it about once a year and it was pretty filthy. I hardly ever go down a dirt road, and I'd say I do about 70/30 city/highway driving. I think once per year would be about right, maybe a bit longer, 14 months max.

CM.

 

How did U remove filter ? I read the manual but i have a problem in removing the 2 lower glove box hinge pins.I turn the pins around but hey dont move slide out or do anything,am i doing somethong wrong/,thanks for any help/guidance.

 

This will show you step by step. Thanks to Chernmax for the instructions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqscpWG5PQ

 

For future reference I used this one.

FRAM CF10140 Fresh Breeze @ amazon. $16.50.

 

Advanced auto parts sells one for around 15 bucks

 

Buy the Wix from O'Reilly for under $15 and it is great.

Also, this should be changed every 6 months for someone who likes their car or 1 year for someone who cares less.

For a maintenance of $15 a year? If someoen does not do it atleast a year, I really don't know what kind of maintenance you do on your car. $15 in a year?

 

+1 Just received mine yesterday

 

Well, if you are of the opinion that it is useless, then you should just take it out altogether.

 

Filters are only good at removing particles from the air with respect to the particle size they are designed for. In order to remove smells from a gas you are going to have to have extremely minute pores in the filter media as well as a carbon filter to capture any vapors. The filter in the dash is very good at what it is designed for. I have even found small leaves in mine and tons of black dirt. Previous cars I've owned that did not have filters, put all that junk into the cabin air. Not a good thing. It's a $30 part that you change every 2 years or so, pennies really. A filter that would remove smells from the air would not allow for an air flow rate that would be capable of cooling down or heating up the cabin. It's a trade off between filtration and volumetric flow rate.

 

I've had the fram fresh breeze in mind for a while now (actually I'm due for a change). I'm not sure I ever noticed a difference from the regular in-cabin filters vs the fram in terms of keeping the cabin air / smell fresher.

 

purolator breatheEASY at amazon is $6 after rebate. if you have prime, it's free shipping. otherwise, add items to get over $25 for FS (like the pureone air filter which also has a rebate and is $11 after rebate).

see here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

we just brought out max yesterday, used 04 model also XD yay am hype, anyways i was just trying to remove the filter and for the LIFE of me i couldnt get the glove compartment out, so i gave up, HAHAH but the pins for our glove compartment is missing anyone know where i could replacements?

 

out of curiosity what if we were to spray like fabreeze on the filter, let it dry naturally then put it back in, am just using fabreeze as a example, wouldnt that send a scented smell through the vents?

 

Sure, but your filter still wouldn't serve the purpose that it was intended to do.

 

good to know A+ thread

 

so i pulled out the filter finally and WOW it was BLACK, i knocked out the particles and stuff out of it, and am gonna be ordering a new one, when i do order a new one i will take pics of the old on, it looks like the old want wasnt changed for some time no, its really bad and after seeing the condition of that i can tell that the filter does what its suppose to do.

 

Man this helped me out yesterday. My filter was pretty dirty. Got a new one at autozone for $16.

 

I had posted up some instructional pics with Chern's directions as well as some nasty filter pics here: http://forums.maxima.org/6th-generat...in-filter.html

 

I changed mine twice in 130,000miles on an '04...you think it would be noticeably fresher inside, it wasnt. But I felt good I went though the hassle of changing it, which is a ***** to get to BTW..do it every year or so, heck why not?

 

bought mine from walmart for like 15. think it was the fram breeze one