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Only $76 for new cabin/engine air filter....

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  1. cyberpriusII

    cyberpriusII Prodigyplace says I'm Super Kris

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    Took my 2019 Subaru into the dealer as it has the dreaded -- very well known -- passenger window problem....which means you close the window, it goes up and then goes back down to half-closed.

    Anyway, under warranty. Service advisor calls. Says -- wait for it -- Cabin filter and Engine Air filter are horrible and need to be replaced immediately at a low price of $76.

    LOL :p:p:p:p

    I checked them three days ago and they were a bit dirty, but no issue. Indeed, because of the Oregon wildfires, I ordered new filters from RockAuto last week for a total of around twelve dollars, delivered....

    So. politely refused the filter service.
    kris
     
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    "Only $76? Could you change my filters two or three times? I'd like to stock up while that price lasts!"
     
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    Yeah, but Toyota OEM air filter Part Number: 1780121060 and cabin filter Part Number: 87139-58010 are $18.65 and $51.90 list price. How much were yours?
     
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    cyberpriusII Prodigyplace says I'm Super Kris

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    Look above, around $12,.,,,,They are not Subaru filters, but Wix.
     
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    That's price gouging! Buy Toyota then it would have been a fair price!:p
     
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    cyberpriusII Prodigyplace says I'm Super Kris

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    Aye, me GEN II cabin filters are horrible priced from Toyota. I use TYC from Rock Auto for $3.xx
     
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    cyberpriusII Prodigyplace says I'm Super Kris

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    Sorry, distracted in my last post. For the Prius, I use the TYC cabin filter for about $3.75 from Rock Auto and the Denso Engine Air filter (OEM FOR SURE) for about $8 from Rock Auto.
     
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    Wow those prices from Rock Auto are attractive.

    I've found OEM cabin charcoal filter for most brands run about $50.
    Aftermarket charcoal like Fram or NAPA run $20 and non charcoal cabin can be $10 or so from local Walmart, O'Reillys etc.

    Air filters IMO from OEM are designed not to flow air as well as aftermarket, BUT OEM have superior dust filtration and always fit perfectly.

    Good cost saving info posted by the OP.​
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    There is cut to fit charcoal filters of various sizes that might fit on the cabin filter. Depending on how it fits, it can act as a prefilter to a HEPA one.

    I ended up just washing the factory engine air filter with as the filter I had ended up not being the correct one. Some ammonia and a little detergent did a good job.
     
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    Toyota's are suggested list around $35, more like $24 discounted at dealers:

    Gen 1 / Gen 2 fit

    Gen 3 to current fit

    I'm not positive what "current" means; the part numbers come from here but here doesn't have a date (well, there's a 2018/02 in the URL).

    I like the way one of their selling points for "Toyota Genuine vs. Aftermarket" is "sized to fit each model vs. aftermarket's general fitment", and then they list all of four different part numbers covering twenty years of twenty-five different models.
     
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    I know some motorcycle filters a expensive like that and there is no real alternative and they say to replace them every 10,000~ miles. I've been buying EPAuto filters off Amazon. For my Gen 3. I bought a 3 pack of cabin filters that comes out to $6.29 per filter and the engine air filter $9.47. I probably didn't need to change the engine filter but I did because it had been a while. I wonder how my cabin filter gets so dirty considering I'm on recirculate 99% of the time and the screen at the bottom of the window wouldn't let leafs in, but I find leafs in my filter.
     
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