Vehicle maintenance is one of the crucial tasks you need to achieve if you want to keep your car in good condition and avoid unpredicted malfunctions that would require you to waste a lot of cash. Some maintenance work seem obvious to almost everyone, including oil and filter changes, but for others you may not always be aware of them. Today we’re going to focus on a less known but equally essential maintenance task, how to change the cabin filter on my Land Rover LR4? For this, first we’ll find out where the cabin filter on your Land Rover LR4 is, and secondly how to change this famous filter, as well known as pollen filter.

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Where is the cabin filter on my Land Rover LR4?

So let’s start our short post with location of the cabin filter on your Land Rover LR4. Depending on the year of your motor vehicle and the series, the filter can be found in three different places, we will now describe these locations.

Passenger compartment filter located in the engine compartment

To locate the cabin filter of your Land Rover LR4?, we suggest you to check out the side of the engine compartment, in truth, it is one of the most preferred locations for car makers. This is just because this is where the Land Rover LR4’s external air intake is installed. This is where your vehicule will supply air to your passenger compartment. It is most of the time located just under the windscreen, at the level of the air vents, you can access it through the bonnet of your car, it will be in a plastic box.

Cabin filter which is below the glove box of an Land Rover LR4

The second possible area for the cabin filter on your Land Rover LR4 is under the glove compartment of your motor vehicle. This is the least complicated place to access, you will just have to lie down and look under your glove box and you should recognize a black box containing the pollen filter, just unclip it to access your filter.

Cabin filter which is under the dashboard of your Land Rover LR4

Finally, last location where the cabin filter on your Land Rover LR4 can be found is below your dashboard, to access it you will have to take out your glove box which is in general held by clips or a screw. Now that this is done, you should see the black box it is in.

How to change the cabin filter of my Land Rover LR4?

Finally, we will now show you how to change the cabin filter of your Land Rover LR4? Nevertheless this is a rather common technique, it must be done at the right time to prevent complications on your vehicle.

When to change the cabin filter on Land Rover LR4?

The big question for most Land Rover LR4 owners is when to change this filter, because we know that you have to change it every 20,000 kilometres; don’t be reluctant to read our short post on the removal of the service indicator light; however, for the cabin filter, it’s a entire other question. It should be replaced every year if you use your vehicle regularly or every two years if you drive in the country and only make short trips. The purpose of this filter is to filter out air pollutants, allergens and exhaust fumes. Do not hesitate to change it more regularly if you drive in city.

How to take out the cabin filter on my Land Rover LR4?

Last but not least, the last step that certainly attracts you to this tips guide, how to take out the cabin filter from your Land Rover LR4? This step is actually very common. Once you’ve found the location of the filter, all you have to do is to unclip the box in which it is located and gently pull it out. Be careful when taking it out to look carefully in which direction it is positioned (you will often find an arrow that gives the direction of the air), so remember to position your new filter in the same direction. You just have to close and re-clip the box and you’re done changing the cabin filter of your Land Rover LR4.

To find more tips on the Land Rover LR4, take a look at the Land Rover LR4 category.