Vehicle maintenance is one of the crucial responsibilities you need to do if you want to keep your vehicle in good condition and avoid unpredicted equipment failures that would necessitate you to spend a lot of money. 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 look into a less known but equally crucial maintenance task, how to change the cabin filter on my Volkswagen Crafter? To do this, first we’ll see where the cabin filter on your Volkswagen Crafter is, and secondly how to change this famous filter, as well called pollen filter.

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Where is the cabin filter on my Volkswagen Crafter?

So let’s start our short post with location of the cabin filter on your Volkswagen Crafter. According to the year of your vehicle and the series, the filter can be placed in three different spots, we will now describe these locations.

Passenger compartment filter located in the engine compartment

To find the cabin filter of your Volkswagen Crafter?, we encourage you to check out the side of the engine compartment, in truth, it is one of the most chosen locations for car manufacturers. This is only mainly because this is where the Volkswagen Crafter’s external air intake is installed. This is where your vehicule will supply air to your passenger compartment. It is generally found just below 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 Volkswagen Crafter

The second possible position for the cabin filter on your Volkswagen Crafter is under the glove compartment of your motor vehicle. This is the easiest place to access, you will just have to lie down and look under your glove box and you should find out a black box including the pollen filter, just unclip it to access your filter.

Cabin filter which is under the dashboard of your Volkswagen Crafter

Finally, last spot where the cabin filter on your Volkswagen Crafter can be placed is below your dashboard, to access it you will have to take off your glove box which is in most cases held by clips or a screw. Once this is done, you should see the black box it is in.

How to change the cabin filter of my Volkswagen Crafter?

Finally, we will now teach you how to change the cabin filter of your Volkswagen Crafter? Although this is a rather simple maneuver, it must be done at the right time to avoid problems on your vehicle.

When to change the cabin filter on Volkswagen Crafter?

The big query for many Volkswagen Crafter owners is when to change this filter, because we know that you have to change it every 20,000 kilometres; don’t hesitate to read our short post on the removal of the service indicator light; nevertheless, 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 side and only make short trips. The purpose of this filter is to filter out air harmful particles, allergens and exhaust fumes. Do not hesitate to change it more regularly if you drive in city.

How to take off the cabin filter on my Volkswagen Crafter?

Last but not least, the last step that definitely attracts you to this publication, how to take off the cabin filter from your Volkswagen Crafter? This step is seriously 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 softly 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 Volkswagen Crafter.

If you need more tutorials on the Volkswagen Crafter, go to our Volkswagen Crafter category.