Where Is Cabin Filter On 1999 Jeep Cherokree Sport

Cabin air filter, new version and original version

All Grand Cherokee WJ series models (1999-2004) and the new WK serial (2005-upward) characteristic a housing for installation of a cabin air filter. No models have ever come up with the filter as standard, it must be purchased as a Mopar aftermarket accessory and installed under the front cowl. The filter allows a menstruation of unrestricted fresh air into the passenger cabin.

The motel filter is a very worthwhile accessory. Information technology removes solid particulates such as grit, pollen, mold, and bacteria from the air. Driving a vehicle with a chock-full cabin air filter from dirt and debris drastically reduces the amount and quality of ambient air that tin enter the interior and over time can lead to musty odors in your car besides equally decreased HVAC functioning. Mopar Cabin Air Filters remove up to eighty% of particles one micron or larger. For reference, the homo eye cannot detect particles under 20 to 25 microns.

The filter is easily installed underneath the cowl cover on the passenger side, attainable from under the hood. Once installed, all outside air coming through the Ac/Heater vents is filtered. For installation, the factory inlet comprehend is discarded and the filter housing and filter installed in its place.

To keep cabin air quality at its all-time, filters should be replaced generally once a yr or every fifteen,000 miles. Filters can exist inverse at 2 years/24,000 miles if mostly used in a cleaner environment (less driving on dusty roads and trails for example). Regularly irresolute motel air filters too can reduce build-up of debris and bacteria on the evaporator cadre of your cars air conditioning and ventilation organization, maximizing the life of the system. Cabin air filters end most airborne particles, and to some extent are capable of reducing balmy odors.

ocation of cabin air filter (nether hood, rider side), shown without the filter cover installed.

WJ & WK Cabin air filter parts
Part name: "Motel Air Kit" (1999-2009)	Part number: 82208300 (supersedes 82204691)	List price: $65.45
Part proper name: "Replacement filter" (1999-2009)	Part number: 5013595AB (supersedes 5013595AA)	List toll: $72.00

(Prices listed are for reference purposes only and may vary by dealer. MSRP prices are current as of September 2011. Parts are not available from this spider web site.)

Front and dorsum view of motel filter kit

Motel filter installation

Annotation: Installation can be done WITHOUT removing the wiper arms:

1. Open hood.

ii. Grasp the rubber cowl weatherstrip on the passenger side and pull information technology outward to remove information technology to most halfway across the firewall.

3. Remove the commencement 3 plastic fasteners that hold the cowl grill embrace in place. It is best to get these "started" by gently lifting upward on the cowl comprehend starting from the finish. This volition pop them up enough and then that you lot can catch them by hand and remove them (Circumspection: the thin top edges of the plastic basics can exist very sharp).

4. The cowl cover can now be lifted upward enough to reach in and remove the old plastic air inlet cover from the firewall. There are plastic tabs that hold the cover in place (see photo below). Pull out the thin side first which has the unmarried clip. Yous and so stone the encompass back and along to free up the centre "rosebud" fasteners. Or, per the manufactory instructions you tin cut out the plastic tabs that hold the rosebuds in place. Remove the cover and discard, information technology will not be reinstalled. If there is any dirt or debri inside the filter area this would be a skillful fourth dimension to clean it out.

5. Insert the new plastic filter housing into the inlet opening and fasten it in place. Install the filter into the housing, inserting information technology carefully so that it does not bend too much as it is somewhat of a tight fit.

half dozen. Install the filter cover over the filter. I had to bend/clasp the top plastic locking tabs together a picayune in lodge for information technology to stay in place more firmly.

7. Put the plastic cowl fasteners back in place and make sure they are firmly seated. Re-install the rubber weatherstrip seal and you're done!

Mill air inlet cover, forepart and back views. This piece is removed and eliminated when installing the cabin air filter. The two "rosebuds" shown are the plastic fasteners that help secure the grill embrace to the firewall.

There are 3 plastic clips that hold the sides of the original factory inlet cover in place, two on the wide end (shown above) and ane on the narrow end.

Vehicle air quality study

A written report conducted past California's S Coastal Air Quality Direction District constitute that air inside a car may have up to 10 times the pollutants of outside air. Small particles of these pollutants, which include exhaust fumes, road grit, plant pollen and mold spores, enter a cars interior by way of the vehicles heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC) system. Once inside, they become office of the air you lot exhale. With a cabin air filter, 90% of these contaminants can be prevented from entering your cars interior.