Garage recommended new Pollen filter on vehicle thats done 1900 miles!

[Kingfisher]

To me, getting back to the pollen filter, it seems like the part most worth changing regularly. Long before extra oil changes etcetera. The air that I personally breathe passes through that filter. Surely, since there is always a risk of it getting mouldy, I’d want to change it every so often. Would you wear the same face mask for two years without washing it at high temperature?

The other thing is that I seem to remember these filters using electrostatic charge as part of their filtering. This would mean that filtering function slowly decreases over time.

 

[Ghilliechief]

Hi All

My California Ocean (2019) is having its first service (service indicator) but the vehicle has only done 1900 miles.

I've had the vehicle from new and despite best laid plans with work and now Covid-19 have been unable to use the vehicle - although planning to use it with gusto once some sort of normal returns. However, I was aghast the Garage recommended a new pollen filter!

I just cant see it unless the filter gets clogged up in windy conditions when sat on the drive - I do start it up regularly and go for a drive, and in the summer did use it as an 'outside space' to sit in. But a new pollen filter - Really?

Has anyone got any views on this? I'm still trying to recover from the shock?

Thanks All

Legal theft. I think they have a look at you and hedge their bets. Another example the other day I popped into Barnets St Andrews VW dealer and priced a T belt and water pump replacement for my 2016 T6 ocean. £549 all in. I then called Specialist cars in Fife again a VW dealer and asked the same question. They wanted £740. Case in point.

 

[El Greco]

I had a car serviced last week. The dealer recommended that the front tyres be replaced even with 4mm tread on them giving recommendations and prices. When challenged, they admitted that the legal limit is 1.6mm and new tyres have 8mm to start with. Challenge their recommendations!!

 

[Perfectos]

To me, getting back to the pollen filter, it seems like the part most worth changing regularly. Long before extra oil changes etcetera. The air that I personally breathe passes through that filter. Surely, since there is always a risk of it getting mouldy, I’d want to change it every so often. Would you wear the same face mask for two years without washing it at high temperature?

The other thing is that I seem to remember these filters using electrostatic charge as part of their filtering. This would mean that filtering function slowly decreases over time.

Unfortunately you answered my question posed In post #20

the oil in your engine plays a vital role in the health and longevity of your vehicle and ultimately the environment, not changing the oil when the manufacturers insist will void your warranty and could potentially lead to premature failure of the engine, oil will degrade over time and take on contamination, during that time the engine will produce more harmful emissions than if the oil had been replaced as required, the same cannot be said for a cheap paper filter designed to filter out pollen whilst the vehicle is being driven.

the analogy of a face mask being worn for two years is a poor analogy, the filter is not designed to be worn on your face?
Had it been specifically for the task you intimate it would not be located under the dash board, covered by a plastic trim held in with a fixing !

the totally innocuous and genuine question the OP has asked has received some quite frankly ridiculous answer backed up by irrelevant justifications that are of no use or relevance to the original question.

please think how your post will be viewed by others before posting inane and inaccurate answers to a perfectly reasonable question that you then may take offense when the obvious is pointed out In a not so subtle response.

 

[andyinluton]

Getting back to the original post, the VW fixed price full service at £315 includes the replacement of the pollen filter, the interim service does not.

So on a van on the longline service regime this means the filter gets replaced at about 40K miles or 4 years whichever is sooner, thats sticking 100% to VWs own servicing regime.

Waste of money replacing it sooner than that.

 

[Borris]

Whilst I am currently relying on my vehicle service plan to take care of the Pollen filter issue on our 2019 van, I am in favour of changing it every year. We have two other modern cars which I service myself. Both have fresh pollen filters each year. They only take a few minutes to change and are not expensive to buy.

Living in the country we have alot of dust blowing around and at this time of year amongst all the other flora we have a sea of mustard oil seed rape coming into flower which is a major irritant. I'm more interested in breathing clean air than saving a few quid.