![]() It's bound to break off if you open and close it too much. ![]() I'm not sure if your Vibe cabin air box is the same as my 04 is, but I noticed when I took mine out to replace, the little plastic door you have to open to gain access to the cabin filter is just held on with a plastic hinge. Quote, originally posted by rmlmt »I'd be careful if I were you with taking out your cabin filter too frequently to clean it. But yeah, if you take it out and check it every so often it shouldn't get that bad. Both our Vibes are parked in the garage at home though, so that probably makes a difference compared to one that's parked outside all the time. They were dirty, but nowhere near as bad as the one rmlmt posted. I just changed mine and my mom's at about 15,000 miles (we're both just over 17,000 now). It should still look good, you could probably get away with just vacuuming out the one you have.I take mine out every time I change the oil and use the air compressor to blow any dirt, etc. With your Vibe only being a year old you should be OK. I can't believe all the people that I talk to that never knew they had a cabin filter. After my experience with the filthy cabin filter I've been telling all my friends to check their cabin filter. perhaps i should think about replacing mine before it even thinks about looking like the filthy one in your pic!Quote, originally posted by rmlmt »Haha. Quote, originally posted by Zimm »yummy! geez, mine is 1 year old with 12,000 miles on it. I suppose I could try glueing the tab back on but it may not withstand the pressure when pushed to release the door.The new filter was a perfect fit. I had to use a screwdriver to push down to release the door on the side without the tab.I thought I may be able to buy a replacement door but it looks like part of the whole assembly covering the blower motor which would be too much bother and expense to replace. I forgot and pushed the tabs upwards and snapped off one of the tabs which was annoying. I then received the new filter and decided to replace them today. I did it that way the first tome a couple of weeks ago to inspect the filter. The service manual is actually correct (I have a 07). The one thing odd I noticed was that the instructions say to push up on the tabs to open the door - the service manual says to push down to open the door. Yes, you're correct - I rechecked the manual again. The GM Part Number - 88970273 - is listed on -98. Quote, originally posted by altimar »Note to Blue_Can: The Passenger Compartment Air Filter is described on -22 in the 2006 Vibe Owners Manual.
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