Video Transcript for What to Know About the PTC Custom Fit Cabin Air Filter-3513046C

Today we're going to take a look at the PTC custom-fit cabin air filter. Now, this is going to be an important thing to replace in your vehicle fairly often, since it's going to filter out any particulate matter from getting into your vehicle, and then getting into your lungs.This is going to keep out any of those harmful gasses from the road, things like carbon monoxide, but also pollens, spores, mold, bacteria, smoke, brake dust, all those nasty things that we don't really want to breathe in. And it's also going to help to make sure that our air system, our air conditioning and our heating are working properly. A lot of times, this can get gunked up with not only all those small particles of things, but also with sometimes leaves or other dirt and debris. That can make it hard for any air to get through at all and then you can have an issue with your air conditioning and your heat, so if you're having an issue where you're just not really getting any air coming out of those systems, you might need to change your air filter.It's pretty easy to do. Typically, your air filter's going to be located on the passenger's side in the front.

It's going to be underneath your glove box. In this case, you might have to remove a kick panel to get to that air filter. Just take out the old one, replace it with the new one. This is going to be a custom fit for several Chevrolet, GMC vehicles. To make sure that this is going to be a fit for your vehicle in particular, you'll want to go to etrailer.com and use our fit guide.

Put in your year, make, and model and make sure that this is a fit for you.This is manufactured all ISO standards. It's going to have a charcoal media to filter out 90% of all those harmful pollutants that I mentioned before. And overall it's just going to help to make sure that your HVAC system works properly. Now the manufacturer does recommend changing this every 12,000 to 18,000 miles or about once a year. You might want to check your owner's manual, make sure it doesn't say anything different.

Typically once a year though is a safe bet to make sure that everything's working properly and that you're not breathing in those harmful things.And that's going to do it for our look at the PTC custom-fit cabin air filter.