🔍 EPAuto CP553 (CF10553) Premium Cabin Air Filter Replacement with Activated Carbon Review

Easy installation. The down arrow is on one filter, so I just made sure the other filter was set the same way. Installed on my 2017 Nissan Frontier. No problem with the plastic latch to remove the cover to access the filters. Others complained that they broke them. I just gently pushed up and pulled back to remove.

This filter is perfect for my 2006 Xterra and is long overdue considering the amount of dirt that accumulates in just a year. Activated charcoal absorbs external odors surprisingly well. To be honest I thought charcoal would be a gimmick but judging by the specs I firmly believe it now. The price is also a big plus; Attractively priced.

How easy it is to install cabin air filters depends almost entirely on the vehicle manufacturer. In some cars they do NOT appear to be replaced. Any difficulties I had with the installation were due to dark cramped spaces and poor low light visibility, NOT the manufacture of the filters themselves. In fact, once I figured out the auto part, the installation took about 90 seconds!

Not only did the dealer charge a lot of money to swap two filters side by side, but when I took the old ones out, he installed them backwards. They were only slightly more expensive with filter carbon than without, so I paid extra. I'm not sure if this is a major improvement when it comes to filtering, but it certainly gets the job done perfectly. I will buy them again when the time comes.

The airflow indicator side marker is only on the side of a filter. So if you use one with markings, you have to guess the second one. It's okay, but you have to be careful. Removing the one that should then slide to the right is difficult to remove without damaging it as there is nothing to hold on to. This is important if you're just trying to verify condition and not actually replacing. You can create your own tongue by taping it on and pulling it up.

I ordered exactly what was listed on the website for a 2006 Nissan Titan. When my friend (who owns his own repair shop) wanted to install two cabin air filters, they were 2 inches longer! He had already removed my glove box door and cover where the filters were supposed to be so I just cut the ends off and it worked. Didn't want to reorder and waste even more time. or my friends. For the price I paid it wasn't worth it. So 4 our 5 stars.

This isn't usually a problem, but I appreciate the instructions specify the flow direction for installation. Also without knowing that there are two filters and one had to be placed in the airbox and then moved to the right it wouldn't be as obvious if it wasn't written. They fit perfectly and cost right. I don't suffer from severe allergies and that's not a big issue, but it's nice to know that any larger particles are filtered out of the cabin. Buy with confidence!

Good filters for the money. The only problem was that one of the two filters didn't have a gasket to indicate which direction the airflow should go. I didn't notice this bug until I installed another one that had directional arrows printed on it. I didn't want to distort the first filter by trying to pull it back out of the tight filter box, so I made an educated guess as to the direction of the second filter and installed it. Overall good value for money. Will probably buy again and hopefully…

This is meant to be the correct air filter (CF10553) for the same year and model as our Nissan NV3500, but it actually requires you to cut both filters to bring them closer to the filter box. Actually I'm not sure if there really is a matching air filter for NV, so maybe it's as close as possible. Nissan doesn't seem to supply it from the factory (at least our new 2016 model didn't have it, which I wasn't aware of when I bought it). This is more of a criticism of Nissan than this filter, which…