Feel free to schedule service with our team, and we'll take care of things for you! Regularly replacing the cabin air filter can improve the air quality in your vehicle, reduce odors, and even help improve the performance of your car's air conditioning.

Rinse. Off the filter with cool or warm water from the clean side out in order to flush the dirt out of the filter repeat. Steps two and three if needed until the water flowing through the filter.

Our Top Air Purifier Picks

• Best Overall: Blueair Blue 311 Auto Air Purifier.
• Best Budget: LEVOIT LV-H132 HEPA Filter Air Purifier.
• Best for Small Rooms: Blueair Blue Pure 411 Air Purifier.
• Best for Odor: Alen FLEX Air Purifier for Dust, Mold and Pet Odors.
• Best for Large Spaces: Blueair Blue 211+ Auto Air Purifier.

How to Keep Your Car Smelling Fresh

1. Keep your car trash free.
2. Avoid smoking in the car.
3. Keep the car dry by not leaving the windows open and using floor mats.
4. Use spill-proof cups to prevent accidents.
5. Keep an air freshener in the car at all times.
6. Vacuum regularly.
7. Shake out the floor mats at least once a week.

K&N drop-in replacement High-Flow Air Filters™ typically require servicing once every 50,000 miles under normal highway driving conditions, and the larger filters included with K&N intake systems can go up to 100,000 miles before needing to be cleaned (under normal highway driving conditions).

As a result, the air inside the vehicle can become polluted, which can trigger allergies or other respiratory problems for passengers. In addition to affecting air quality, a dirty cabin air filter can also affect the performance of the vehicle's heating and air conditioning system.

Air Purifiers as Smell Removers Both bipolar ionization and carbon filters address odors and are effective when properly applied. Bipolar ionization reduces odors by breaking the molecules down and thereby neutralizing them, whereas a carbon filter will capture the odors.

Carbon air filters Filters that use activated carbon to absorb airborne chemicals, specifically VOCs that make up odors, are a viable option for removing some odors from the air.

With that in mind, these are the best car fresheners out there.

• Best Car Freshener Overall: Febreze Unstopables Car Odor-Fighting Car Freshener Vent Clip.
• Best Luxury Car Freshener: Diptyque Car Diffuser.
• Best Long-Lasting Car Freshener: California Scents Can Air Freshener.

• Iris Sandal Car Fragrance Spray.
• Areon Spice Gold Car Air Freshener.
• Aromahpure Floral Car Perfume Spray with.
• Iris Aromatic Car Fresher Spray.
• Airpro Luxury Oud Spray Air Freshener.
• Involve Elements Pro Silver Sparkle Car Spray.
• Aranyam Jasmine Car Freshener.
• Unikmen Perfume Scent Car Spray.

If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your K&N air filter is fine and does not yet need to be cleaned. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the air filter, it is time to clean it.

You may begin to notice your engine having hard starts, misfiring, or rough idling. All of these symptoms may indicate that you have a clogged or dirty air filter. Your engine requires a balance of air and fuel to require it to start properly. When there is not enough air in the engine, there is excess fuel.