filters must be changed on 7.5 kKm instead 30 kKm recommended by dealer,
2-3 times a year.

 

and preferably use model filled by activated carbon - 5Q0 819 669
standart - 5Q0 819 653

 

look at pictures how it looks after 15 kKm:
https://www.drive2.com/l/507430114850505285/

https://www.drive2.com/l/505588157996073477/

 

'Must be changed',   who comes up with this rubbish?   I can see Dealers loving a car coming in 3 times a year for them changing a pollen filter. 

Some do 20,000 plus miles a year, and a pollen / cabin filter changed every Variable Service is adequate for them. 

Service Plans / Fleet Servicing might allow one service with a Pollen Filter change.

 

Next time someone picks a Ex Demonstrator / Management car from a VW Group Dealership that has done 7.5 kKm i hope they tell the Sales Executive, The Pollen Filter must be changed by them before you take the car way.   They read it on a forum.

 

Guidelines, not even schedule in the UK was @ 2 years,   or 2 x 9,400 miles / 29,000 km.

 

That is from a manufacturer that does not know if you sit in gridlock traffic every day behind busses / vans spewing out soot.

Or drive through the countryside with pollen and chaf in the air, and park up in damp / wet places or near the seaside.

 

Location, location, location is what matters, and some need to use some common sense, and look for lost in translation. 

Edited 2 August, 20187 yr by Offski