Wet Pollen Filter after Car Wash

[thenookie]

Sorry if this is a repost, but I did a search and didn't see anything

Went to get a car wash the other day and I had the air conditioning on during the car wash. After the car wash, bubbles and a significant amount of water started coming out of the vents.

My thought was that the car wash loosened a hose or something, so I took it to the dealership. They said they had gotten a technical bulletin warning drivers to turn their air conditioning off, because it saturates the pollen filter which then results in water coming into the vents...


Anyone heard of this ?

EDIT: man my grammer sucks....

 

[stageup]

so we can never use the a/c?

 

[MicaSp33d]

lol .. that might explain why my friends regular 3 rear floor was freakin soaked after it rained very hard couple of years ago. It was funny as hell because we never seen anything like that. I hope it doesn't happen to my MS3.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

I have had an 04 mz3 and now a speed and have yet to have this problem.

 

[Super Unique]

I live in the wet jungles of central florida. No issues so far, Even drove today during a tropical storm with the air on, no water or bubbles thank you very much. Also noticed that high winds affect this car much less than I thought it would.

 

[ChrisK]

what if it rains? haha

 

[spdjnke]

We have a hepa filter in our cars?? I didn't know that.

 

[J-Villa]

We have a hepa filter in our cars?? I didn't know that.

not hepa. It's just a cabin filter.

I've been curious as to where exactly the filter is located. But I drove to gainesville from Jax through Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay and didn't have a single issue.

However, sometimes when it's really humid outside and hot, If i turn my A/C on full blast, it looks like it's blowing out smoke b/c of the condensation. Pretty sweet.

 

[dkswim]

the filter is basicly behind the ac contorlls. ther is a how to on the filter replacement. outside air comes in from the vents in front of the window i belive.

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111059&highlight=filter

 

[jams002]

Wet Pollen Filter after Car Wash is that useful?





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