What Do You Know About Cabin Air Filters?

Nov. 5, 2020

As you probably know by now, Federated Auto Parts sponsors our monthly ASE Question of the Month. Simply by attempting to answer the current question automatically enters you in our random prize giveaway - a collectible diecast provided by Federated!

The winner of our October contest is none other than Mike Rock from Wausau, Wisconsin. You can follow in Mike's footsteps by answering this month's challenge regarding an often overlooked service item - the cabin air filter.

Here's the question:

Technician A says that cabin air filters protect the occupants from over 200 known contaminants found in a typical car’s passenger compartment. Technician B says that the cabin air filter protects the evaporator core from copper particles emitted by the blower motor when it is “on.”

Go HERE to answer and be entered for our next drawing!

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