Cabin air and idle speed

[rocky raccoon]

Car is 2014 Jetta Sportwagen TDI.

My ALLDATA DIY shows the cabin air filter located inside the car beneath the floor carpet on the passenger side. Is this true? I just want to verify before I pull that carpeting out. Dumb-ass location if you ask me.

Idle speed; mine is about 850 to 900 rpm on the in-car tach with ac off. Seems a bit high to me. Is this the correct idle speed and if not, is there an adjustable throttle stop? ALLDATA is unclear.

Thanks for the help troopers.

 

[tactdi]

Not beneath the floor carpet on the passenger side, but behind the glove box.
You would remove the under dash cover below the glove box, and release the cover holding the filter in the slot.

The filter will drop down, along with a bunch of dirt/leaves.
There are a number of YouTube videos with instructions on R&R of the filter.

 

[crashtested]

It's behind the glove box accessed from below, not under the carpet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZEV4AGwGM

 

[rocky raccoon]

Got it! Thank you.

 

[MikeH31324]

That idle speed is the same I see on my car. During a regen it will idle between 1000-1100.

 

[rocky raccoon]

Thank you Mike.

 

[rocky raccoon]

Changed the filter with no issues except that it is a bigger pain-in-the-ass than it has to be. Thank you all.

 

[skromfols]

Boy, you're not kidding that it's a pain in the ass to change. I spent about two hours getting my cabin air filter out just to find that it is perfect. My JSW has a little over 120,000 miles on it and the filter is perfect. I had a brand new filter that I had ordered on line ($14) and just threw it away, along with the piece of cover material that I spent two hours removing under the glove box. It will be at least another 100,000 miles before I check the filter again, so it wasn't worth keeping the new filter, and wasn't worth the time and cost to send it back for a refund (less 10% restocking fee).

 

[ebain21]

Boy, you're not kidding that it's a pain in the ass to change. I spent about two hours getting my cabin air filter out just to find that it is perfect. My JSW has a little over 120,000 miles on it and the filter is perfect. I had a brand new filter that I had ordered on line ($14) and just threw it away, along with the piece of cover material that I spent two hours removing under the glove box. It will be at least another 100,000 miles before I check the filter again, so it wasn't worth keeping the new filter, and wasn't worth the time and cost to send it back for a refund (less 10% restocking fee).

What?? Is the JSW that much worse than the golf? Mine took 3 minutes tops...Why go through all that work just to throw the new one out?

 

[crashtested]

Odd. I change my roughly every other oil change unless it's been particulaly dusty and they always seem to need it. 10 min in & out tops.

 

[Matt927]

Same, Every 20-25k I change mine. Always seems very dirty.