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‘Worked at a shop the manager would rub the air filters in dirt’: Mechanic shows how you may be getting tricked into buying new air filter

A mechanic warned customers about getting tricked into buying new air filters by showing them how auto shop workers can pull a fast one. 

Mechanic Valeriy Seredich (@valera12345og) often posts helpful tips for car owners on his TikTok account. In a recent post, Seredich shows a simple upselling trick mechanics use. It involves the car's cabin air filter.

Seredich acts out a scenario in his video, playing the part of the mechanic. At first, he removes the cabin air filter from the inside of the car. 

The video then cuts to him holding the air filter over a garbage can. He showers it with trash, including debris and an empty can of Red Bull.

Then it cuts to the mechanic holding up the purposefully dirtied air filter. 

“I’ll show you your cabin air filter. It looks like it needs to be replaced,” he says to an imaginary customer. 

How to avoid the air filter upsell

It can be hard to find a trustworthy mechanic, as Seredich suggests. In fact, another mechanic also sounded the alarm after he found a piece of paper under a cabin air filter.

The paper was blocking the airflow and could have caused major damage. The mechanic claimed another auto shop put the paper there as revenge after the customer said they didn’t want a new filter. 

If you’re in the market for a good mechanic, AARP advises sourcing them through family and friends. For further protection, it also suggests finding a mechanic who is certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. 

The dirty filter trick is a common one

Seredich’s video received almost 75,000 views. Users who work in auto shops claimed that the TikToker’s ploy was a trick in widespread use. 

“Worked with a technician that saved a dirty cabin filter with leaves in it and he would just show that to every customer claiming it's theirs,” claimed one person. 

“Worked at a shop the manager would rub the air filters in dirt, I quit right after I saw that,” said another. 

Customers also seemed aware of the tactic. Many said they avoided the drama by simply changing out their own air filters. 

“My husband can do it,” said one.

“Bro they recommended replacing my ‘dirty' cabin filter literally 2 days after I replaced it with video proof on TikTok,” claimed another. 

However, some mechanics argued that customers refuse to change their air filters no matter what condition they are in.

“Nah I've seen whole rats nests on them and they still refuse a replacement,” said one. 

One car owner also agreed with this assessment.

They recalled, “I remember when I was desperately broke I turned down a cabin filter even though it was gross and the tech went, ‘Bro there’s a fucking French fry in your shit.’”

The Daily Dot reached out to Seredich via Instagram direct message for further comment.

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A wind-whipped wildfire tore across the celebrity area of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles on Tuesday, triggering the evacuation of more than 30,000 residents and putting 13,000 buildings under threat, Reuters has reported.

According to officials cited by the news agency, the fire in the affluent neighborhood, between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu, has consumed nearly 12 square kilometers, sending up a plume of smoke, visible across LA.

The fire was first reported at 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, prompting thousands of evacuations across the district and into neighboring Malibu. A second blaze dubbed the Eaton Fire started several hours later near Pasadena, and a third named the Hurst Fire swept through Sylmar, in the San Fernando Valley to the northwest of Los Angeles, prompting more evacuations.

The fire began shortly after the start of the Santa Ana windstorm, which according to the National Weather Service could be the strongest to affect Southern California in over a decade. In addition, drought conditions have returned to the south of the state, according to an update from the US Drought Monitor, released last week.

The powerful Santa Ana winds coupled with three major wildfires have left almost 300,000 homes and businesses in Los Angeles without electricity. There were 299,987 customers without power as of Wednesday morning, according to the tracking website poweroutage.us.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in the southern part of the state, to help communities tackle the wildfires.

“We’re already seeing the destructive impacts with this fire in Pacific Palisades that grew rapidly in a matter of minutes,” Newsom said in a statement. “If you’re in Southern California, please pay attention to weather reports and follow any guidance from emergency officials.”

Motorists along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive were told to abandon their cars to enable swifter evacuation, as roads became choked with tight traffic. Meanwhile, the coastal highway has been completely shut down in the Malibu.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said at a press conference that over 25,000 people in 10,000 homes were threatened by the blazes. However, she noted that there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

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