Call Carson Toyota and ask for Luis. He'll ship the element to your house for </> $6 each. He'll even give you the drain plug gasket for free if you ask.

 

Taking my 2012 IS250C to Toyota dealer.

They told me, this is the new part number, and they stock them

04152-yzza5

 

Back in 2007 (when this thread was from) no Toyota models in North America used the same filter as the IS, starting in 2009, they did.

Now, every Toyota dealer will probably have the YZZA5 (AWD) in stock, but not all will have the YZZA3 (RWD). The A5 will work with either.

Jeff

 

To go a little further, The YZZA5 comes with an additional O-ring and a plastic insert for draining the filter housing. The YZZA3 does not have these additional parts, used for a vertically mounted filter.

The filter elements are identical between the two.

Lou

 

Alternative solution, order a K&N filter from Amazon or Walmart for about $5:

https://smile.amazon.com/PS-7023-Fil...gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.walmart.com/ip/K-N-PS-70...undra/34852638