1995 Dodge Intrepid A/C issues

Hello list I have a 1995 Dodge Intrepid. Recently I have been having A/C issues. I had the evaporator and hoses rebuilt last spring, now the fan is acting odd. This is the 3.0 v6 and it has 152,000 miles on it. Here are the two problems.

  1. While driving about 30 to 40 minutes into the ride, the air stops coming into passenger compartment. The fan seems to be just the same speed, as it is making the same noise, but just a whisper of air comes thru the vents. It is nice and cold, though. If I turn the A/C off for oh, say 10 - 15 minutes, turn it back on, it will blow fine for approx. another 30 minutes or so. Very odd.

  1. Now a new problem, the A/C is only working intermittently. I live in Oklahoma, so the A/C is on all summer, now sometimes when I start the car it works, other times it doesn't. When it works it is nice and cold, and blows fine (for 30 minutes).

Any ideas? And thanks a lot in advance for any help provided.

Reply to
B A Kodiak
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It sounds like the system might be undercharged and is frosting up because of this. One way to check is to leave the fan on but turn the A/C off when situation #1 happens. You'll probably notice that as the air speed picks up that the air coming out gets colder for just a little bit. The evaporator freezes up when the system is a little undercharged. Have the pressures checked to see if I'm right.

Best of luck, Tom Heintz "Mopar Maniac"

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Tom & Debbie Heintz

If the air is blowing from the another outlet but not the one you wanted......the Mode Control motor is probably faulty, removing the front part of the dash and console if equipped will have to be removed to access the motor

Reply to
maxpower

Reply to
maxpower

The fan blowing but little air coming means that the evaporator is iced up. Stopping the A/C for a few minutes will let the ice melt. This means that the A/C compressor is not cycling off and on because the temp sensor at the evapoartor is not working as it should.

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Mr. Elbe

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