Bob Palermo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm hoping for some quick ideas on what might be wrong :
>
> My daughter is driving our 2000 Dodge Stratus on a long trip from Minnesota
> to the east coast. About 2 hours into the trip, she turned on the air
> conditioner. It was at first working fine, but then the air flow decreased.
> The air is still cold but very little is flowing in, regardless of the fan
> level. She says the fan sounds like it's running fine, and the car temp is
> right in the middle of the range (so it's not overheating)
>
> I had her do a few experiments :
>
> 1)Turn off the air and the fan, leaving the recircluate button off (ie :
> allow outside air in)
> Slow air flow, air is cold
>
> 2)Turn off air, fan, and turn recirculate button on.
> No air flow (as expected)
>
> 3)With recirculate button on, and air conditioner off, turn of the fan to
> the different settings
> Slow air flow, air is not cold
>
> 4)With recirculate button on, and air conditioner on, turn of the fan to
> the different settings
> Slow air flow, air is cold.
>
> So it seems that it's somehow related to the venting system, not the air
> conditioner or the fan.

This is a very strange (and I think wrong) conclusion. If what you
write is the way it was, it looks like a fan speed problem - fan turning
on slowest speed only. Does she hear the fan sounding differently on the
different speed settings? If not, it is stuck at one speed only. I think
there was a related problem that was discussed here before - about the
resistor pack that controls the fan speed - but I don't remember if it
was about the Stratus or the Caravan.