Hi,

Actually, I think the conclusion is correct. See my reply to QX, who may
have it exactly. The door or louvre doesn't seem to be opening.

I guess I didn't supply enough information. The fan speed varies at
different fan settings. She can hear the difference. It's just that the air
flow doesn't change, and it's almost as if the fan is not on at all. The air
flow is due to the car moving.

Thanks for your idea.

Bob P.


"Patok" <patok@pataklama.net> wrote in message news:g757gt$kl9$1@aioe.org...
> 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.