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Dodge Caravan AC evacuation problem

From : Annonymous

Q: i have a 1998 dodge grand caravan. bought it new. its been great. last fall i had a problem as i was heading into florida. the a/c was on. at some point the cd started skipping and finally quit. we pulled the cd out and noticed a bunch of very cold water on it. obviously the tube that is supposed to evacuate the moisture from the ac unit was plugged and backing up under the dash. i stopped at a dealer. they determined there was a blockage in the evacuation hose. the ac worked perfectly for the rest of the trip about a week. living in indiana we seldom use the ac in the winter months so it sat unused until about may first. at that point it did the same thing. again i took it to the dealer. they found a blockage in the hose. again they charged me about $40. yesterday it did it again. i fail to believe there keeps getting something stuck in the hose that quickly. ive had it for 6 years and it never did it. now its done it three times in a row does anyone have any ideas other than just giving them another $40 to tell me there is debris in that hose jim .

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From : nosey

gumbo599@yahoo.com wrote i have a 1998 dodge grand caravan. bought it new. its been great. last fall i had a problem as i was heading into florida. the a/c was on. at some point the cd started skipping and finally quit. we pulled the cd out and noticed a bunch of very cold water on it. obviously the tube that is supposed to evacuate the moisture from the ac unit was plugged and backing up under the dash. i stopped at a dealer. they determined there was a blockage in the evacuation hose. the ac worked perfectly for the rest of the trip about a week. living in indiana we seldom use the ac in the winter months so it sat unused until about may first. at that point it did the same thing. again i took it to the dealer. they found a blockage in the hose. again they charged me about $40. yesterday it did it again. i fail to believe there keeps getting something stuck in the hose that quickly. ive had it for 6 years and it never did it. now its done it three times in a row does anyone have any ideas other than just giving them another $40 to tell me there is debris in that hose jim i dont recall anyone posting here about repeated problems like this. i think if it were mine i would find out how to clean out the hose myself. its probably very simple. i cant imagine a dodge service department doing even the smallest job for less than $40. maybe your personal attention will reveal a kink in the hose or something else simple that is causing the frequent blockage. .

From : redneck tookover hell

living in indiana we seldom use the ac in the winter months actually every time you turn on the defrosters you run the a/c pump politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .

From : nitpik

it sounds like theres a blob that gets pushed out of the way temporarily and then settles in over the drain hole again. all kinds of crud can collect on a cold evaporator .. you might have to open it up to clean it out or maybe carefully flush it a bunch through the drain hose. time for roto-rooter. i have a 1998 dodge grand caravan. bought it new. its been great. last fall i had a problem as i was heading into florida. the a/c was on. at some point the cd started skipping and finally quit. we pulled the cd out and noticed a bunch of very cold water on it. obviously the tube that is supposed to evacuate the moisture from the ac unit was plugged and backing up under the dash. i stopped at a dealer. they determined there was a blockage in the evacuation hose. the ac worked perfectly for the rest of the trip about a week. living in indiana we seldom use the ac in the winter months so it sat unused until about may first. at that point it did the same thing. again i took it to the dealer. they found a blockage in the hose. again they charged me about $40. yesterday it did it again. i fail to believe there keeps getting something stuck in the hose that quickly. ive had it for 6 years and it never did it. now its done it three times in a row does anyone have any ideas other than just giving them another $40 to tell me there is debris in that hose jim .