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A/C blowing hot air problem

Old Jul 16, 2017 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mn2007pacifica
grbullets, have to kindly disagree with you. I had the exact same problem. I am not a mechanic but not afraid to get my hands dirty over a weekend. I would have thought low refridgerant would make all the vents blow out the same warm air. Not true. The passenger side was cool and driver side hot. I was told by a repair place they wanted to tear apart my dashboard too and it was going to pay for their kids college. I got a second opinion on here and Chrysler Tech said low freon. Went to an auto part store, got a can of refridegerant and a hose and figured out how to hook everything up. Nice cool air and the problem was low refridgerant, not a vent door. Remember that it is real people on here and many do not have the money to throw at their cars.

Why did you ignore/doubt the low cost fix and go straight for the expensive repair without first suggesting the refriderant first be tested and then tear apart the dash? $20 vs $1000.00

My friend is having the same issue, yet we refilled the refridgerant and it blows out colder on the passenger side but still warm on driverside, so i dont this just refilling it is gonna work
 
Old Jul 17, 2017 | 11:24 PM
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locate the blend air doors and see if they are moving when you change the temp from hot to cold on the driver side. also depends what kinda car this is
 
Old Sep 11, 2025 | 06:27 AM
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Short history... 2009 T&C 3.8: A/C blows cold, no problem. Intermittently, it would blow HOT. I'm not talking "not cold", I mean full on hot air. After finding this forum, my blender door was broken, replaced it, and wahlah, right? NOT! It did it again 2X. Head scratching, what's up? Looking at eManuals' pictures and diagrams, I notice there is a temperature sensor on the evaporator in the lower corner. When I replaced the blend door, I noticed a few pine needles in the fan. Curious? Looked up and forward through the blend door housing and saw a few more that had been caught by the mesh. Because of the angle, I didn't realize how many. I removed the windshield wipers and cowl. On passenger side, from the left looking at the engine, there is a square hole, then four rectangular holes. I shoved a small vacuum hose into the first rectangular hole aiming back towards the square hole (towards the passenger door), and heard many leaves, and maybe a few acorns being removed. No problems since. The science behind, and why? The A/C system is designed to keep temps somewhere between 60 to 85 degrees F. If your A/C is chilling right along and the airflow is obstructed over that before mentioned evap temp sensor, it is no longer having the ambient air to warm the sensor. It will get super cold. Much colder than the lowest (60-ish), setting the system is designed to maintain. So, what does it do? It adds hot air as long as that evap temp sensor is covered, trying to get the temperature back into the 60 to 85 deg range. If the leaf drops away, your A/C goes back to normal. Leaf flips up in front of sensor, it blows hot again. Doesn't cost anything and can be done in an hour or two. I hope this helps. Be cool (as you want to be).
 
Old Sep 11, 2025 | 06:33 AM
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Short history... 2009 T&C 3.8: A/C blows cold, no problem. Intermittently, it would blow HOT. I'm not talking "not cold", I mean full on hot air. After finding this forum, my blender door was broken, replaced it, and wahlah, right? NOT! It did it again 2X. Head scratching, what's up? Looking at eManuals' pictures and diagrams, I notice there is a temperature sensor on the evaporator in the lower corner. When I replaced the blend door, I noticed a few pine needles in the fan. Curious? Looked up and forward through the blend door housing and saw a few more that had been caught by the mesh. Because of the angle, I didn't realize how many. I removed the windshield wipers and cowl. On passenger side, from the left looking at the engine, there is a square hole, then four rectangular holes. I shoved a small vacuum hose into the first rectangular hole aiming back towards the square hole (towards the passenger door), and heard many leaves, and maybe a few acorns being removed. No problems since. The science behind, and why? The A/C system is designed to keep temps somewhere between 60 to 85 degrees F. If your A/C is chilling right along and the airflow is obstructed over that before mentioned evap temp sensor, it is no longer having the ambient air to warm the sensor. It will get super cold. Much colder than the lowest (60-ish), setting the system is designed to maintain. So, what does it do? It adds hot air as long as that evap temp sensor is covered, trying to get the temperature back into the 60 to 85 deg range. If the leaf drops away, your A/C goes back to normal. Leaf flips up in front of sensor, it blows hot again. Doesn't cost anything and can be done in an hour or two. I hope this helps. Be cool (as you want to be).
 
Old Sep 11, 2025 | 05:56 PM
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The evap temp sensor is designed to tell the PCM it needs to turn off the ac compressor before the temp gets to 32F and freeze up the evaporator
 
Old Sep 25, 2025 | 09:57 AM
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Hello!

If you are still experiencing the above concerns feel free to send a private message our way! We're here as an additional layer of support between you and your dealer.

Hannah
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