Dodge Ram A/C working, then not working

pastordez77 · #1 Jun 4, 2007, 06:49 AM

I have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500. Within the last year whenever I turn the a/c on it will work fine and after about 5 or 10 minutes will start to blow hot air as if I turned the a/c off and had the fan blowing outside air.
At first I started turning the a/c off and then back on which would temporarily fix the problem. With time it has gradually gotten worse where the a/c will not turn back to blowing cold air when I turn the unit on and off. I have also noticed when the fan is blowing the hot air, it doesn't blow the air as hard as when the a/c is working.
Just a few days ago, after doing my regular routine of turning the a/c off after the cold air stopped blowing, I noticed air was still coming out of the vents. I know some cars have the feature where you can get outside air to blow by having the vent open and the fan off, but mine doesn't.
I have taken my truck to every mom and pop garage known to man and even Dodge Service Centers and no one knows what is wrong with it. I had one place tell me to change out the control switch, and I did, and it still didn't fix the problem. Can you help?

phoshouse · Jun 20, 2008, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pastordez77

I have a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500. Within the last year whenever I turn the a/c on it will work fine and after about 5 or 10 minutes will start to blow hot air as if I turned the a/c off and had the fan blowing outside air.
At first I started turning the a/c off and then back on which would temporarily fix the problem. With time it has gradually gotten worse where the a/c will not turn back to blowing cold air when I turn the unit on and off. I have also noticed when the fan is blowing the hot air, it doesn't blow the air as hard as when the a/c is working.
Just a few days ago, after doing my regular routine of turning the a/c off after the cold air stopped blowing, I noticed air was still coming out of the vents. I know some cars have the feature where you can get outside air to blow by having the vent open and the fan off, but mine doesn't.
I have taken my truck to every mom and pop garage known to man and even Dodge Service Centers and no one knows what is wrong with it. I had one place tell me to change out the control switch, and I did, and it still didn't fix the problem. Can you help?

dear pastordez77, did you ever fix your a/c problem in your truck. I'm having the same problem and was curious what you did to fix yours. Thanks.

mike



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