Bryce:
If there is an ongoing issue with your blower motor, it may have finally given up the ghost. If there is a leak in the evap, your refrigerant would eventually escape to the point that the low side limit switch will no longer allow the compressor to engage. The evap is not a fun repair, as the entire dash usually must be pulled back from the firewall to access it. $900 is not a bad price, as I have heard evap replacement quotes of $1.2-$1.5K depending on the vehicle.

The blower motor most of the time is a fairly easy DIY repair, but not always.

Don

 

Bryce:
If there is an ongoing issue with your blower motor, it may have finally given up the ghost. If there is a leak in the evap, your refrigerant would eventually escape to the point that the low side limit switch will no longer allow the compressor to engage. The evap is not a fun repair, as the entire dash usually must be pulled back from the firewall to access it. $900 is not a bad price, as I have heard evap replacement quotes of $1.2-$1.5K depending on the vehicle.

The blower motor most of the time is a fairly easy DIY repair, but not always.

Don

Kinda sounds like I should of just fixed it then lol. Is it possible the compressor is damaged now too? Because man I'd hate my life if that was the case now as well.

 

Well things just got more interesting. It didn't work at all yesterday. Went to the store just now, and it turned on just fine. Blew hot air when the heater was on. Yesterday it was doing nothing. I haven't touched anything. This seems really strange to me.

 

That is strange. I am thinking your blower motor or it's associated wiring is suspect. This would be separate of course from the AC evap leak. Just out of curiosty, see if the AC works at all.

Don

 

So last night, it did it's thing of nothing working. Tried heat and AC this morning. Both worked.

 

So, since it can work on both sides (heat and cool), the larger pieces of the system are still functioning somewhat.
IIRC, there have been some software updates for the HVAC system. Do you know if these have been applied? I believe you can go here and enter your VIN to see if your car needs any updates. If there are no applicable updates, I would zero in on the blower and it's control circuit.

Uconnect® Software Update Center: For Stellantis Vehicles

Learn how to update Uconnect in your vehicle. Get automatic over-the-air updates with a Wi-Fi connection, or find software update downloads if needed.

www.driveuconnect.com

Don

 

So, since it can work on both sides (heat and cool), the larger pieces of the system are still functioning somewhat.
IIRC, there have been some software updates for the HVAC system. Do you know if these have been applied? I believe you can go here and enter your VIN to see if your car needs any updates. If there are no applicable updates, I would zero in on the blower and it's control circuit.

Uconnect® Software Update Center: For Stellantis Vehicles

Learn how to update Uconnect in your vehicle. Get automatic over-the-air updates with a Wi-Fi connection, or find software update downloads if needed.

www.driveuconnect.com

Don

For some reason it's not finding my vin. Tripple checked it. Just gonna take it a mechanic at this point. Theres nothing I can really do I feel like. I'm not mechanically inclined enough to tear apart my dashboard and fix both the issues.

 

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Rob
DodgeCares

 

That's strange. I had inputted mine to try the link before I posted it, and it worked good for me. Wherever you take it, I would ask them to start with the updates, so they don't tear into it unless necessary. Let us know how it turns out.

Don

 

Ok so I found the problem with the update process. It was my browser apparently. Tried with chrome and firefox, didn't work. Didn't even bother with IE since it's so crappy. So just now I took a shot in the dark and tried IE and it worked. Just updated it. Either way if this does fix the blower motor problem, still gotta take it in for the evap leak.

 

I agree if you are overwhelmed at the thought of doing this, take it somewhere to diagnosis and repair it

I had to replace the evap on a 2010 ford and literally had the front interior out to get the dash off. I ended up buying the complete dual climate control heater-AC box from a salvage yard, from a low mileage car and swapped them out.

What would move me away from tackling this in a Dodge, and probably any newer car, is the depth of electronics that interface with the heating air conditioning that can complicate diagnosing and repairing the system.