Have a 2000 Dodge Dakota 3.9 with 144K+ miles. Four years ago, on my way to So Dak, the flipper paddle inside the heat/ac floor assy closed and stopped air from coming out of the dash vents. Took it to a dealer in Sioux Falls, kept it all day but could not get it to do that. Drove back to Alabama without incident. About a month ago, on my way to Orlando, it happened again. Stopped at a dealer and after a bill for $119.00 got on the road. Twenty minutes later, it happened again. Turned a/c off for twenty minutes, turned it on and it worked for about 15 minutes. Continued with this all the way to Orlanda. On the way back, worked fine until I stopped in Dothan to eat. Back on the road, 20 minutes and it does it again. Continued the thing all the way to Montgomery. Took it to a shop, kept it for a week but could not get it to do it. So, took it home and was going to go to North Carolina but decided it would be a problem. Left it with another shop. Called this past Friday. Still looking for a vacum leak. Can anyone address this problem and can anyone come up with a cure? It does it both on A/C and Heat.
