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Chrysler Town & Country water leak inside the van

9 messages,  Last post on Sep 10, 2011 at 5:45 AM

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#1 of 9 Chrysler Town & Country water leak inside the van by tcminivan06

Jun 03, 2008 (6:00 pm)

I have a 2006 Town & Country. Last weekend, I noticed that the rug in the back storage compartment of the minivan was soaking wet. I thought one of the water bottles had exploded. It took a week to dry out the rug. I put everything back in, and noticed today that the rug is wet again, but not as wet as before. The moisture is odorless, clear, and is not sticky--just like water. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing it?

#2 of 9 Re: Chrysler Town & Country water leak inside the van [tcminivan06] by asdrew1

Jun 04, 2008 (4:14 pm)

Replying to: tcminivan06 (Jun 03, 2008 6:00 pm)
Chances are that the condensation drain hose for your rear AC is blocked. In Florida we have that problem frequently because our home & auto AC lines don't get a lot of "dry time."
  
I don't have my 2006 anymore to check the drain location, but if you can find it you can use a fish tank "bottle brush" thingy to clean it out.
 
BTW don't wait too long to dry the carpet out or it won't be odorless and clear too long!

#3 of 9 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked by ohvan

Jul 06, 2008 (3:07 pm)

My carpet on the front passenger floor is soaked. We started to notice it about one month ago, which is about the same time we started running the a/c hard - fulltime. We also had the van in the shop from transmission work about a month ago - we started to notice the water shortly after the shop visit.
 
I tried drying it out only to find it "resoaked" agains hortlu after drying. It doesn't appear to be coming from the door or outside of the vehicle. It must be from the underside.
 
Any advice or help ould be appreciated!

#4 of 9 Re: 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked [ohvan] by asdrew1

Jul 06, 2008 (4:13 pm)

Replying to: ohvan (Jul 06, 2008 3:07 pm)
See my previous post about the rear AC.
 
On most vehicles that I've had, the front AC drain tube is right in front of the passenger seat and will flood as you described when it is plugged (notice that it is the location that normally drips when you park the car after using the AC).
 
You need to find the drain tube and clean it out.

#5 of 9 Re: 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked [asdrew1] by ohvan

Jul 07, 2008 (9:02 am)

Replying to: asdrew1 (Jul 06, 2008 4:13 pm)
Thanks for the response asdrew1. Is the drain line typically found from the top under the hood or do you need to place the vehicle on a rack to view the underside?

#6 of 9 Re: 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked [ohvan] by tedebear

Jul 07, 2008 (9:16 am)

Replying to: ohvan (Jul 07, 2008 9:02 am)
Read this that I just found from doing a Google search.
 
AC Draining Water Inside Cabin
 
Many more discussions and solutions can be found here:
 
2003 T&C AC Drain Tube

#7 of 9 Re: 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked [tedebear] by ohvan

Jul 07, 2008 (3:36 pm)

Replying to: tedebear (Jul 07, 2008 9:16 am)
Thanks for the information tedebear. I guess I'm the first to experience the problem.

#8 of 9 Re: 2003 T&C Front Passenger Side Floor Soaked [ohvan] by scotabroad

May 18, 2009 (3:28 pm)

Replying to: ohvan (Jul 07, 2008 3:36 pm)
Another reason other than AC - Just under the windshield at the front of the van is the external air intake. Air from that intake comes into the van just above the floor (behind the glove box) on the Front Passenger side. Underneath the external air intake is a plastic trough with two drain tubes (One on either side of the van). If the drain tubes for the trough just under the external grill (just below the windshield) gets blocked in anyway the next exit place for that water is into the van at the front passenger area. Stick your head under the glove box and you might see some water. Visit www.autoleak.com for an example solution. However what is not mentioned on that site is that sometimes when a windshield gets replaced, the rubber along the part of the intake grill that touches the windshield is not put tight against the glass or is even missing. On a heavy rain day, water floods down the windshield and into the trough and then into the car as the trough can't cope with the amount of rain plus it pushes lots of dirt into the trough causing the drains to block. Secured rubber between intake grill and the windshield avoids these problems.

#9 of 9 AC Leak Under Your Dash by dgilbeau

Sep 10, 2011 (5:45 am)

So after reading these post regarding the AC leaking under the dash on the passengers side of the van here is what I found. If you call the dealer its an major repair and could cost several hundred dollars as the dash may need to be removed. So before doing so here's what I found out. If you remove the air cleaner cover as mentioned in a previous post and hoses then look for a black plastic tube about 2 inches long coming out from the cabin wall, ( it will be wet, also has a notch cut out on the underside of the tub about an inch long) Put the 5/8 inch diameter radiator hose with a elbow in it on the tub (i had to cut mine down a bit) and presto no more leak. Cost $9.99 and about 20 min of work. Thanks to the previous posters.

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