Air conditioning water drops

packof50 · Jul 16, 2008

Hi there,
Has anyone experienced with water dropping from the beside of the glove compartment, near center of the dashboard?

ephemera · Jul 17, 2008

No but I notice it drips a lot underneath leaving a puddle. Is that normal?

JoeBecker · Jul 17, 2008

ephemera said:
No but I notice it drips a lot underneath leaving a puddle. Is that normal?

If you are talking about under the Jeep onto the ground, yes.
Air conditioning not only cools the air but also takes out the humidity (water vapor condenses to water). The water droplets collect on the evaporator coil (sometimes called the cooling coil) and then falls into the drain and out onto the ground.

packof50, has it been extremely humid where you are lately? I have not experienced anything out the ordinary in the Patriot, but my old Dakota's air used to get really cold and water vapor in the cabin would condense around the vents.

packof50 · Jul 17, 2008

ephemera said:
No but I notice it drips a lot underneath leaving a puddle. Is that normal?

I don't know if it's normal or not.

packof50 · Jul 17, 2008

JoeBecker said:
If you are talking about under the Jeep onto the ground, yes.
Air conditioning not only cools the air but also takes out the humidity (water vapor condenses to water). The water droplets collect on the evaporator coil (sometimes called the cooling coil) and then falls into the drain and out onto the ground.

packof50, has it been extremely humid where you are lately? I have not experienced anything out the ordinary in the Patriot, but my old Dakota's air used to get really cold and water vapor in the cabin would condense around the vents.

Firstly, yes I can see water dropping onto the ground when I park my Jeep. And it's dropping onto the floor mat too.

Secondly, yes it's kinda humid where I'm living right now (Montreal, Canada).

JoeBecker · Jul 17, 2008

packof50 said:
Firstly, yes I can see water dropping onto the ground when I park my Jeep. And it's dropping onto the floor mat too.

Secondly, yes it's kinda humid where I'm living right now (Montreal, Canada).

The dropping onto the ground is normal.

The dropping anywhere inside the Jeep is not normal.

Can you take a picture of where the droplets are forming? Is it coming out the vents? Is it coming out through a seam in the dash? Is it coming out below the dash?

The drain line might have a hole/kink in it.

packof50 · Jul 18, 2008

JoeBecker said:
The dropping onto the ground is normal.

The dropping anywhere inside the Jeep is not normal.

Can you take a picture of where the droplets are forming? Is it coming out the vents? Is it coming out through a seam in the dash? Is it coming out below the dash?

The drain line might have a hole/kink in it.

Sure, I'll take a picture of it.

packof50 · Jul 21, 2008

Here's the pic of where the droplets come from:

more closer

(please don't mind the floor mat brand)

By the way, my Patriot is a 2008 North model.

todde702 · Jul 21, 2008

I would say the condensation drain is blocked. Take it to the dealer for them to fix. Like JoeBecker I also had a Dakota and it's drain blocked up twice on me. I had the extended warranty so the dealer repaired it both times.

JoeBecker · Jul 21, 2008

todde702 said:
I would say the condensation drain is blocked. Take it to the dealer for them to fix. Like JoeBecker I also had a Dakota and it's drain blocked up twice on me. I had the extended warranty so the dealer repaired it both times.

Yes, take it to the dealer.

My Dakota's drain never got blocked up. The condensation that was happening to me was the plastic right below the dash air vents getting cold enough for cabin air to condense on it (like a "sweating" glass of ice water). The A/C on that pickup was exceptionally cold, just how I like it.

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