If you aren't using the rear AC and you have water coming from the passenger rear tire area then your rear heater core is leaking. If the rear AC is on then that's probably condensation. Your DD has electric fans so there is no clutch, of course. All of that cooling system work means you may have not bled all of the air out of the cooing system and that will result in overheating. That process is tedious and time consuming on the V6 and only mildly so on the V8.
Radiator fan
2014 Dodge Durango overheats going up hill and blows hot air out of passenger side vents. Not so cold air out of drivers side. Also has water leaking out of tubes behind passenger side back tire. Replaced radiator once and thermostat twice. A search said that if your radiator fan moves freely when turned that it’s the fan clutch. I can spin mine. Firestone told me that my Durango doesn’t have a fan clutch. Any ideas would be appreciated. Ty
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Thank you! Firestone bled it the last time they changed the thermostat.If you aren't using the rear AC and you have water coming from the passenger rear tire area then your rear heater core is leaking. If the rear AC is on then that's probably condensation. Your DD has electric fans so there is no clutch, of course. All of that cooling system work means you may have not bled all of the air out of the cooing system and that will result in overheating. That process is tedious and time consuming on the V6 and only mildly so on the V8.
And it only overheats uphillThank you! Firestone bled it the last time they changed the thermostat.
Are you losing coolant?
Do you regularly check the coolant bottle level?
Easy to distinguish between water and coolant on the ground...touch with your fingers, coolant will be slippery between them like there is oil in it...where water of course won't. Also coolant has a sweet smell to it.
Do you regularly check the coolant bottle level?
Easy to distinguish between water and coolant on the ground...touch with your fingers, coolant will be slippery between them like there is oil in it...where water of course won't. Also coolant has a sweet smell to it.
Update: mechanics could not find a reason for the overheating uphill. The a/c lines behind the passenger rear tire were leaking. After getting those repaired, we have had no issues and our passenger side a/c is blowing cool air again. The car temp is even running lower. Before repair it was running above the white line now it’s back below like before we had issues.
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