Find the drain hose on the passenger side firewall. Could be hard to see from above.

Sometimes just squeezing the end will fix your problem, other times you may have to stick a wire into the hose, or in severe cases give a shot of compressed air into the hose... sort of a quick reverse flush type of thing.

The elbow you are talking would probably be the hose itself. You could buy that at your dealer and replace it, but you could just as easily try the above tricks first.

 

I've got the same problem in a 2001 Dakota. Found the overflow pipe, ran a wire through it, blew compressed air through it, didn't work. Still leaking like hell. I guess it's time for a trip to the Dodge stealership.

 

my 98 dakota sport is also leaking water into the passenger's side floor board. i cannot see the drain tube from under the hood. is it visible from underneath? the hose was unclogged about 3 weeks ago by the dealer and it's leaking again. i'd like to try and unclog it myself this time.

 

Hi,

I've got the same problem with my 01 Dodge Caravan, I found some information that suggests the drain tube is too short which results in the condensation being blown back into the car whilst driving The tube was lengthened in later models correcting the problem.

I'm going to have a look at what's involved with replacing it, I'll post again with my findings.

Kev

 

Right then, I'm British and haven't been here long so forgive any strange names for things.

This is what I did to my 2001 Dodge Caravan, obviously there will be differences for other models.

Looking into the engine bay from the left side facing the car. At the back of the engine on the left side is the air conditioner compressor, almost directly behind it and a bit to the right is a small black 2" long tube poking through the firewall, this is the air conditioner drain tube. If you feel the insulation poking out of the hole around it there will be a lot of moisture in it, this is where all the water that's collecting in the foot well is coming from.

I made a 90 degree angle out of a piece of plastic tube (it's about 2" each side), a nice tight fit and just pushed it on. Running the engine with the air conditioner on for a few minutes shows some drops of water coming out so hopefully this will sort the problem. As there's no pressure involved the tube should work fine, I'll post again in a couple of days with news of whether the carpet is wet again, I've got a heater drying it out now.

Hope this is some help.

Kev

 

It would appear that the fix is working.

I forgot to mention earlier that I poked around in the drain tube with a wire coat hanger to make sure it wasn't blocked before I fitted the extension pipe. Anyway, it does appear to be working which is the important bit.

Kev