maybe it's just a design flaw in the first year Daks that they corrected in the 98's....you may want to look into replacing
some parts or something.....
-mike sykes
Gary E. Klim wrote:
> Perhaps this noise is all relative. My 98 correctly directs air as indicated on the control knob. I find the noise to be
> non intrusive, nor does it at any time sound as though something is amiss. My 87 Toyota 4x4 I sold last week made far
> more fan noise, but it made the same noise for almost 12 years - it was just a noisy design at any speed above the
> slowest.
>
> gk
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> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lee <jlee@atlanta.nsc.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: DML: Loud Heater
>
> >Joe Dille wrote:
> >>
> >> I have 270 miles on my 98 Dakota and I noticed the heater is way
> >> noisy. The sound is like the fan has nowhere to go. The sound
> >> seems to come from the top of the dash near the defrost vents.
> >> This only happens on the heat (floor) setting. It has "normal"
> >> noise at all of the other settings. Is this normal Dakota
> >> behavior or is something wrong?
> >>
> >> Could somebody check their 98? It is easy to do just turn on the
> >> fan and move through the different ventalation positions. Mine
> >> gets quite loud on the heater setting.
> >>
> >
> >My 98 sounds the same. I suppose its normal.
> >
> >
> >jeff
> >98 RC 4x2 V8 5spd 3.55SG flares FIPK
> >
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