2001 Sebring sedan.
2.7 DOHC
I've been having intermediate problems with my A/C.
In the normal mode settings, it's hit or miss on whether the air will blow cold or just blow fan air.
Messing around one day, I discovered that when I am not having any luck with getting cold air in the normal settings ... the air "will" blow cold in defrost mode!
It will Always blow cold in the defrost setting even though it wont in the 'normal' settings.
Okay ... the reason for my post!
I found the following in a different forum, the information was supposed to have been posted by a Chrysler tech:
(This was not a post directed to me)
{BTW, I have the shops manual for my automobile and this information isn't in the manual!?)
Is yours a coupe, sedan or convertible? If it's a sedan or convertible, there's a "calibration" technique you can run.
With the engine running, turn the temp control all the way to the cold side.
Turn the mode control all the way to the defrost position.
Put the fan switch to any position other than off. Then press the rear defroster button until you hear a chime.
Let it go. The system will go thru some gyrations and give you a "report" in your odometer readout.
A "0" is good.
You may have a bad control head. As you noted, the default mode is defrost, so if the body computer senses a loss of signal from the controls, it will put it into defrost.
Again assuming yours is a convertible or sedan, salvage control heads are fairly commonly available on eBay and in junkyards.
The part is used in the sedan and convertible and in the Dodge Stratus from 2001 through 2006, so there are lots of them out there.
It's an easy replacement which I would definitely try before tearing the dash apart.
The IOD fuse is the one in the middle of the fuse panel at the left end of the dashboard. Easily recognized by the "ears". You can pop it out with no tools.