1988 Dodge Aries Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1988 Dodge Aries applies to the America and LE trims. Buyers could choose a four-door wagon, a four-door sedan or a two-door coupe, and power came from a 2.2L or 2.5L inline-four with a single overhead cam, natural aspiration and gasoline fuel. The manual provides procedures, specifications and torque values for those engines and for the fuel, ignition, cooling, transaxle, brake, steering and suspension systems, along with wiring diagrams and diagnostics for the electrical system.

Engines covered

• 2.2L inline-four (135 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 2.5L inline-four (153 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door wagon
• 4-door sedan
• 2-door coupe

Trims covered

• America
• LE

Known issues on the 1988 Aries. The 1988 Aries has drawn 11 owner complaints. Steering is named most often, in 3, and the electrical system appears in 2. Engine and engine cooling, power train and seat belts account for 1 each, and 1 complaint reported a fire. Steering procedures and torque values, electrical wiring diagrams and diagnostics, and engine and cooling specifications in this manual apply to those systems.