my drivers door will come open with out touching the door handle, there was a recall on this in 2015, r-14/nhtsa15-178 but because my build date was after February Chrysler did not send me a recall on it will not fix it. this is not safe and they need to fix the problem and let the other viper owners know about this before somebody gets killed! Is there anything you can do to help get this fixed it does not cost that much to fix it but they need to let people know about it.
Electrical system
Dodge Viper Electrical problems by year
7 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Dodge Viper's electrical system. Dead batteries, warning lights, wiring, alternators, infotainment and electronic module failures.
Electrical complaints by model year
Latest Viper electrical complaints
As many 2013-2015 dodge viper owners report online, the horn turns on and off, sticking on for long periods of time with no contact, randomly. Most viper owner of this year model are pulling the fuse so the horn does not work at all. This is a part of the steering wheel airbag assembly that is tied in with the horn mechanism. This is a known problem with these very expensive six figure vehicles and should be addressed as a safety concern by dodge immediately as a recall as this is needed for state safety inspection.
I was driving my car and something like a rubber/electrical smell was noticed. I looked in my rearview mirror and seen I had smoke filling the rear of the car. I immediately pulled over. Got out and opened the rear lift gate and as I looked to see what was going on my rear lift gate glass exploded into a million pieces. It was as loud as a shotgun going off. I was very lucky I had stopped my car as it could possibly have cause me or someone driving behind me to have an accident if I had been traveling down the...
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road. There wasn't a piece of glass no bigger than a dime left of the rear glass. I was very fortunate that I didn't get cut or glass in my eyes. Shortly after it happened I remembered that if the rear defroster was turned on that the rear glass could explode out. I then remembered that I was in the process of changing the radio channel and must have touched the button for the rear defroster. My dash screen was dimmed since I was running my parking lights and could not see my radio buttons and instead pressed the button turning on the rear defroster instead of trying to change the radio channel. Something about if the carbon fiber paneling was touching the glass it could cause a mishap. I contacted my dealership and they said there wasn't a recall on it and that there wasn't anything they could do about it and that there was only a technical service bulletin about it. This is totally unacceptable and they should be required to do something about it. Now I have to pay to replace my glass and also I'll never be able to use my defroster in the future. Something should be done about this before this happens to someone else or worse cause someone to have a terrible accident. I don't understand why the dealership never ensured my car was updated to prevent this from ever happening. Fca should take responsibility and correct this serious problem asap. *Tr
Picked car up from dealer after another service complaint and the radio, phone, and seat were not working. I pulled the vehicle over and discovered the circuit breaker for fuse location #11(power seat) had a dead short and kept the breaker tripped constantly. I removed the breaker from the circuit until I could return for repair. Upon return to the dealer, they found that the seat harness on the drivers side had been completed rubbed through the sheathing and was shorted to the seat frame. *Tr
Vehicle began having issues at 10, 500 miles by not starting. Push the start button one time and the car would go dead. If I lifted up on the negative battery cable, the car would start with no issues. Let go of the cable and the same problem. When this first occurred, I bought a new battery. Problem seemed ok. After a few days, the battery light came on while driving and the car turned off while driving causing loss of power steering and brake assist. I took the car to the dealer and they said it was the...
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battery temp sensor and that it had done that once in the dealership before I purchased the vehicle and they thought the battery was just weak.. Sensor was replaced and the vehicle was fine for approx. 900 Miles before it started doing it again. I returned the vehicle to the dealer only for them to tell me that the batt temp sensor was bad again.. They replaced the sensor tor the second time and then approx. 900-1000 Miles later, the problem started again. The vehicle is currently back at the dealer for repair. They are now saying the negative battery cable is bad and the harness needs replaced for the battery system. This vehicle was previously owned by fca as a corporate vehicle. I am the first consumer owner. I think this vehicle has many issues and may not meet all required safety standards allowing for its sale. I have a second safety complaint in the system for this vehicle. *Tr
Passenger window rolls itself down and the passenger door latch actuates and opens the door. This started with just the door opening when the car would sit overnight. It then later progressed to rolling the window down and opening the door while driving the vehicle. Dealer is aware of a technical service bulletin(tsb) for this issue replacing the door module, latch, and micro-switches. I am still having to pay for the repair because the car is out of warranty, even though this is a known safety defect by the manufacturer. Car is currently with the dealer waiting on parts for the tsb repair. *Tr
I own a 2013 dodge viper srt, turned on my rear hatch window defroster while driving to clear my rear window for the first time and smoke starting coming from rear hatch area. I quickly rushed to turn if off, the smoke started to clear. Seconds after my rear hatch window shatter. A loud pop noise was hear at the time of shattering, almost like an explosion. I quickly turned back home and parked the vehicle. It is now at the dealer and dodge is not owning up to the issue. *Tr
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