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1995 Dodge Viper Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 14, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Sep 18, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 Dodge Viper. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Engine
Filed Jan 14, 2005

1995 DODGE VIPER - AFFECTS 5K VEHICLES FROM 92-95. FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. DODGE REDESIGNED THEIR ORIGINAL PAPER BASED HEAD GASKET AFTER LEARNING OF FAILURES WHERE COOLANT WAS LEAKING. REPLACEMENT GASKETS ARE MULTILAYERED METAL DESIGN. DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF CARS RECEIVED REPLACEMENT GASKETS UNDER WARRANTY PROGRAMS. RECALL WAS NEVER ISSUED TO ADDRESS REMAINING VEHICLES. CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE PRODUCT WITHOUT SUCH AN OBVIOUS FAILURE. I HAVE DOZENS OF OWNERS TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 4K MILES ON IT. *JB

NHTSA ID
10106314
Incident
Jan 10, 2005
Mileage
4,000 mi
Engine
Filed Sep 27, 1999

MANUFACTUROR KNOWS OF DEFECT AND WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY

NHTSA ID
712240
Incident
Sep 30, 1997
Body & structure
Filed Sep 18, 1996

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH THE ROOF FLEW OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK

NHTSA ID
802616
Incident
Sep 10, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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