96-RT10 Supercharged
A1998
I posted this on another thread also ...
"I had my engine replaced at 84k, and a transmission replaced at 95k, both under the 100k warrantee. Not sure they needed it or not. I maintained a very good relationship with my Viper techs and told them I was coming up on my 100k and paid for them to look over the car with a fine tooth comb. They determined that there was a small oil leak they couldn't fix, so they got me a new engine ($50). Later when I wanted to put in a lighter fly wheel, they told me that there was an issue with 3rd gear popping out on some tech bulletin and replaced the tranny. But both these issues were more about taking a very detailed look over the car.
The only REAL issues I've faced were mostly engine mounts early on. It seems that due to all the stresses from racing I broke 2 engine mounts. They were replaced, but recently (probably due to my new favorite sport of drifting) I broke them again. The new ones I'm told are much stronger. These were not noticeable except by my Viper Techs when they were doing a more in depth safety check before they put on the supercharger.
Also I had issues with the back frame welds. These were recalled and fixed first by my insurance, then later on my Dodge. They double welded all the joints at no charge.
I've also had a heck of a time with the wiring harness overheating at the headlight plugs. For any high mileage older gen 1-2 cars I would check these every 25k miles. Mine litterly melted off at the plug. I'm talking about the interior headlight on off plug. I also leave my headlights on most of the time for driving also, which may be the issue.
The only other major issue I've had, which I think is due to the racing is overheating due to a stuck thermostat. I had it replaced a couple times and now have a whole new cooling system in that needed to be added for the supercharger. So I've been ok since then, and we also moved the fuel-mapping unit, as it was over heating while I was racing. DC performance moved it inside the car and it's not been an issue since.
The interior has had issues, like the door handles, etc, but again I think it's more that I'm very rough on the car then actual issues.
As I think back over the years I'm thinking about more and more minor things, but compared to all the cars we've had since I got my Viper, I'd say for the mileage it's one of the least worked on cars we own. For me it's really the workhorse of the family. I use it everyday driving in a ton of stop and go LA traffic as well as track it on the weekends. My 5 yr old son loves it and likes me picking him up from "friends" - daycare, so it also does some heavy-duty family fun as well. I'm amazed that it came with a special set of booster seat seatbelts besides the 5point connections and the door seatbelts. It's a Gen 1 car so it also doesn't have front airbags.
I'm lad to answer any other questions on it to date .... so far so GREAT!!"
"I had my engine replaced at 84k, and a transmission replaced at 95k, both under the 100k warrantee. Not sure they needed it or not. I maintained a very good relationship with my Viper techs and told them I was coming up on my 100k and paid for them to look over the car with a fine tooth comb. They determined that there was a small oil leak they couldn't fix, so they got me a new engine ($50). Later when I wanted to put in a lighter fly wheel, they told me that there was an issue with 3rd gear popping out on some tech bulletin and replaced the tranny. But both these issues were more about taking a very detailed look over the car.
The only REAL issues I've faced were mostly engine mounts early on. It seems that due to all the stresses from racing I broke 2 engine mounts. They were replaced, but recently (probably due to my new favorite sport of drifting) I broke them again. The new ones I'm told are much stronger. These were not noticeable except by my Viper Techs when they were doing a more in depth safety check before they put on the supercharger.
Also I had issues with the back frame welds. These were recalled and fixed first by my insurance, then later on my Dodge. They double welded all the joints at no charge.
I've also had a heck of a time with the wiring harness overheating at the headlight plugs. For any high mileage older gen 1-2 cars I would check these every 25k miles. Mine litterly melted off at the plug. I'm talking about the interior headlight on off plug. I also leave my headlights on most of the time for driving also, which may be the issue.
The only other major issue I've had, which I think is due to the racing is overheating due to a stuck thermostat. I had it replaced a couple times and now have a whole new cooling system in that needed to be added for the supercharger. So I've been ok since then, and we also moved the fuel-mapping unit, as it was over heating while I was racing. DC performance moved it inside the car and it's not been an issue since.
The interior has had issues, like the door handles, etc, but again I think it's more that I'm very rough on the car then actual issues.
As I think back over the years I'm thinking about more and more minor things, but compared to all the cars we've had since I got my Viper, I'd say for the mileage it's one of the least worked on cars we own. For me it's really the workhorse of the family. I use it everyday driving in a ton of stop and go LA traffic as well as track it on the weekends. My 5 yr old son loves it and likes me picking him up from "friends" - daycare, so it also does some heavy-duty family fun as well. I'm amazed that it came with a special set of booster seat seatbelts besides the 5point connections and the door seatbelts. It's a Gen 1 car so it also doesn't have front airbags.
I'm lad to answer any other questions on it to date .... so far so GREAT!!"
