My Viper Just Died...***!!!

[Joseph Houss]

As silly as this sounds, a bad battery could cause low voltage and the throttle position sensor (or something like that) won't work properly...causing stall conditions.. I had this happen on my '96.

Could it be a bad cell in the battery? Was the car sitting at the dealer for a long time?

 

[SapphireGTS]

Maybe you should have bought a corvette

 

[Fast Viper Dan]

My battery was bad after two months. I did not have a stall problem but it may have gone all at once. The car sat for two weeks and would not start. I jumped it and went strait to the dealer and had a battery insalled right away. I would have it checked. I would hate to here you lost power at a bad time or place.
Good Luck, Dan
(Mark, Maybe it's a water bottle. LOL)

 

[Casey]

It's gotta be the battery. Sounds very similiar to what it was like when I got my last Viper after it had been sitting around for 7-8 months. Take it to the dealer and have your Viper Tech check the battery. It shouldn't take long, and get to know your Viper tech a little so when you do need him for maint. etc, he'll hook you up!
Best of luck!

 

[Mark Young]

It really sounds like the battery. Check it. Did it happen after not driving it for a while? Does it NOT happen when you drive it frequently?

I drained mine down once, still enough juice for the alarm, lights, etc, but not enought to start the car. After jump-starting, the car just wanted to stall. It evidentally has to "learn" how to idle without stalling and when the battery runs down it "forgets".