Reverse gear lockout

[VIPER BIT]

I have done a search on this & found quite a few hits. I see that there are some Vipers that are equipped, but I haven't been able to find anything stating whether the '95s were equipped.

I found a December 1992 Consumer Guide about the birth of the Viper. Within this book, it states that there is no reverse-gear lockout. I am hoping that this is not the case for '95s...

Anyone know for sure??
& By the way, don't want to "just try it"...

Thanks!

 

[Marv S]

http://ivr.viperclub.org/viperfeatures.html

Reverse lockout added to transmission At approx. build date 04/04/93

 

[VIPER BIT]

....& that's when the calipers were changed from "VIPER" to "RT/10"! I was also wondering that (had seen some with "VIPER" & wondered why mine were "RT/10")!

Thanks for pointing me to the answers!!

 

[Marv S]

You're welcome.

This is a great site for Viper Info.

 

[Roadkill]

Can someone answer if you have reverse gear lockout does it make it where you cannot go into the gear, but still grind.. or is it that you cannot accidently grind on reverse when shooting for 5th???

 

[Ron]

Unless there is power to the solenoid, you can not access reverse, i.e. no grinding.

Power is only applied when the ignition is on and moving <3mph as I remember.

Ignition off = no reverse

 

[Roadkill]

Hmm wondering if i should start another thread on this or perhaps someone will see it here and answer.. I have noticed that on my '94 when shifting between 4th and 5th if you are not careful you can easily grind on reverse gear.. is my car broken???

 

[Robert1994]

It shouldn't be grinding, i don't think you can even get into the gate unless your stopped.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Sounds like it. Get it checked out or don't put it in reverse while doing 60+

 

[Roadkill]

I don't think it would let you put it into reverse.. it just makes one hell of a nasty grinding noise if you miss 5th
I take the car in for an oil change on tues.. I'll have to check then with the viper tech.. thanks for the info!

 

[Gerald]

I have a 98 and sometimes when I try 4th to 5th, I accidentally grind by I think hitting reverse...

Gerald

 

[RobHook]

This is true of my '94 as well. You might want to check the reverse lockout selonoid connection as sometimes people pull off the wrong one when trying to disable the skip-shift and light. Look for instructions on how to disable the skip-shift and it'll tell you in detail which plug to NOT unplug. I've already checked mine but that wasn't it.

--Rob