THE DAY CONSUMER TOOK POSESSION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD PRODUCE A STRANGE KNOCKING AND SCREECHING NOISE EACH TIME THE CONSUMER WOULD CHANGE GEARS, CONSUMER HAS RETURNED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, ONLY HAVING TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED.(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB
2002 Dodge Viper
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Manual Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Aug 26, 2002CA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2004| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.