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    New owner of Orange TA #55/93

    OC cars & coffee yeah, i d like to know where the C&C is now a days… i tried to goto the oc fair gnd one…. very low turn out a few months back… the one at district shopping complex at tustin/irvine was kinna small…. any one know where the largest gathering is ? nice TA….i got #66….am in...
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    My Fellow Americans...it was a GOOD run

    wow… sad news… i love my viper TA… i got into vipers way late …nearing 50s now… been into 'other exotics' most of my life and now, this car is more exhilarating than anything i've driven including my friend's with their usual italian exotics… (i'm not talking about p1 and 918s btw….) I'm in...
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    software upgrade question

    oh ok, great,that's what i thought….. i didn't want to sit there with the car heating up…. does the upgrade do anything else to my car ? it's not nothing to do with ecu and engine stuff i'm sure but… tnx, jRHO
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    October 24 2015 Viper Track Experience in Las Vegas--Ride Share?

    well, i'm in the sunday group…. i ll try not to trash the car too much for you monday,tues folks…. i hope to figure out what the limits of the car is during the 'experience'…. i ll try to report on sunday what it was like…. i'm sure we will be allowed to push the car…. bmw allowed full...
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    software upgrade question

    hi, i just got the Uconnect related software upgrade kit in the mail… it says to turn the engine ON and run it while doing the upgrade… is it possible to do it with the ignition in the ON position and my battery charger going at 15Amp mode… question is really… do i need to have the engine...
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    Boomerang Mud Flaps for Gen 5

    uh... if you are responding to my post above... I'm not sure if the initial thread poster has made one for the back or not but.... I just made mine by cutting a generic rubber one... if you want, I can send you an exact template of what I made with the screw holes marked..and you can get the...
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    Boomerang Mud Flaps for Gen 5

    trying to upload picture of my version…. i got some generic plastic mud flaps from jc whitney and cut em to as seen and used the current screws to hold it in place…. a bit larger then yours but works pre well…. did it for the back and front wheel wells...
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    FINAL answer on Gen V Viper Differential lubricant...plus a Gen IV tip...

    thanks for the post; i could not get this info from anywhere I was reading either…. 3 Questions; on the gen 5, the volume is still about 48 oz ? and the castrol version vs. mopar version, are they sold in about the that volume ? how often should we change this fluid…if we are...
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    Transmission issues - wouldn't go into any gear!

    Re: Transmission issues - wouldn't go into any gear! rear diff change hi, have a '14 TA with 1500 miles…. i had oil changed at 1000 but thinking of changing the rear diff and wondering what fluid and how much i should get ? also, depending on the fluid, i read something about adding a...
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    Changed oil in transmission and diff.

    hi all, i have 2500 miles on my '14 TA…. would like to do the trans and diff…. what is the amount of oil i need to get for tranny and diff ? is there a filter for tranny ? eng. oil i've done but didn't know trans/diff. was that critical until reading this thread…. just need to know how much to...
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    Cat Deletes w/o Throwing Codes or Issues?

    dan , i posted re: my issue…. this is jim, u did my '14 T/A corsa and brake lines….if you recall my set up on removing the stock ext and distal cats,…. if i do the arrow cpm, will it set of the CEL ? if it doesn't, i'm pre sure it will pass calif smog,as there is no more tail pipe gas testing...
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    Arrow Race Controller - preliminary observatuions.

    ok, interested in doing the arrow pcm mod but…i'm in so. calif…91 oct max available… i have a '14 TA… i did the corsa ext. and had the pros. cats taken out during install…..o/w stock….. if I do this, will it throw off and CEL ? as long as there is no CEL on, i can pass smog…as calif smog...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    well, got the new shock placed finally on driver's front…. car seems a bit less bouncy maybe… i called again before i went and they again couldn't 'find the shock' so after having the Srce advisor getting on parts people, i told em to take a pic. and send it to my cell, before i'd drive there...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    well…. let me vent here…. i was told the part is fed EXed to the dealer….i assume… where else would they send it to ?!?? i make an appointment and bring my TA to moss riverside, CA dealer and they say they can't find the part…. they don't know where it is..which of their 3 dealers got...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    well…. riverside moss dodge got the part finally…. i called SRT and mark did something too , i think…. i'm going in tmrw/sat. 14th, and see if they can replace it and align the car correctly… will report back…
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    leaking struts in TA models

    sorry mark, been busy… just sent email of vin #…. it looks like i may not be the only one waiting for a new shock…. james R '14 TA #66
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    leaking struts in TA models

    well, moss dodge tells me that the shock is on 'national back order'....been two weeks since I went there and they say there is no shipping/replenishment date... that sucks... got a new viper with no oil in the front driver side shock... :( the first few people with leak got it fixed and...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    well., i'm in so.cal…found a dealer, moss dodge , in riverside,that supposedly has a viper tech…whatever that means….. the shock is leaking oil WAY beyond just being wet at the top… another soaked newspaper …. NONE of my other cars leak oil from shock so….i'm gonna bring it in and get a new...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    uh…ok…if u say so…. it's just that every time i put a new layers of newspaper under the front tire, it's fully soaked /wet with oil…. pre soon i don't think there's gonna be oil to leak out….. but if it's coming out of the top of the shock, it shouldn't all leak out….true…. also, i thought i...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    hi all, i haven't had time to drop my car off for the seat position sensor /airbag ctrl recall nor the leaking strut… i think all the oil has leaked out now…. mx news papers i put under had soaked and now i'm just on spring on the driver front…. Q i have it…. should i insist on flat bed to...
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    leaking struts in TA models

    i have this topic on the VOA forum …. the TA models have been leaking oil from the shocks…. i left mine for 3 wks over the holidays and when i pulled it out, there was an area about 1' x 2' area of oil on my epoxied garage floor…. it drips down on the wheel then down the side of the tire...
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    air bag recall

    well, apparently the part is available, as many have done their recall…. it's not an air bag but the seat position sensor…. been told that they have to remove both seats…. if they are not careful, they can rip or scratch your car during the process…. i'm hoping to find a dealer in so.cal. that...
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    Another rod bearing failure. This one was bought back by Chrysler!

    ok.. well, the porsche panamera does not have a oil dip stick that i know of…it's checked via dash display,… yes, ii m "lost" re: issues about the bearing failure… re: oil dip stick…. haven't checked oil level yet after my first change at 700 and i have 1050 now so….given what i read so...
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    Another rod bearing failure. This one was bought back by Chrysler!

    interesting thread….i'm a newbie to vipers…..have #66 TA…1050 miles now…..corsa exh. mod that's it….oil changed with dan C at 700 miles…. learning the car….starting to push to redline now…… what are the symptoms of this failure thing? does it happen suddenly or give symptoms… ? even more...
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    air bag recall

    uh…. got a '14 TA orange…received a recall re: airbag… anyone else dealing with this ? what does the dealer do ? put a new less explosive air bag ? for driver and passenger ? i'm in so. calif…. LA/OC/IE…which dealer do you recommend ? i don't want to just goto any dealer ….but have NO...

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