Nearly 2,000 Units of the SRT Viper Suffer from Recall

by SpeedLux

It seems that bad luck has not stopped knocking at the door of Chrysler and its Viper lineups produced by Dodge just yet. This particular American muscle car, which has managed to become very iconic, has to suffer from a recall yet again. Just for information, before this, Chrysler had also had to cease production of the model due to the low customer demand. Now, the institute that governs the safety of driving in the states, the US-based National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has forced Chrysler to recall nearly 2,000 units of the SRT Viper in total.

To be more precise in this case, the total number of the Viper recalled reaches 1,912 units. Out of all these recalled units, no less than 201 units of them originate from Canada while 16 of them come from the Mexico, 1,624 are from the United States of America and the remaining 71 units come from different parts of the globe. The SRT Viper models that Chrysler is currently recalling include those that were manufactured somewhere between 28th November 2012 to the 26th June 2014. This means that the new Viper model is also affected by the recall.

For those who are wondering what triggers the recall, it is a faulty sensor on the car. This sensor tends to make a mistake in determining how close a seat is to the dashboard. As a result, when a crash happens, the sensor may not deploy airbags at a proper velocity as it is supposed to. This is because the sensor thinks that the seat is somehow too close to the dashboard. Of course, this exposes the driver and front passenger alike to a higher risk of injuries.

Thankfully, though, this issue can be fixed quite easily by the trained technicians from Dodge. They will be responsible for the installation of a new metal shim to all the affected models so that the sensor will work properly.

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