viper hood replacement??????

[super1c]

I heard through the grapevine that at one time yamaha was offering free replacement hoods for the 2002 viper due to all the problems with it seating and cracking. I myself find this hard to believe but as the story goes if you complaned enough about this they would run you vin # and replce the hood. The vin# was run to exclude this sled from getting another one. Just throwing this out there to see if anyone else herd this. True or not. I havent actually contacted my dealer yet to ask them. I thought i would see what all the experts here have to say. Because if it was true im sure someone here would have known.

 

[rz500]

Yamaha's sollution to the problem was to trim the belly pans. I am not aware of a replacement hood offer.

 

[TrueBlue]

I bought a 2002 Viper new & all I heard was that the dealer would trim
the belly pan & that would keep the hood from jumping out of the rubber
channel & cracking. Never heard of anyone getting a new hood.

 

[Madmatt]

True story

I got a new hood and when the dealer installed it they did the "recall" on the belly pan which was trimming the plastic.

Madmatt

 

[Viper_Dave]

ME 2. 02 ER purchased in Christmas MI. Didn't help much though. Still pops out, BUT, with 11,000+ miles , I DON'T CARE LOL!!

 

[YamaChris]

I got a new hood after the guides were cracked. The funny thing is the dealer didnt trim the belly pan, I did that myself using the information here.

 

[xsivhp]

The guide in the hood is also trimmed back on newer vipers....

 

[Sno-Xr]

My Viper S hood popped out from day one! Ended up putting hood staps on to help keep it down. I Also added a metal strip to the belly pan where the hood gets hooked and it helped a lot.

 

[bolin22]

its true i bought my 02 new...and the freakin dealer had already used my vin to replace one of their own hoods......so when mine cracked they said.....sorry.......pissed me off bad......