Viper will not start after recharging the battery

RevHeat · July 13th, 2006, 08:56 PM

I let my battery die the other night by leaving the interior lights on (damn me). The batter is now fully charged, however the motor will not turn over. My volt gauge reads a little over 12.

Do you think it might be a dead cell? I would hate to think that by leaving a light on that the battery would just die for good.

It is a 96 GTS.

DW you around?

Any advice?

Rev

**Whitebeard** · July 13th, 2006, 08:58 PM

Disconnect the battery neg terminal wait 5 minutes and reconnect.

If you just charged it without disconnecting, the ECM, BCM or the alarm module may be hung

DW@A.R.T. · July 13th, 2006, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RevHeat

I let my battery die the other night by leaving the interior lights on (damn me). The batter is now fully charged, however the motor will not turn over. My volt gauge reads a little over 12.

Do you think it might be a dead cell? I would hate to think that by leaving a light on that the battery would just die for good.

It is a 96 GTS.

DW you around?

Any advice?

Rev

I am here. Sent you a PM so you can call me.

DW

RevHeat · July 13th, 2006, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Weaver

I am here. Sent you a PM so you can call me.

DW

This is why DW is so respected on the alley and through out the viper community.

Called DW and within 30 seconds, my Viper was ready for action.

Thanks as always DW.

Chris

woodyz viper · July 14th, 2006, 12:18 AM

Disconnect positive terminal for a few minutes, reconnect, you can test it by the fobs on the doors, it will be fine.
Mine has done this a handfull of times now, only when setting alarm...
I don't set the alarm any longer.
Even though had the the 'brain' replaced and wiring harness ..$$$.

I always keep a 5/8 inch wrench in the console just incase.
Sad, but has come in handy and gives me some piece of mind, and WORKS.

Good luck with it.

**Whitebeard** · July 14th, 2006, 06:13 AM

So what was the answer??????

RevHeat · July 14th, 2006, 08:35 AM

DW explained that I just needed to push the throttle when I tried to start the car (prime it). After it turned over and started, I needed to keep the throttle around 1,500 rpms until the computer resets. This can take awhile.

Rev