An Uber ride in California turned nasty after a drunken passenger shouted obscenities at a driver who claims his phone got smashed during the abusive altercation.

Dashcam video posted by the driver shows the incident, which took place in Mount Pleasant, South California just after midnight.

The drunken passenger, a young woman named Jane, has her head down on the back seat as the video begins. Her friend, who remains unidentified, is in the seat in front of her.

The driver claims that Jane was 'extremely intoxicated' and that she smashed and stomped on his phone when he asked her to get out of the vehicle. He also says that her friend pulled out the dashcam cord so that the video stopped recording.

Jane, pictured centre, launches into a homophobic rant when the Uber driver tells her she needs to get out of his vehicle. The driver is not impressed

The video begins with the driver asking Jane, 'are you sure you feel ok?'.

Jane responds by saying, 'shut up, stupid.'

The driver remains patient and says, 'don't talk to me like that, please.'

The situation, naturally, escalates - the woman starts swearing which causes the driver to toe the line with, 'the ride's over. Get the f***k out.'

The woman clearly has no idea what's going on and tries to claim that she is in her own vehicle.

Jane, pictured centre, is clearly intoxicated and has no idea where she is. When the Uber driver tells her to get out of his vehicle, she claims that she is in her own car

Jane, pictured centre, is barely awake when the Uber driver asks her if she's sure she's alright. The young woman then begins to hurl homophobic abuse at the driver

'I'm pretty sure this is my truck,' she says.

'What are you talking about?' the driver responds, explaining in the video that they were in his Nissan Altima.

'Get out of the car,' he says, again.

Jane doesn't get it - she's drunk - and continues to believe that she is in her own vehicle and that the Uber driver should 'get the f***k out'.

That's when things get rude and Jane begins to yell homophobic abuse.

'I don't give a f***,' she says. 'Shut up you f***in' f****t. How's that?'

Jane, pictured centre, believes that she is in her own vehicle and tells the Uber driver that he is the one that needs to get out

The driver loses it and explains to Jane that the entire incident is being recorded.

'Good!' says Jane, who then appears to make a grab for the driver.

'Don't touch me!' he says.

Finally Jane's friend steps in and says that they should get out of the car and the two exit.

The incident is said to have taken place on New Year's Eve, around 12.10am.

The driver is appealing for help in finding the passengers, having claimed that Jane grabbed his phone off the dashboard and smashed it.

He says that the friend pulled out the dashcam cord, which is why the video stops recording.

The driver says that when the two women exited the vehicle he went to the nearby convenience store to call the police. The two women are said to have run away at that point.

The driver also claims that both the police and Uber have refused to help him locate these passengers, saying that he's resorted to posting the video on YouTube to appeal for information.