2007 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000. UPDATED 9/27/11 *CN THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFTING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE TAIL LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS FAILED. UPDATED 10/07/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE REPAIRS, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED HIM THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE ENGINES HEAT SHIELD WAS VIBRATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE BOLTS WHICH HELD THE HEAT SHIELD IN PLACE WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE 45,185. UPFDATED 07/08/11*LJ UPDATED 07/15/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE ABNORMALLY AND SHIFTING WAS DIFFICULT. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AFTER REPAIRS, THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

AFTER 27 SEPTEMBER 2010 "PONTIAC" FINALLY "OFFICIALLY" ADVISED OF "IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE" REGARDING MY 2007 VIBE, EQUIPPED WITH 1.8L MFI ENGINE AND 2 WHEEL DRIVE TRANSMISSION. ON 3 DECEMBER 2010, GM ISSUED A "PARTS AVAILABILITY UPDATE" TO DEALERS THAT REPLACEMENT PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MID-JANUARY AND ADVISING DEALERS THEY WOULD BE ADVISED JUST BEFORE "RECALL NOTIFICATION LETTERS" ARE ISSUED. ON 11 JANUARY 2011, THE NHTSA ODI WEBSITE INDICATED THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT 14 JAUNARY. CONTACTED MY DEALER 11 JANUARY 2011 WHO ADVISED THAT MY VIN IS "NOT CURRENTLY LISTED A PART OF A RECALL." FOUND THIS ODD SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS ONE OF THE RECALLED ENGINE CONTROL MODULES (ECMS), SPECIFICALLY PART NUMBER 89661-02K30, WHICH IS ONE OF TWO PART NUMBERS FOUND ON ESSENTIALLY ALL 2007 PONTIAC VIBES AND TOYOTA MATRIXS WITH ABOVE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER NO SERVICE AT 1-800-762-2737 AND RECEIVED AN INCREDIBLY SELF-SERVING LINE OF "DOUBLE-SPEAK" CLEARLY DESIGNED TO NOT ADDRESS MY COMPLAINT. ESSENTIALLY, THE WAY THIS "GAME" WORKS IS THAT NO VEHICLE ALREADY KNOWN TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE ECM IS "OFFICIAL" IDENTIFIED IN GM'S DATABASE AS "RECALLED" UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY SEND OUT THE SECOND "RECALL" NOTICES - NOTICES THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED OVER 4 MONTHS. GM WON'T EVEN ADMIT TO THEIR OWN DEALERS, MUCH LESS THEIR CUSTOMERS, THAT A GM VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE ECM IS IN FACT DEFECTIVE UNTIL THEY HAVE PARTS IN HAD TO AFFECT THE REPAIRS. MEANWHILE THEY ARE DELIBERATELY LEADING THEIR "CUSTOMERS" TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE A "SAFE" VEHICLE, KNOWING FULL WELL THIS IS NOT THE CASE. IT IS NOW 9 APRIL AND THE NOTICES FOR 2007 AND 2008 VIBES HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ISSUED, A DELAY THAT IS NOW SEVEN (7) MONTHS AND COUNTING. AGAIN REQUEST A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS PRACTICE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION TAKE TO COMPEL GM TO CEASE AND DESIST THIS DESPICABLE, IF NOT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE WHILE TRAVELING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT HARD. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED PROPERLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL AND OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

I OWN AN '07 PONTIAC VIBE. ON MARCH OF 2011 THE CAR STALLED PULLING INTO A TURNING LANE. TOOK A MINUTE THEN STARTED BACK UP AND DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES. LATER THAT DAY, THE CAR STALLED COMING TO A STOP WITH ALL LIGHTS STILL ON. WOULD NOT START AT ALL THAT NIGHT AND HAD TO LEAVE IT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED THEN MADE IT ABOUT THREE MILES TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC SHOP. THEY INFORMED US THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A OFFICIAL GM DEALER. THAT OUR PCM WAS THE PROBLEM. THE CAR DID NOT START UP AGAIN AFTER THAT AND HAD TO BE TOWED THERE FOR THE COST OF 65 DOLLARS. I STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH ON THIS PART TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE PROBLEM AND WHAT IS WOULD COST. I FOUND THAT THE "RECALL" FOR THIS PART ON '05 THROUGH '08 MODELS WAS TAKING PLACE. WHEN I CONTACTED TO DEALER ABOUT THIS THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE ISSUE, AND GM SAID MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. AFTER CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THIS (A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCEDURE) THEY ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS IN FACT A RECALL. AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK I FINALLY GET A PHONE CALL TELLING ME THE PCM HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THAT MY THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSORS WERE "OFF" AND THAT IT WAS TO COST $864. FRUSTRATED WITH THE SITUATION AND STILL WANTING TO EDUCATE MYSELF I KEPT DOING RESEARCH AND CALLING MECHANICS (SPECIFICALLY MY TRUSTED MECHANIC, NOT CON-ARTISTS) CONCLUDING THAT THE PCM FAILS AT ITS SOLDERING POINTS AND CREATES A GAP IN THE METAL CREATING AN ARC DESTROYING THE NEXT IN LINE, WHICH IS THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSORS. SO I CONTACT GM FURTHER TO GET THAT REPLACE BEING AS THE BAD PCM IS THE CAUSE. NOW THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT HAS PASSED THE CASE TO HER SERVICE MANAGER. NOW I AM RECEIVING NOTHING BUT A RUNAROUND AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THIS WAY. MY HOPES ARE PRETTY LOW ABOUT THE OUTCOME.I HAVE BEEN CAR-LESS FOR TWO WEEKS NOW AND YES IT IS MY ONLY ONE. I WILL NEVER BUY A GM VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

MY 2007 PONTIAC VIBE IS UNDER RECALL NOTICE GM# 10282. THEY HAVE TWICE UPON PHONE/EMAIL REFUSED TO HAVE THIS CHECKED. LOCAL DEALER SAYS VEHICLE HAS NO RECALL ON IT YET I HAVE CHECKED THIS WEBSITE AND MY 2007 VIBE IS UNDER THIS NOTICE. I ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM GM 9-2010 STATING MY VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FOLLOWUP FROM THEM IN REGARDS TO THIS. THE VEHICLE DOES RUN ROUGH NOW AND THEN IN THE COLD. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AVAILABLE REPAIR SHOP AFTER FINAL DIAGNOSIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE FAILED ECM MODULE REPLACED BY REPAIR SHOP. ECM RECALCULATED TO ELECTRONIC COMPUTER BY GMAC SHOP. NO FURTHER PROBLEM TO DATE AS THIS HAPPENED IN A SHOPPING STRIP MALL I WAS FORTUNATE AS I AM HANDICAPS AND HAVE DIFFICULTY WALKING.

MY 2007 PONTIAC VIBE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANICS TOLD ME IT WAS A PCM MODULE. I WAS TOLD THAT A RECALL WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER CAME AND WENT AND WHEN I CALLED GM THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER. EACH MONTH I AM TOLD IT WILL BE THE FOLLOWING MONTH. HERE IT IS ,MARCH AND STILL NO RECALL. I AM PAYING INSURANCE,REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS ON A CAR I CAN"T DRIVE.THE SYMPTOMS ARE HARD SHIFTING AND SOME VIBE OWNERS HAVE REPORTING STALLING WHILE DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR. I COMMUTE 70 MILES ROUND TRIP AND AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL STALL SO I HAVE HAD IT PARKED AT WORK THESE SEVEN MONTHS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR GM BUT WAS AVAILABLE FOR TOYOTA. I FEEL GM SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS ALONG TIME AGO. *TR