2007 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BREAK PEDAL. SUDDENLY, THE CAR ROARED UP TO AROUND 5000 RPM. I SHIFTED THE GEAR TO NEUTRAL, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL ROARING LOUDLY FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 5 SECONDS BEFORE IT RETURNED TO NORMAL. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR I BOUGHT THE CAR. HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THIS ONLY OCCURS 2 OR 3 TIMES PER YEAR. BUT THIS TIME IT LASTED MORE THAN 10 SECONDS AND I NOTICED THE RPM WENT UP TO AROUND THE 5000 MARK. CARS THAT ARE STOPPED ALONGSIDE MY CAR CAN ALSO HEAR THE ENGINE ROARING VERY LOUD.

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. TODAY, 11 JANUARY 2011, THE NHTSA ODI WEBSITE INDICATES THAT SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT 14 JAUNARY. CONTACTED MY DEALER 11 JANUARY 2011 WHO ADVISES 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. REQUEST A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THIS UNCONSCIOUSNESS PRACTICE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION TAKE TO COMPEL GM TO CEASE AND DESIST THIS DESPICABLE, IF NOT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. PLEASE DO POST THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010 SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER (10V387000-ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE LETTER IT STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND ANOTHER LETTER WHEN THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE AND DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS HER VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL AFTER THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER THE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000 UPDATED 07/01/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ECM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 173,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,300. UPDATED 12/14/2011 *CN UPDATED 05/20/11

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, TRANSMISSION FLUID BLACK, AND HARD SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, DIAGNOSTIC CODE P2716. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COMPUTER FOR THE ENGINE AND THE BATTERY WERE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. IN ADDITION, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR THE FUEL LINE HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THIS FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,762 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,629.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IT WOULD MAKE A CLANGING NOISE, AS IF IT WERE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACTUALLY SHIFT, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD STALL. SOMETIME THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO 15 MPH OR IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OR WARRANTIES BUT HE DID NOT RECEIVE A FAVORABLE ANSWER. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM HIM OF WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

2007 PONTIAC VIBE HAS CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH CODE P0741-TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATION IS SLUGGISH AT TIMES. THIS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AT LEAST 5 TIMES, AT WHICH TIME I SENT THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY AND IS IN THE SHOP A SECOND TIME OUT OF WARRANTY FOR THE SAME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. RECENTLY THE GM DEALER HAS BEEN KEEPING THE VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST ONE WORK WEEK AND HAS NEVER PRODUCED ANY DOCUMENT SHOWING ANY WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. WHENEVER I COMPLETE A LONGER TRIP I.E. 60+ MILES THE CEL WILL COME BACK ON. I AM NOT GETTING A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT ALL PARTS AND LABOR RELATED TO THIS ERROR CODE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE PRELIMINARY INCIDENTS HAPPENED UNDER WARRANTY. I FEAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO COME ON, FORCING ME TO LOSE A VEHICLE FOR A WEEK IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE ONCE A MONTH. MY CAR HAD A 5 YEAR 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE FIRST CEL CAME ON AT OR AROUND 75,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. I HAD JUST STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE CAR STALLED. IT WOULD RESTART AND THEN DIE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER FROM WHOM I PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE ECM. THE ECM WAS REPLACED AND I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. I WAS NOT GIVEN THE OLD PART. *TR