2004 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

2004 VIBE HAD A RECALL FOR THE POPPING OF THE DRIVERS' SIDE WINDOW. TOOK IT 3 TIMES TO D & G PONTIAC IN PORT JERVIS. PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS. WINDOW GOT STUCK THEN WENT OFF TRACK. TOOK IT TO ROYAL PONTIAC IN SUSSEX, NJ AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T THE RECALL PROBLEM. IT'S STILL NOT FIXED. I HAVE TO PAY OVER $100 TO HAVE IT FIXED WHEN I FEEL IT STILL IS A DEFECT PROBLEM. APPARENTLY, LOOKING OVER THE COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS FOR PONTIAC ARE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT A RECALL PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT ROYAL PONTIAC BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

1. CLATTERING/GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM 5-SP. MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SLOWLY GROWING LOUDER. SUDDEN CHANGE IN SOUND AND 35 MILES LATER... 2. ... TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AT INTERSECTION. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE PUSHED; HAD TO BE TOWED. 3. NEW TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH INSTALLED. OLD PARTS STILL AVAILABLE. *TR

PONTIAC VIBE, 2004. WAS DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON HWY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. A CAR PULLED OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. I MISSED THE CAR BUT INSTEAD OF MY CAR STOPPING, IT ACCELERATED, WHILE I WAS FORCEFULLY STEPPING ON THE BRAKES. IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND I WAS FISH TAILING TO THE POINT THAT I THOUGHT THE CAR WOULD ROLL. TO STOP THE CAR, I WENT INTO THE DITCH AND A FIELD AND IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. THE PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED IT ALSO SAW THE CAR SPEED UP WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE TIRES WERE SKIDDING AS I WAS BRAKING SO HARD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY STATE THEY HAD TRIED TO REPRODUCE IT BUT EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. I THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SO I CONTINUED TO USE THE CAR BUT HAVE NEVER USED THE CRUISE SINCE AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY UNTIL RECENTLY. ON WED, 11/15/09, I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO LET A CAR PASS IN FRONT OF ME. IMMEDIATELY WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES, THE CAR ACCELERATED. TO TRY AND STOP IT I INITIALLY TRIED TO PUSH AS HARD AS I COULD ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I THEN STARTED TO SHIFT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND LET UP ON THE BRAKES. THE CAR STOPPED AS SOON AS I LET UP ON THE BRAKES BUT ONLY AFTER I HAD TRAVELED ~20 FEET UP AN EMBANKMENT. I AGAIN BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I WILL NOT DRIVE IT AS I AM NOW SCARED OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CONSIDERING OUR OPTIONS. *TR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR CONSOLE IS FAILING. THE ILLUMINATION FOR THE GEAR SHIFT, TEMPERATURE CONTROL, TEMPERATURE SETTING, AND FAN SPEED HAVE BEEN FAULTY SINCE DAY ONE. NOW THEY DO NOT ILLUMINATE AT ALL AND OVERHEAD LIGHT MUST BE TURNED ON TO SEE WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN. *TR

MY PASSENGER WINDOW KEPT FALLING, ONCE THE WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. THIS WAS COMPLETED IN MAY 2009. TODAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN AND WAS ROLLING IT BACK UP AND IT BECAME COMPLETELY DISLODGED, TO THE POINT THE ENTIRE WINDOW CAME OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK INTO THE DOOR. THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THEY HAVE ALREADY "FIXED". THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME $675 WINDOW DID NOT END UP SHATTERING, BUT THEY SAID ENTIRE WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL HOWEVER IT'S THE SAME ISSUE AS TWICE BEFORE. THE DEALER SAID THE BOLTS AND SASH ARE FAULTY, BUT SOMETHING ELSE HAS TO BE WRONG FOR THIS TO CONTINUE HAPPENING. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM MAY BE FAULTY "GUIDES" FOR THE GLASS.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (NOTICE 07273) FROM PONTIAC INFORMING ME THAT MY WINDOWS HAD THE POTENTIAL TO SHATTER. THAT EXPLAINED WHY THE WINDOWS RATTLED AND I HEARD A LOUD METALLIC CLANKING SOUND EVERY TIME I OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY PERFORMED THE NEEDED SERVICE. THEY LIED. THE DEALER FAKED THE REPAIR. THE WINDOWS STILL RATTLE AND THE METALLIC CLANK (THINK OF TAKING A WRENCH IN EACH HAND AND SMASHING THEM TOGETHER) IS STILL THERE EVERY TIME I OPEN THE WINDOW. THE DEALER WHO FAKED THE REPAIR SAYS THEY'VE DONE ALL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. I'M LEFT WITH WINDOWS THAT PONTIAC SAYS COULD SHATTER AT ANY TIME. *TR

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK DOES NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK WITH THE REMOTE OR IF YOU USE THE BUTTON ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK IT MANUALLY. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN USING CAR SEATS AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN ROLLED DOWN. MY INDICATIONS WERE IDENTICAL TO COMPLAINT 10245483. I DETERMINED THE DOOR STRAP WAS HITTING THE GLASS WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. I REMOVED THE STRAP AND GROUND THE T SHAPED METAL AS INSTRUCTED IN THE ABOVE COMPLAINT (SEE MY COMPLAINT #10269413). THIS ELIMINATED THE LOUD POPPING SOUND BUT I STILL HAD SOME SCRAPING NOISE. I WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET A NEW RETAINING STRAP. I WAS QUOTED $175.00. I ASKED TO LOOK AT IT AND DISCOVERED THE DESIGN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE ON MY VEHICLE. THE T BRACKET IS NO LONGER SQUARE AND THE EDGE FACING THE GLASS IS NOW AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. I REMOVED THE STRAP ONCE AGAIN AND GROUND THE BRACKET TO 45 DEG. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM. PONTIAC APPARENTLY HAS RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM AND HAS CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THIS BRACKET. *TR

I HAVE THE AGE OLD PROBLEM OF THE POPPING SOUND WHEN I OPEN OR CLOSE THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. I HAVE HAD THE BOLTS REPLACED PER THE RECALL AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE. AFTER READING REPORT #10245483 I DID AS SUGGESTED. THERE IS NO PROBLEM WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN ONLY WHEN IT IS CLOSED. I REMOVED THE DOOR LIMIT STRAP AND COULD SEE SHINY METAL WHERE THE T PART HAD BEEN RUBBING. I REMOVED THIS RESTRAINING STRAP AND GROUND ABOUT 1/8 INCH OFF THE T SECTION. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THANKS TO THE AUTHOR OF COMPLAINT #10235483. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE , THE HEAD LAMPS AND BRAKE LAMPS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND THE FUSES ARE FINE THE REAR CENTER BRAKE LIGHT STILL WORKS AND THE BRIGHTS OF THE HEAD LAMPS STILL WORK. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER INCIDENTS? AND THE RADIO DISPLAY HAS STOPPED WORKING ALSO , I HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THAT FROM OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS. *TR