2006 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

O2 SENSORS KEEP FAILING. HAD AN INTAKE REPLACED EXACTLY 12MONTHS AGO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON 4 MONTHS LATER, AGAIN JUST TODAY. HIGHLY IRRITATED. WHY IS THIS CAR EATING MY O2 SENSORS? *TR

P0741 CODE HAS BEEN VERY COMMON WITH NEWER PONTIAC VIBES AND CARS ALIKE. IM JUST WONDERING IF THIS CAN INVESTIGATED AS A FAULTY PART OR LOW QUALITY PART ALL TOGETHER. *TR

REAR PART OF THE HEAT SHIELD BELOW GAS TANK FELL DOWN ON EXHAUST PIPE CAUSING A RATTLE BETWEEN GAS TANK AND PIPE. THE PART THAT HOLDS UP THE REAR OF THE HEAT SHIELD IS PLASTIC CLIP WITH A METAL NUT INSIDE THAT ATTACHES TO THE GAS TANK STRAP AND WHEN IT FELL OFF THE METAL NUT WAS RUSTED AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SHIELD WHERE AS THE FRONT PART OF THE SHIELD HAS METAL TABS THE ARE USED TO ATTACH THE SHIELD TO. *TR

AFTER A COLD MN WINTER (SUB-ZERO THIS YEAR) THE LENSES ON THE FOG LIGHTS ARE CRACKED, WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE LENS. BOTH ARE THE SAME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN HE FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPT. TOLD HIM IT WOULD RESET ON ITS OWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,300. UPDATED 02/24/09. *LJ UPDATED 02/25/09. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT ROLL DOWN ALL THE WAY, AND WHEN YOU ROLL IT DOWN AS FAR AS IT GOES, IT SEEMS TO INTERFERE WITH THE DOOR MECHANISM SO YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR (IT FEELS LIKE THE WINDOW WILL BREAK IF YOU FORCE THE DOOR OPEN). I HAVE TIGHTENED THE SCREWS THAT HOLD THE DOOR HINGE ONTO THE DOOR, AND THAT SEEMED TO HELP, BUT STILL HAVE A PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 PONTIAC VIBE SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 79 IN RURAL PENNSLVANIA WHEN THE BRAKES SOUNDLY FAILED TO RESPOND. I STEPPED ON THE PEDDLE BUT THE CAR FAILED TO SLOW, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE. TO AVOID AN HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I SWERVED INTO THE SHOULDER, CONTINUING TO APPLY THE BRAKES. AS I TRIED TO SLOW, THE CAR FISHTAILED AND I SKIDDED INTO THE INTERSTATE AGAIN AND HIT THE OPPOSITE GUARDRAIL. ANTILOCK BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE. FINALLY, WHEN I CRASHED, THE CAR'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, DESPITE THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR CAVING IN (RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE CAR). FORTUNATELY, I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND DID NOT STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE, SO NONE ONE WAS HURT, BUT THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WOULD RATTLE GOING UP OR DOWN AND THEN PROGRESSED TO NOT GOING COMPLETELY UP OR COMPLETELY DOWN WHEN I PRESSED THE BUTTON. ON 3/7/2008 I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW IN THE EVENING AND WHEN I WENT TO ROLL IT BACK UP IT APPEARED 'OFF IT TRACK.' IT WOULD ROLL UP PARTIALLY AN IT WAS AT AN ANGLE. I DID NOT WANT TO FORCE IT BECAUSE IT APPEARED THAT THE GLASS WAS STRESSED AND WAS CLOSE TO SHATTERING. *TR

NO WARNING. DRIVING ON HWY. WHEN I THOUGHT I SEEN THE DASH FLASH, WENT OVER HILL LOST ALL POWER & ABILITY TO MANEUVER VEHICLE ON ICY HWY. VEHICLE HAD SHUT DOWN. WAS ABLE TO USE FOUR WAYS TO SIGNAL TRAFFIC I WAS HAVING AN EMERGENCY & COAXED CAR TO SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY VEHICLE STILL IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC. NEEDED TO BE TOWED. TOTALLY INOPERABLE. I FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM IS A POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WHICH HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON IT, #050604074; NHTSA ITEM # 10020810. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED FURTHER INTO MY TRIP TO WORK I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HEAVY VOLUME TRAFFIC WITH NO CHANCE AT EVASIVE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNABLE TO BE DROVE WHILE MOVING. A PERSON WITH LESS DRIVING ABILITY WOULD PROBABLY CRASHED DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN WHEEL, ETC. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

2006 PONTIAC VIBE WITH HIGHLY REFLECTIVE DASHBOARD**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS CHROME AROUND THE GAUGES LOCATED ON THE DASHBOARD. *JB