2007 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

I WAS FOLLOWING A BICYCLIST GOING ABOUT 20MPH WHEN MY ENGINE CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T RESTART. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I HAD JUST ROUNDED A CURVE AND ANY FOLLOWING VEHICLE WOULD LIKELY HAVE RUN INTO ME. THE PROBLEM WAS COMPUTER FAILURE AND HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *TR

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAUSING JERKING. UNSURE WHAT CAUSE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW THE CAR IS JERKING FORWARD. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING MY CAR ENGINE DIED, AS I ROLLED TO A STOP BY THE CURB I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE (NO GOOD). NOW THAT MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP, I AM TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY HAS GONE OUT AND THIS IS IN COMBINATION OF THE COMPUTER NEEDING TO BE REPLACED ALSO. I HAVE JUST OVER 39,000 MILES AND WARRANTY OUT @ 36,000. MILES. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING MY CAR ENGINE DIED, AS I ROLLED TO A STOP BY THE CURB I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE (NO GOOD). NOW THAT MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP, I AM TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY HAS GONE OUT AND THIS IS IN COMBINATION OF THE COMPUTER NEEDING TO BE REPLACED ALSO. I HAVE JUST OVER 39000 MILES AND WARRANTY OUT @ 36,000. MILES. *TR

WE'VE HAD OUR 2007 PONTIAC VIBE FOR 6 MONTHS NOW. IT HAS ~4200 MILES ON IT. IT IS A FAMILY CAR AND IS DRIVEN BY ME AND MY WIFE (45 & 43). JUST THIS WEEKEND I WAS DRIVING FROM ROCHESTER NY TO MANASSAS VA AND EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED BY THE ONE DESCRIBED AT: HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/PONTIAC/VIBE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10231583 INCIDENT DATE: JUNE 18, 2008 DATE ADDED TO FILE: JUNE 19, 2008 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE FIRST "EVENT", I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND GRADUALLY FELT THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRING MORE AND MORE PRESSURE TO KEEP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED AND THE CAR STANDING STILL (CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME). FORTUNATELY, I ONLY HAD TO ENDURE ABOUT 10 SECONDS OF APPLYING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL BEFORE THE LIGHT CHANGED AND CARS BEGAN MOVING. THE SECOND INCIDENT, I WAS LESS FORTUNATE. I WAS IN A LONG LINE OF CARS THAT WERE STOPPED WAITING TO GET BY AN ACCIDENT SCENE. I WAS WAITING APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, CAR IDLING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH MY NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, REALIZED THE CAR WAS MOVING FORWARD. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AS HARD AS A COULD, AND THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET THEN REALIZED I WOULD SOON HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND JAMMED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL---THE TRANSMISSION THUDDED BUT I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, THOUGH PROBABLY DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION SOME. *TR

COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHERE THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE SECOND VEHICLE. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE DURING THE CRASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AT NIGHT, IN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE TIRES AND WHEELS SPUN AROUND DRAMATICALLY. HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE DEALER INFORMATION WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL TOO SENSITIVE,CAUSES SUDDEN STARTS,VERY JERKY. *JB THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS LEAKING. 10/03/07. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PULLING TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING, EVER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE BACK END WAS OUT OF LINE, HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS OUT OF LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SPECIFICATION RELATED. THEY REFERRED HIM TO A GOODYEAR LOCATION AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR WHEELS WERE TURNED TO THE RIGHT BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK NOW AND STATED THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE DEALER ALSO WILL NOT INFORM THE CONTACT OF WHERE THEY HAVE PLACED HIS VEHICLE. HE HAS A CASE NUMBER WITH GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,800. THE CONSUMER PROVIDE VARIOUS REPAIR INVOICES PERTAINING TO THE DEFECT. UPDATED 08/27/07 *TR

NEAR COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE DUE TO WINDSHIELD DISTORTION OF THE VEHICLE. WINDSHIELD DISTORTION CAUSED STATIONARY OBJECTS TO APPEAR TO MOVE DURING LOW-SPEED MANEUVER MY EYES BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO THIS EFFECT AND CAUSED ME NOT NOTICE A VEHICLE THAT WAS ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE INTENDED PATH OF MY VEHICLE. CAUGHT IT JUST IN TIME TO PREVENT COLLISION. PONTIAC WILL DO NOTHING TO REMEDY THE DEFECT. *AK