2003 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

MY 2003 PONTIAC VIBE MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 58,000 MILES. THE CAR STARTED MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE. TWO BLOCKS LATER IT CAME TO A DEAD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND COULD NOT BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY. PONTIAC WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SAME CAR AS A TOYOTA MATRIX. THERE ARE MANY, MANY INCIDENTS OF BOTH MATRIXES AND VIBES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURES AT LOW MILEAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED AS IT ROLLED UP. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER TO CHECK FOR A DEFECT AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD THE FAILURE REPAIRED BY A LOCAL GLASS REPAIR SHOP. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

2003 PONTIAC VIBE PARKED, TRYING TO WIND UP WINDOW, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WHEN 3/4 UP. TOOK IT TO GLASS SPECIALIST WHO REPLACED IT ($130.47), THEN HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALERSHIP AS GLASS WAS LOOSE ($78). *TR

2003 PONTIAC VIBE...HAVE HAD TO HAVE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW REPAIRED TWICE. FIRST TIME A POPPING SOUND AND WINDOW SHIFTED OFF CENTER. 2ND TIME, WHILE DRIVING, RAISING THE WINDOW, A POPPING NOISE AND IT SHATTERED ALL OVER ME. PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW NOW MAKING A SLIGHT POPPING NOISE WHEN BEING RAISED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE WHILE ROLLING DOWN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE METAL RUBBING AGAINST GLASS, AS IF THE WINDOW WAS OFF TRACK. A DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE, HOWEVER, IT IS RELATED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE07049. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, IT MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE AS IF IT WERE BREAKING. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD THE WINDOW INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000. THE CONSUMER STATED INFORMED BY DEALER THE COST OF REPAIR WOULD BE $88 IF GM IS RESPONSIBLE WILL PAY COST OF REPAIRS IF NOT CONSUMER WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. THE CONSUMER DECLINED REPAIRS AND WOULD PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 10/24/07 *TR

HEARING A POPPING SOUND AT 2 SEPARATE TIMES WHILE RAISING THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. HAVE CONCERN THAT WINDOW MAY BIND OR BREAK. POPPING SOUND HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS EVERYTIME THAT THE WINDOWS IS RAISED. WINDOW DOES NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. *TR

2003 PONTIAC VIBE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WHEN PUTTING THE WINDOW UP ON OR ABOUT SEPT 14, 2007. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT POWER WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE BEING RAISED. THERE WAS ODD NOISES SIMILAR TO CLICKING AND THE OPERATION SEEMED IMPAIRED JUST PRIOR TO THE BREAKAGE. THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED IN JULY 2007 AND NOW IS MAKING SIMILAR NOISES AS BEFORE LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT THE INCIDENT COULD RE-OCCUR. MINOR CUTS TO FACE AND HANDS OCCURRED WHEN THE WINDOW SHATTERED AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT CLEANUP. *JB

2003 PONTIAC VIBE DRIVER WINDOW EXPLODED IN OCTOBER OF 2006. PONTIAC COVERED THE EXPENSE AFTER A FIGHT. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $400 TO REPLACE THE WINDOW. I WAS NOT INJURED BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH GLASS ALL OVER MY CAR, IT WAS EVEN UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT. *TR