2004 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

MY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND PASSENGER WINDOW KEPT FALLING. ONCE THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE THE BOLTS. THIS WAS COMPLETED IN MAY 2008. 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 EVEN SAW "BLACK GLUE (POSS CEMENT)" ON THE BOTTOM IF THE GLASS. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK INTO THE DOOR, BUT IT DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY UP. SO NOW IT IS RAINING (SEVERELY) AND MY WINDOW WONT ROLL UP AGAIN. I AM JUST WONDERING IF THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND CHARGE ME AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THEY HAVE ALREADY "FIXED". THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE MY INSURANCE IN 2008 FOR THE WINDOW SHATTERING, BUT THEY RECEIVED THEIR CLAIM FUNDS BACK AFTER THE RECALL NOTICE. THEY (GM) SAID IT'S THE BOLTS, BUT SOMETHING ELSE HAS TO BE WRONG FOR THIS TO CONTINUE HAPPENING. ALSO, PART OF THE PROBLEM MAY BE FAULTY TRIM THAT "GUIDES" THE GLASS. MINE HAS BEEN SCRUNCHED IN PARTS SINCE I RECEIVED IT. *TR

WHEN IT RAINS, IT RAINS RIGHT ONTO ME, THE DRIVER, AND CAUSES MY ATTENTION TO DIVERT FROM THE ROAD, TO KEEPING DRY. *TR

2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE FACTORY INSTALLED SUNROOF BLEW OFF THE CAR WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. *TR

IF THE AIR RECIRCULATION BUTTON IS DISABLED AND THE POWER TO THE CAR IS ON, A CLICKING NOSE BEGINS. THE CLICKS OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY THAN EVERY SECOND, CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE CAR IS POWERED OFF. THE CLICKING WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. THE SOURCE OF THE CLICKING IS THE ACTUATOR THAT OPENS OR CLOSES THE AIR RECIRCULATION VENT BEHIND THE GLOVE BOX. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW MADE LOUD POPPING NOISE GOING UP OR DOWN UNTIL WINDOW CAME OFF TRACK. DRIVER SIDE SOON BEGAN MAKING THE SAME NOISE BUT DIDN'T COME OFF THE TRACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIR GM RECALL NO. 07273, DEALER REPLACED THE BOLTS PER THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDOW REGULATOR ON BOTH WINDOWS AS WELL AS A NEW WINDOW AND MOTOR FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I DETERMINED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOOR CHECK AND THE WINDOW--AND FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM--YOU CAN CONFIRM THIS BY OPENING THE DOOR FULLY AND ROLLING THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN--IF THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY WHILE THE DOOR IS FULLY OPENED, THEN THE CAUSE IS THE DOOR CHECK INTERFERENCE. TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, I MODIFIED THE DOOR CHECK BY REMOVING ABOUT 1/8 INCH OF MATERIAL FROM THE T-SHAPED PART OF THE DOOR CHECK THAT WAS CAUSING THE INTERFERENCE--THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM ON THE DRIVER SIDE. REPLACING THE DOOR CHECK MAY ALSO FIX THE PROBLEM--BUT MAYBE ONLY TEMPORARILY UNLESS THE DESIGN OF THE DOOR CHECK IS CHANGED TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD ALREADY COME OFF THE TRACK, THE REGULATOR WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND THE CLIPS THAT MOUNT THE GLASS TO THE REGULATOR WILL ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE VERY MINIMUM. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. THEY REAR ENDED AN SUV WHILE GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. BOTH BOYS WERE WEARING THERE SEATBELTS AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT THE IMPACT OF THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. IT DID NOT GO COMPLETELY THROUGH BUT THE FROM THE CENTER OF IMPACT OUTWARD THE AREA COVERS THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE, AND THERE WAS GLASS SPLINTERS ARE ALL OVER THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE DASH AND THE PASSENGER DOOR. THE TROOPER AT THE SCENE SAID THE CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD LIKE THAT. THE PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT WITH THE AIRBAG. LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED STRAIGHT INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE BODY DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT BUMPER, HOOD, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE PANEL, BUT THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE OUTSIDE COLLISION ONLY THE FORCE OF THE AIRBAG. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT IS EXPERIENCING FAILURE WITH THE WINDOWS ON HIS VEHICLE. WHEN HE ROLLS DOWN THE WINDOWS, IT SOUNDS AS IF A TWELVE GAUGE SHOTGUN WAS FIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V162000 (VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER HEARD THE NOISE, BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES AND IS SCHEDULED FOR ITS FOURTH REPAIR NEXT WEEK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,627. UPDATED 09/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 09/29/08. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM STARTED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. UPDATED 10/18/08. *JB

2004 PONTIAC VIBE ORIGINAL TIRES WORN OUT BY 24000 MILES, SECOND SET HAD SEVERE VIBRATION UNABLE TO FIX AND WORN OUT 38K, DEALER ALIGNED AND PUT IN SHIM, 3RD SET TIRES SAME PROBLEM SEVERE VIBRATION AND NOISE JUST UNDER 50K MILES. TIRE SHOP SAID PROB WITH CAR AND SUSPENSION, KEEPS CUPPING TIRES. *TR

AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT THE FRONT SIDE WINDOW ON OUR 2004 PONTIAC VIBE THE WINDOW BECAME MISALIGNED AFTER MAKING A NOISE. WE HAD AN APPT FOR THE MORNING OF 7/31/08 FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WE HAD GOTTEN THE WINDOW MANUALLY BACK IN THE TRACK AND THE WINDOW WAS SHUT. WHEN SHUTTING THE DOOR THE WINDOW SHATTERED ON MY DAUGHTER CUTTING HER LEGS. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE BREAKAGE WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL OR WARRANTY AND CANCELED THE APPOINTMENT TO ORDER THE GLASS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WHEN AN INCIDENT HAPPENS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL ON THE WAY THE HAVE THE REPAIR DONE THE RECALL DOES NOT COVER THE INCIDENT AND TO HAVE AN INJURY INVOLVED AS WELL. *TR

I DRIVE A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. I WOULD ROLL THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW AND IT WOULD MAKE A POPPING SOUND. BEFORE I COULD GET IT FIXED I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FROM PONTIAC FOR THE DOOR BOLTS. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE BOLTS AND IT STILL MADE THE NOISE. WITH THIS I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I FOUND IT WAS THE DOOR CHECK CAUSING THE PROBLEM. IT WAS HITTING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW,PUSHING THE DOOR CHECK DOWN MAKING IT SNAP BACK UP AND HIT THE WINDOW WITH THE CORNER OF THE CHECK. I MAKE MY LIVING AS A FIREFIGHTER I KNOW HOW CAR WINDOWS BREAK AND I AM AMAZED THAT IT HADN'T BROKEN! I REPLACED THE PART BEFORE IT HAD A CHANCE TO BREAK THE WINDOW. *TR