2005 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED WHILE PARKED. AS THE CONTACT ACCELERATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND THE RPMS WERE FLUCTUATING ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V387000- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION HOSE WAS REPLACED BY THE MECHANIC. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PCM/ECM COMPUTER SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, LOCKED AND STALLED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART BUT WOULD STALL IMMEDIATELY AFTER AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THEY COULD ONLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO RECALL 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) IF THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATIVE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT HIS EXPENSE AT THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFERRED HIM TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000.

CAR BEGAN ROUGH SHIFTING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TAKEN TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR. SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN 10V-387 (GM REF NUMBER 10282). INITIALLY, DEALER DENIED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS DISPLAYED BY THE CAR. AFTER SENDING THE DEALER THE RECALL INFORMATION AND THE INITIAL LETTER SENT TO ME BY GM, DEALER ADMITS THAT THERE IS A RECALL, BUT NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX. THE ONLY SOLUTION OFFERED WAS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE PROBLEM. DEALER WILL NOT ESCALATE THE ISSUE THROUGH GM. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. HARD SHIFTING. GAS MILEAGE REDUCED EPC SOLENOID BURNED UP AND WAS REPLACED, STILL HAD ENGINE LIGHT ON. HAD COMPUTER FLASHED STILL ON. HAD VALVE BODY REPLACED CAUSE OF BAD PLUNGER IN SOLENOID VALVE BODY FELL APART WHEN REMOVED ( BAD CLIPS) AND THEN NEEDED PCM REPLACED. IS IT POSSIBLE THE PCM CAUSED THE SOLENOIDS TO FAIL AND BURN UP ALONG WITH THE PCM GOING BAD? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 52,000. UPDATED 01/04/118LJ UPDATED 01/10/11

THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND HARSH SHIFTING RESULTED. THE CAR WAS SERVICED AT A GM DEALER AND FOUND TO HAVE A FAULTY ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. GM IS CLAIMING THIS IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *TR

PCM FOR 2005 PONTIAC VIBE FAILED. SYMPTOMS OF FAILURE WERE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TRANSMISSION MADE HARD AND ERRATIC SHIFTS. SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V387000. WHEN GM HELP CENTER WAS CONTACTED, I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. I REQUESTED THAT MY VEHICLE BE COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING RECALL. *TR

2005 PONTIAC VIBE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, AND THEN THE CAR DIED. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND A WRECKER HAD TO BE CALLED. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR SOME OF THE TIME BUT IT WOULD START RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD DIE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. I HAD READ A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT A RECALL TO START MID SEPTEMBER ON 2005-2008 VIBES DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. MY CAR SEEMED TO BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. OUR MECHANIC AGREED THIS SEEMED TO BE THE PROBLEM. OUR MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT FOUND RECALL INFO ONLINE AND REFERRED US TO GM. GM SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL INFO. ON THE COMPUTER AND COULD NOT DO ANYTHING JUST YET. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A GM DEALERSHIP. IT STALLED TWICE GETTING THERE WITH OUR MECHANIC DRIVING SINCE HE HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO DRIVING IT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL TRY TO START THE CAR TOMORROW (9/23/10). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO ILLUMINATE AS THE GEARS BEGAN SHIFTING ROUGH AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD COST $700 TO BE REPAIRED SINCE THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. NHTSA RECALL#10V387000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; GM'S SAFETY RECALL#10282 YET HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED HER TO CONTACT NHTSA AND FILE A COMPLAINT WHICH HAD NOT GIVEN HER ANY OTHER FAVORABLE RESPONSE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, SHE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND EMISSIONS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE LIGHTS, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. WHEN SHE RESTARTED IT, THE LIGHTS WERE STILL ILLUMINATED BUT THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, THE LIGHT TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ECM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,459. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.