2005 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE HE WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS FOOT HIT THE THROTTLE SENSOR WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BECAUSE IT STICKS OUT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TOWARDS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH 3 DISC INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND ALSO A BROKEN BONE IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BUT IT CAN BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

CAR IDLED LOW AND HARD SINCE I PURCHASED IT AND DEALERSHIPS KEPT SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE IT WAS SO RANDOM, THEY COULD NEVER GET IT TO ACT THAT WAY FOR THEM. I WENT ON VACATION RECENTLY, CAME HOME AND WENT TO TURN ON CAR, IT STARTED, I STARTED TO DRIVE AND IT STALLED. LIGHTS STAYED ON, BUT COULD NOT RESTART ENGINE. TOWED IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE COMPUTER CONTROL SOMETHING OR OTHER AND THAT ONE OF THE SIGNALS TO AN INJECTOR IS NOT MAKING IT. THEY SAID ALL THE HARD IDLING I EXPERIENCED WAS A SIGN THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELECTRICALLY WRONG AND THE DEALERSHIPS WERE TELLING ME IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL! THEY ARE REPLACING A WIRE FOR AN INJECTOR AND THE COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE? RIGHT NOW. I AM NOT SURE OF THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE COMPUTER BRAIN THINGY. *TR

2005 PONTIAC VIBE- PCM UNIT GOES BAD, LEADING TO AUTO TRANSMISSION ERROR CODE P2716, FIRST REPLACED BATTERY THEN ALTERNATOR WITH DELCO/GMC PART NOW ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ERRORS AND TRANS PROBLEMS DUE TO FAULTY PCM - SOLENOID D FAILURE. *TR

MY 2005 PONTIAC VIBE STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. I HAD TO HAVE THE EMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AND HAD TO PAY $571.71 FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE STALLING. SEVERAL COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME BACK ON. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A WITH THE PCM. HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/28/11

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 PONTIAC VIBE ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND IT STALLED. *TR

PURCHASED (4) NEW TIRES - DROVE 50 MILES WHEN FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW-OUT FROM THE SIDEWALL - WAS TRAVELING @ 65 MPH. *TR

DRIVING 2005 PONTIAC VIBE AND IN AFTERNOON OF 2/14/2010 SHIFTING BECAME HARD. TOOK TO BE DIAGNOSED AND CODE THAT CAME UP IS P2716; PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID; ELECTRICAL FAULT. TOOK TO HAVE DIAGNOSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, AND SAME CODE ARISES. FOUND OUT WILL HAVE TO REPLACE COMPUTER ON A 5 YR OLD VEHICLE. WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT GMC TRIED TO COVER UP, BUT KNOWING THAT MY CAR HAS A TOYOTA ENGINE, HE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND FOUND THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE FOR THEIR MATRIX & COROLLA FOR THAT SAME YEAR. TOYOTA CORRECTED THE ISSUE, YET GMC DENIED THERE WAS ONE PRESENT.(TSB TC014-06). AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, I HAD ROUGHLY 101,800 MILES ON VEHICLE. PER PONTIAC--THEY ARE REQUESTING ME TO PAY TO HAVE ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE AT A GMC DEALER TO VERIFY THE CODES ARE CORRECT BEFORE THEY WOULD "CONSIDER" OFFERING, IF ANYTHING, ANY TYPE OF RESOLUTION. I REQUESTED TO HAVE THE PART @ NO COST AND I WOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR. THEY ARE REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ME AND UNLESS I PAY TO HAVE ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE, THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY RE-IMBURSEMENT OR PARTS AT NO COST. I NOW AM STUCK WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO RENEW MY PLATES B/C @ THE EMISSION STATION FAILED MY VEHICLE. ALL BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTER NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHEN 4 SEPARATE MECHANICS HAVE TESTED MY VEHICLE--INCLUDING A GOVERNMENT RUN AGENCY--AND ALL CAME UP WITH THE SAME CODE AND PART THAT NEEDS REPLACING. I REQUESTED TO HAVE THE PART SPECIFICALLY SENT AT NO COST TO ME FROM PONTIAC AND I WOULD PAY FOR THE LABOR, BUT AGAIN, PONTIAC IS REFUSING THAT OPTION UNTIL I HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AT AN ACTUAL GMC DEALERSHIP,WHICH IS GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER $75, ON TOP OF ANY REPAIR/REPLACEMENT COSTS. I ALSO HAVE NO GUARANTEE FROM PONTIAC THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE ANY RE-IMBURSEMENT/PARTS AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO ME, SO I FEEL THAT I AM WASTING MORE MONEY FOR A FAULTY COMPUTER GMC REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE HAS A PROBLEM. *TR

HARD SHIFTS, BAD GAS MILEAGE, AND THE DUMMY LIGHT STAYS ON. NEW PCM PART IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MADE AN UNUSUALLY LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V162000 (VISIBILITY: GLASS, SIDE/REAR) AND CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CAR STALLED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A TURN INTO A PARKING LOT. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING THE FAILURE OCCURS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. WAS DIAGNOSED AS COMPUTER PERFORMANCE PROBLEM WITH PO607 ENGINE CODE. *TR