2003 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

CHRONIC PROBLEM OF OVERLY SENSITIVE "AUTOMATIC" HEADLIGHTS TURN ON DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS MAKING INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UNREADABLE.*AK

TIRES WORE OUT WINTIN 2,900 MILES. DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

THEY MADE THE 2003 VIBE WITH SEE THROUGH PLASTIC MOLDING, YOU CANT SEE IT UNLESS YOU ARE UP CLOSE, ANY SMALL THING THAT HITS IT IT DAMAGES THE PLASTIC AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAR IS CHIPPED SEVERELY...GM WILL NOT HONOR THE BUMBER TO BUMPER WARRANTY FOR THAT SHE SAID THATS WHAT ITS THERE TO DO...HOW CAN IT PROTECT THE PAINT IF IT CANT PROTECT ITS SELF....ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.. RON HERNANDEZ

IN AUGUST OF 2003, WE BOUGHT A NEW, 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, WHILE TAKING A CURVE. THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND MADE US HIT THE SIDE WALK WITH THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE TWO FRONT WHEELS BURSTED AND THE ROD BROKE IN HALF. WE STARTED SPINNING UNTIL THE MOTOR, FINALLY DIED. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND AT THAT TIME. OUR INJURIES ARE BEING TREATED AND OUR INSURANCE COMPANY COVERED THE VEHICLES REPAIRS. THE DAMAGE WAS MAJOR AND WE REQUESTED AN INSPECTION FROM PONTIAC. THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY AND DENIED TO PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THE INSPECTION REPORT OR PICTURES. THE TOWING COMPANY MENTIONED TO US THAT THEY HAD PICKED UP THREE VIBES WITHT HE SAME TYPE OF DAMAGE.

THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER PRODUCED HYDROGEN SULFUR THAT CAUSED A ROTTEN EGG SMELL. THE ODOR THEN ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE AIR VENTS AND MADE THE OCCUPANTS SICK. *AK THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *SC *JB

2003 PONTIAC VIBER. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSATATE TODAY AT 70 MPH NO OVER HANGING OBJECTS, NO CARS INSIGHT, SUNROOF EXPLODES, SHOWERING GLASS ON US, AND STARTLING US WITH LOUD NOSIE. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS.*AK THANKS

PONTIAC VIBE 2003 HAS A VERY POOR A/C SYSTEM, NOT CAPABLE OF COOLING THE VEHICLE'S INTERIOR WHEN EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 90F. ALSO, THE A/C SYSTEM PRESENTS AN ANNOYING HISSING NOISE WHEN THE A/C IS OPERATING.*AK

PONTIAC VIBE 2003 PRESENTS "ROTTEN EGG" SMELL. THIS IS HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS, WHICH CAN BE HARMFUL, EVEN DEADLY. SMELL GETS INSIDE THE DRIVER'S CABIN VIA A/C.*AK

WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE REACHES HIGH RPMS AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK WHILE PARKING, CONSUMER SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. WHILE IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP TO 5000 RPM'S OR SO AND STAYED AT THIS FULL THROTTLE POSITION FOR 1/2 A MINUTE. HIS FOOT WAS LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE WHEN SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED. CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND HAD THE PASSENGER TO VERIFY THE ENGINE STAYED AT FULL THROTTLE WITH FOOT ON ALL PEDALS. SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. AFTER THE THIRD TIME, CONSUMER HAD MECHANIC TO CLEAN/INSPECT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND SENSORS, REPROGRAMMED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, REPLACE THE ACCELERATION CABLE AND DISCONNECT THE CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER THE FOURTH INCIDENT, CONSUMER HAD THE MECHANIC TO INSTALL A MONITOR TO RECORD THE ELECTRICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT INCIDENT. NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES EVER OCCURRED FOR ANY OF THESE SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENTS. *PH *NLM

DEFROSTER FOR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD STOPPED OPERATING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER FOUND THAT DOOR ACTUATOR BROKE, BUT MADE NO REPAIRS. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THIS WAS A VERY FREQUENT PROBLEM. *AK 2003 PONTIAC VIBE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DEFROSTER FOR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEFROSTER FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE CAUSE FOR THE MALFUNCTION WAS DUE TO THE DOOR ACTUATOR THAT BROKE.*MR