2010 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

TAKATA RECALL. COMPANY IS NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR CUSTOMERS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. RECALL LETTER IS JULY 2016, THIS HAS BEEN 4 MONTHS WITHOUT THE USE OF MY FRONT SEAT. I'VE CALLED BOTH MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS GM CORPORATE AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO PROVIDE A RENTAL OR LOANER WHILE I WAIT. THEY ARE LITERALLY ROBBING ME OF FULL USE OF MY CAR. THEY ARE ALSO UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF TIME TABLE AS TO WHEN PARTS WILL BE READY. THE COMPANY SHOULD PROVIDE A RENTAL FOR SUCH TROUBLE SINCE I HAVE MANY TIME HAD TO BORROW A FRIEND CAR WHEN I NEED TO CARRY MORE PASSENGERS AS PUTTING 3 PEOPLE IN THE BACK SEAT IS HORRIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND HAVING 5 IS NOW IMPOSSIBLE. THEY ARE NOT FIXING THIS CONDITION IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 10/28/16 *BF

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/20/16*LJ UPDATED 12/21/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC, AND TSS ALL ILLUMINATE ON DASH. THEN THE CAR EXPERIENCES A DOWN SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION TO A LOWER GEAR, ENGINE REV'S TO A HIGH RPM SLOWING THE CAR DOWN. AFTER THE CAR STOPS FORWARD PROGRESS, CAR IDLES VERY ROUGH AND MAY STALL. THE FIRST TIME HIS HAPPENED WAS ON A CITY STREET AND WHILE CAR WAS CRUISING AT APPROX 30 MPH. NO WARNING JUST A SUDDEN CHANGE. CAR APPEARED NORMAL PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. TOOK THE CAR FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO A FAULTY COMPUTER. MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODES AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE CAR REPEATED TO SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

UPON PURCHASING A USED PONTIAC VIBE I NOTICED THE REAR WIPER WAS INOPERABLE. I CHECKED THE FUSE AND IT DID NOT REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. I REPLACED THE MOTOR WITH A REFURBISHED ONE FROM AN AUTO PARTS STORE, YET THE REAR WIPER IS STILL INOPERABLE. A RATTLING NOISE IS ALSO COMING FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. I WILL TAKE IT TO A GMC DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR

ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION, SINCE THE LAST OIL CHANGED ( 5,000 MILES ) THE OIL LEVEL WAS ALMOST EMPTY, THE OIL USED SINCE NEW IS SYNTHETIC AND THE RECOMMENDED GRADE BY MANUFACTURER. CAR ONLY HAS 36, 000 MILES AND OIL HAS BEEN CHANGE EVERY 5000 MILES AS RECOMMENDED. *TR

OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE, OIL WAS AT EMPTY LEVEL AFTER ONLY 2500 MILES FROM LAST OIL CHANGE. USED RECOMMENDED SYNTHETIC OIL, CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL COIL MODULE, WHICH ALSO CAUSED FAILURE/SHORT OF THE FUSE BLOCK. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED TO THESE PARTS. THE CAR WAS FIXED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS NO LONGER ACTIVATED. *TR