2009 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED. NO WARNING SIGNS OF ANY NATURE. CAN NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP CAN NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL 4 DAYS. *TR

BOTH REAR HUB AND WHEEL BEARINGS COMPONENTS HAVE RUSTED AND WORN OUT CLOSE TO FAILURE; REAR WHEEL NOISE WAS EXCESSIVE. ACTUAL FAILURE WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP. *KB

TIRE PRESSURE PROBLEMS ON ALL EAGLE TIRES THAT CAME WITH CAR. HAD SIDE WALLS CLEANED AND TIRE LEAKAGE CONTINUES. TIRES HAVE TO BE REFILLED EVERY 2 WEEKS. WILL NEED TO REPLACE ALL TIRES. PROBLEMS BEGAN WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON TIRES. NTB NOTIFIED OWNER THAT EAGLE DISCONTINUING THIS TIRE. DEALER CLAIMS THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED RAPIDLY ACCELERATED. THE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ALLOWING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE ACCELERATION OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 09/30/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED A NEW GAS PEDAL WAS INSTALLED. UPDATED 10/24/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE GT. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE KEY WAS PLACED IN THE IGNITION THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNTIL THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,070. UPDATED 10/4/11 *CN UPDATED 10/26/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN THE ACCELERATION OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGES AND WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR BODY REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR TWO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 10V018000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL) AND 10V024000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL). AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION MALFUNCTION RECURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO A DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2009 PONTIAC VIBE. CONSUMER WRITES IN RESPONSE TO AN UNSATISFACTORY RESPONSE OF GM SAFETY RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND GOING TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS HE WAS INFORMED THE TOOLS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE RECALL. *JB

2 WEEKS AGO, I STARTED SMELLING A GAS ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR AS I DROVE. THEN AS I STARTED IT AND STOPPED IT ; I SMELLED IT. NOW IT SMELLS LIKE EXHAUST ALL THE TIME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND THEY WENT OVER THE ENTIRE EXHAUST AND GAS SYSTEM AND SAID IT IS FINE. THEY AGREED THERE IS A "CHEMICAL SMELL", BUT NOTHING IS WRONG OR THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WOULD ALERT US. I PICKED UP MY CAR AND IT STILL SMELLS LIKE EXHAUST, NOT A "CHEMICAL" . MY HUSBAND AND I BECAME NAUSEOUS DRIVING AFTER AND HOUR LAST WEEK AND HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS. HE SAID HE WAS LIGHT HEADED. IT NEVER SMELLED LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I CAN'T STAND DRIVING IT NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT STINKS BUT POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE. *KB

WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS (LESS THAN 35), THERE IS A NOTICEABLE SHAKING / VIBRATION / RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM EITHER THE STEERING COLUMN OR FRONT SHOCKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER ROUGH SURFACES OR BUMPS. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE DEALER INSPECT THE ISSUE. SEEMS AS IF SOME COMPONENT HAS COME LOOSE. *TR

DRIVER REPORTED FAILURE OF VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WARNING LIGHTS WERE FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP AND REPAIRED AT COST OF ALMOST $800 TO REPLACE THE REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY WHERE THE ABS SENSOR IS LOCATED. *TR