2009 PONTIAC VIBE Complaints

TAKATA RECALL - CALLED GM - ENTERED MULTIPLE TICKETS - TOLD THAT GM DOESN'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIX THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG. TICKET NUMBER 8-3216300087 (LATEST TICKET). CALLED ON 11/17/17 - SPOKE TO GM CUST SERVICE... TOLD SAME THING ( GM DOESN'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIX THE PROBLEM) ... CUSTOMER SERVICE REP HUNG UP THE PHONE ON ME. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURES TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS THEY PUT INTO AN AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE. MY TOYOTA COROLLA HAD AN AIRBAG REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO.

TAKATA RECALL IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I RECEIVED THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT REPAIRED. NO DEALER SEEMS TO HAVE THE AIRBAGS AND NOW TAKATA HAS GONE INTO CHAPTER 11. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG HAS NOT DEPLOYED.

TAKATA RECALL - I HAVE THE RECALL NOTICE FROM GM (MARCH 2017). THEN I RECEIVED THE TAKATA BANKRUPTCY NOTICE (NOVEMBER 2017). I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SHOW IN THE COMPUTER THE RECALL AND THE STATUS IS PENDING AS THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS. THERE HAVE BEEN RELATED DEATHS WITH THIS AND I AM SUPPOSED TO KEEP DRIVING IT. THERE IS NO SOLUTION, AND NO MONEY TO RETURN AS OF YET TO FIX THIS. ISN'T THAT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE???!!! IT WOULD BE IF ANYONE ELSE OPERATED LIKE THIS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS). 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 DEALER (VALLEY BUICK GMC, 7500 145TH ST W, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-620-7668 AND STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. CASE NUMBER: 8-3547529854 WAS PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

NO INCIDENT. JUST HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE THAT HAS RENDERED MY CAR UNABLE TO HAVE ANY OTHER PERSON IN IT AS THE BACK SEAT IS FILLED WITH 2 CAR SEATS. PONTIAC RECALL LETTER FROM 3/2017 SAID TO CONTACT THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER & THEY WERE NO HELP. CALLED AGAIN 10/2017 & THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY WOULD GET TO IT WHEN THEY COULD. CALLED THE NHTSA ON 5/17 & THEY WERE NO HELP. CALLED THEM AGAIN 11/2017 & COULD NOT GET THROUGH TO ANYONE. CALLED THE TK HOLDINGS NUMBER & THEY TOLD ME TO ACCESS SAFERCAR.GOV, WHICH IS NOT HELPFUL SINCE I ALREADY KNOW MY CAR IS UNDER RECALL. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AN UNSAFE CAR FOR 7 YEARS & CAN'T GET ANY RECOURSE. THE RESALE VALUE OF MY CAR IS COMPROMISED & I HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO HOPE THAT THIS SAFETY CONCERN WILL BE RESOLVED. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE THIS RECALL IS ADDRESSED?

TAKATA RECALL- I WAS INFORMED OF THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL MARCH 2017 AND I CAN`T GET IT FIXED. I`M FEARFUL OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD DISABLE THE AIRBAG AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN`T BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL YET I SAW NEWS STORIES WHERE TOYOTA SAID THEY ARE GOING TO DISABLE AIRBAGS IF REPLACEMENTS AREN`T AVAILABLE. I JUST WANT IT FIXED/DISABLED SO I DON`T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYONE DYING FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ISN`T THERE A WAY TO ALLOW THE DISABLING OF AIRBAGS IN JUST THE AFFECTED VEHICLES? I CAN`T HAVE ANYONE SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AS IT IS BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE DRIVER/BACKSEAT PASSENGERS DIDN`T HAVE SHARDS OF METAL FLYING AT THEIR FACES IF THE THING GOES OFF. ALSO.....I HAVE SPOKEN TO GM ABOUT THIS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE FIXING AIRBAGS IN STATES WITH HIGH HUMIDITY FIRST BECAUSE IT IS THE HUMIDITY/MOISTURE THAT MESSES WITH THE AIRBAG. THE LAST PERSON I SPOKE TO AT GM TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON STATES SUCH AS CA AND AZ FIRST. SERIOUSLY? IF THE PROBLEM IS HUMIDITY THE LAST STATE THAT SHOULD BE DONE IS AZ, AND EVEN CA HAS A LOWER AVERAGE HUMIDITY THAN MY STATE. THEIR AVERAGE HUMIDITY IS LOWER IN AZ THAN LITERALLY EVERY OTHER STATE IN THIS COUNTRY. I LIVE IN NJ, AVERAGE HUMIDITY IS 83% AND AZ IS 53%. HOW ARE CARS IN AZ GETTING FIXED BEFORE MINE?

TAKATA RECALL. IT'S APPROACHING A YEAR ON THIS DANGEROUS RECALL. PLEASE STEP IN AND DEMAND THAT REMEDIES BECOME AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL - HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2009 AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I HAVE BEEN RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT SINCE 2009 AND THAT RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. IT'S ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE ORIGINAL NOTIFICATION AND THERE IS STILL NO FIX. SEEMS TO ME "DON'T RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT" IS A EUPHEMISM FOR THEM TRYING TO AVOID LAWSUITS. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN INCIDENT AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT IN THE FUTURE BUT I AM HOPING THAT THE NHTSA MIGHT SPUR SOMEONE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (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 CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (RILEY CHEVROLET BUICK GMC CADILLAC, 2033 CHRISTY DRIVE, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65101) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE AIRBAG RECALL, BUT THE DEALER SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS NECESSARY TO DO THE RECALL AND WILL NOT HAVE THEM IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE!