NHTSA — Unknown Or Other Problems

CarComplaints.com Notes: The Pontiac Vibe is the mechanical twin of the Toyota Matrix.

Both models were a joint GM-Toyota venture, manufactured together at a NUMMI production facility in Fremont, CA. Only the heating & A/C systems are different.

2.6

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
55,750 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2009 Pontiac Vibe miscellaneous problems

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2009 Pontiac Vibe Owner Comments

problem #8

Apr 142019

Vibe

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I am having issue with excessive oil consumption for the last 6-9 months. Before I hit 3000 miles the oil has burned up and there is nothing on the dip stick. I took it to Goodyear and they said to take it to the dealership. I took it to ed rinke in centerline mi, where I purchased my car and they were unable to find why it was happening. When I took it for my last oil change at Goodyear in Warren mi they said there might be a recall. I have found a forum were others were having the same issue and upon researching it appears to be an issue with some of the Toyota's as well. I occasionally notice a burning smell when I am driving but it's not all the time. I also sometimes experience my car catching when it's shifting or shaking when idling. I'm not sure if these issues are related, but when I take it for service they cannot seem to find what is causing the issues. I took it in this past Sunday for my latest oil change but this has been ongoing since last year in April 2018 when I took it in to the dealer for the airbag recall.

- Warren, MI, USA

problem #7

Jul 072017

Vibe

  • 125,000 miles
AWD - vsc off stability indicator - traction control system tcs warning lights and check engine lights go on indicate system failure in the rain. There are numerous other people experiencing the same see [xxx] [xxx] this is in addition to the takata fix still not ready for takata air bag recall parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Hawley, PA, USA

problem #6

Jun 032014

Vibe

  • 0 miles
Purchased the 2009 vehicle used with 103,000 miles, car was decent at first.. now loss of power and the car shuts itself off constantly when going to start it. Makes a diesel sound very rough. Sometimes turns itself off more than once in one day or every other day. Garages have looked at the issue but nothing found !

- Erie, PA, USA

problem #5

Apr 152014

Vibe 4-cyl

  • 127,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My car started to stall and pull to the left almost hitting another car as I was making a right turn. I thought it to be just an aberation. I went to a parking lot away from the school to test drive my steering and try to duplicate the problem. Nothing happened, so I went to work and there was no problem. My job is about 12 miles from daughter school taking the back road and not getting on the highway. After work I took the interstate back home through some heavy traffic and there was no problem from downtown to my home aproximately 1O miles taking the interstate. As I was coming from off ramp I notice a litttle stutter and car powering down. I was able to drive for about 1 1/2 miles and the car almost came to a complete stall and started pulling to left. I press the gas peddle all the way down. All the panel lights came on ABS, engine, etc. I mean every single light. I pulled car in to amoca. He said it was throttle body. I got 2nd opinion. He said that did not sound right. He said take car to dealer. I am taking car to GM dealer to run diagnostics. I do not want to risk getting my child killed in this car.

- College Park , GA, USA

problem #4

Apr 122014

Vibe 4-cyl

  • 127,000 miles
Reported vehicle recall to GM Buick, cadilac dealership in morrowm, ga of recalls on vehicle. They stated my car is not on recall list. I asked them to fix problem and service department personnel said he can not help me. I feel I jeapordize my life driving a defective vehicle which is the same as Toyota matrix vehicle with all the same type of parts from Toyota and manufactured by GM. I feel I will be endangering my children lives if I continue to drive this vehicle with out the necessary fixes that need to be done to vehicle.

- College Park, GA, USA

problem #3

Jan 222012

Vibe 4-cyl

  • 60,000 miles
My 2009 Pontiac Vibe is experiencing the same problems as the 2005-2008 Toyota matrix is regarding the stalling issues.

- Dallas, GA, USA

problem #2

Jul 262010

Vibe

  • miles
I bought a brand new Pontiac Vibe [xxx] and now got another recall in the mail to the ones I already had done in the little over one year I owned it!! ridiculous to buy a new car and have all these recalls and then I just had another safety issue a dealership had to do on my car in addition just a few weeks ago that was not a recall. Now another recall came. As a consumer and I buy a new car it would seem that there is a limit to the incompetence problems and recalls. I do not have time to mess w/ these constant recalls which is why I bought a new car to begin with so I dont have to worry about. What is being done about these poor vehicle products being pawned off on the consumer" why are we paying all this money for vehicles that recall every couple months for something else? where is the consumer being reimbursed for all the time and aggravation for the mishaps" it makes no difference if the parts/labor are no cost to me-my time and lack of a vehicle is costly. There is no excuse for this incompetence on this model at this point. I should either get a new car to replace this that actually runs properly or a large reimbursement of money for the lack of quality I bought. I want some answers and as a consumer this service is poor and any other company would be out of business for this many recalls and lack of quality. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Haslett, MI, USA

problem #1

Oct 202009

Vibe

  • 7,000 miles
Upon applying brake at stop light, car accelerated. Another time when waiting in driveway for garagedoor to open I applied brakes and the car accelerated. Both times nothing serious happened as I was a safe distance from anything in front and the brake worked. Both times in fall of 2009; car had about 7000 miles.

- Grayslake, IL, USA

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