2004 Pontiac Vibe complaints

2004 PONTIAC VIBE WITH 5,200 MILES HAD ENGINE SEIZE. EXPERTS SAY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE, GM WON'T HONOR WARRANTY, GM REP VISITED WITH ME AND SAID DON'T TELL ANYONE FROM GM I WAS TALKING WITH YOU AND LIED DURING CONVERSATION, YET SUBMITTED REPORT AND SAID DENY CLAIM, OTHER VEHICLES HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

MY PONTIAC VIBE 2004 WITH SUN ROOF PACKAGE FIRST OF ALL THE FLOORING IN THE CAR HAD MILDEWED AND MOLDED. THE CARPET WAS REPLACED AFTER MANY TIMES GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED AT. THE FLOORING IN THE CAR IS WET ONCE AGAIN NOT FROM MOON ROOF THIS TIME BUT POSSIBLE AIR CONDITIONING TUBING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE DAMAGED. THE CAR STILL HAS A VERY STRONG ODOR OF MOLD IN IT THAT WILL NOT DECREASE. I AM AFRAID THAT THERE MAY BE HARMFUL MOLD SPORES THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY GROWN FROM THE LAST TIME IT WAS SATURATED WITH WATER DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON DRAIN TUBING FOR MOON ROOF. I PURCHASED MY NEW VEHICLE ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES LOOKED AT TWICE SINCE THEY WERE WARPED, THE LEAKAGE THROUGHOUT MY VEHICLE, AND THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REALIGNED. I THINK THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THE DEALERSHIP SIEMANNS OF BRIDGEMAN MICHIGAN DID REPLACE SOME PARTS ON IT BUT ONLY AFTER BEGGING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CARS STANDING WATER IN VEHICLE STARTED TO MOLD.*AK

2004 PONTIAC VIBE THE RUBBER STRIPING AND MOLDING ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR KEEPS SPLITTING AND WEARING OUT EVERY 3500 MILES. ALSO THERE ARE 2 SPOTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR WHERE THE PAINT IS GONE IN 2 EXACT ROUND SPOTS FROM THE DOOR VIBRATING. I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE OTHER THEN THE DEALER THAT HIS COULD BE CAUSED BY ONE OF TWO THINGS. EITHER THE BODY IS FLEXING OR THERE IS A WELD MISSING ON THE UNIBODY. THE FLEXING WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE SUNROOF. THEY (THE FACTORY) REMOVES A BEAM TO PUT THE SUNROOF IN AND THIS CAUSES A STRUCTURE PROBLEM WHICH IS CAUSING THE POSSIBLE FLEXING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOLDING ONCE AND GM IS REFUSING TO REPLACE IT GAIN. THEY HAD AN ENGINEER PUT THE VEHICLE ON A FRAME MACHINE TO SEE IF IT IS STRAIGHT. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY AND DEFECT ISSUE AND SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE PAINT IS VERY EASILY CHIPPING AND IT'S PITTING IN THE FRONT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PAINT CHIPS ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHIPPING SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN EARLY 2004. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. I BELIEVE THE PAINT IS BAD OR THE CLEAR COAT IS WAY TO THIN. THE CAR ALREADY NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS. *JB

PONTIAC VIBE 2004, BODY SEEMS TO BE HIGHER ON PASSENGER SIDE WHEN VIEWING IT FROM THE REAR. *BF *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON SUNNY DAYS, CONSUMER CANNOT SEE THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. HOWEVER, IT IS ENCASED IN BLACK, AND THE NEEDLE ITSELF IS VERY DARK RED, WHICH MAKES IT VERY HARD TO SEE HOW FAST CONSUMER IS GOING. *AK *TT

INSULATION BETWEEN ROOF AND HEADLINER COMMING UNGLUED AND LAYING ON HEADLINER. *JB

SPOTS/DISTORTION ON DASH AND GETTING WORSE. *JB

2004 PONTIAC VIBE, 3.000 PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF AND BUBBLING. *AK

2004 PONTIAC VIBE BASE,3000 MILES, DRIVERS SEAT HAS BECOME LOOSE TO THE POINT YOU CAN MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH BY HAND,CENTER OF UPPER BACK IS ALSO COLLAPSING, LEAVING LITTLE SUPPORT TO LOWER AND UPPER BACK, HAD TO ADJUST SEAT SEVERAL TIMES ON SHORT TRIPS.DEALER IS GOING TO REPLACE LOWER LEFT SEAT TRACK FIRST TO SEE IF THIS CURES THE PROBLEM,I CAN SEE WHERE THIS MIGHT FIX THE MOVEMENT AND THE POPPING OF THE SEAT AND I DO NOT SEE THIS FIXING THE SEATBACK WEAKENING AND SINKING IN.*AK

NEW CAR HAS VERY BAD PAINT PROBLEMS - CHIPS AND CRAZING - ONLY 12,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON TWICE IN FIRST 3000 MILES. DEALERS UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM; COMPUTER CODE INDICATES SOMETHING IN THE EVAP CANISTER AREA. ALL DEALER'S DO IS RESET THE LIGHT.*AK

DURING THE NIGHTTIME BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL ONLY ADJUST TO THE HIGH BEAMS. DRIVER HAS TO DECREASE SPEED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND STATED THERE WAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS WAS HOW THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DESIGNED. *AK

THE OEM BATTERY IN MY 2004 PONTIAC VIBE IS OF INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY FOR WINTER STARTUPS. PONTIAC INSTALLED A 310 CCA BATTERY, WHICH IS HAVING DIFFICULTY CRANKING THE ENGINE WHEN ATTEMTPTING TO START IT AT LOW TEMPERATURES (BELOW 15 DEGREES F). I HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING MY CAR AT -5DEGREES F THIS WEEK (IT TOOK 4 ATTEMPTS; I HAD ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF, I.E. RADIO, FAN, LIGHTS. MY CAR IS LESS THAN 2 MONTHS OLD). THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF SUCH NEAR FAILURES OF THE 310 CCA BATTERY ON THE 2003/2004 PONTIAC VIBE MODELS, ALONG WITH REPORTS OF COMPLETE BATTERY FAILURE IN COLD WEATHER ON WWW.GENVIBE.COM. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO GET A BATTERY ABOVE 500 CCA FOR COLD CLIMATES FOR A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE LIKE THE VIBE'S 1.8L. THE UNDERPOWERED BATTERY INSTALLED BY PONTIAC ON MY CAR COULD RESULT IN GETTING STRANDED IN COLD WINTER CONDITIONS AND COULD POSE A LIFE THREATENING HAZARD.

AFTER THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY DECELERATED. *AK THE ENGINE IDLE WAS SLOW TO RETURN TO NORMAL WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED. THE PROBLEM COULD CAUSE AND ACCIDENT AND RESULTED IN AN EXTENSIVE USE OF THE BRAKES. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FEATURE AND NOT A FAILURE. THE DEALER INSTALLED AN EVENT RECORDER ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *SCC *JB

ON MY 2004 PONTIAC VIBE, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS LINED WITH A CHROME FINISH THAT REFLECTS INTO THE WINDSHIELD MAKING VISIBILITY REDUCED. RALPH NADER CRITICIZED THIS OVER 30 YEARS AGO WHEN CAR MANUFACTURES WERE USING CHROME FINISHES THAT CAUSED NOTICEABLE GLARE. APPARENTLY, PONTIAC FORGOT DRIVER VISIBILITY WHEN THEY ADDED CHROME AND BRUSHED ALUMINUM TO THEIR INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS. *LA