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PONTIAC VIBE

2008 PONTIAC VIBE

4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 68 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints68
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire0

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 4 of 4

19V6270002019-08-28

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.

16V1270002016-03-03

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

16V1280002016-03-02

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

10V3870002010-08-26

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WARNINGS AND CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT. THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP COULD BE ILLUMINATED, HARSH SHIFTING COULD RESULT, THE ENGINE MAY NOT START, OR THE ENGINE COULD SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. AN ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 48AIR BAGS
  • 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 2STEERING
  • 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 2SEAT BELTS
  • 1POWER TRAIN
  • 1VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
  • 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2008 PONTIAC VIBEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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