| 1 | Complaint Number: 10234790 | Incident Date: July 10, 2008 | Date Added to File: July 18, 2008 |
Description of the Complaint:
The contact owns a 2008 pontiac vibe. While driving 55 mph, the contact noticed a vibration in the steering wheel. He pulled the vehicle over and noticed that the front passenger side tire was flat. The tire was taken to the dealer and they stated that the valve stem was faulty. The contact does not know the manufacturer of the valve stem. The current and failure mileages were 38,900.Details |
| 2 | Complaint Number: 10227641 | Incident Date: April 22, 2008 | Date Added to File: May 13, 2008 |
Description of the Complaint:
The contact owns a 2008 pontiac vibe. On april 22, 2008, while driving 35 mph, the contact's vehicle was struck on the front passenger door by another vehicle. The driver's side seat belt failed to restrain the contact, causing her to strike and injure her head against the dashboard. The passenger received injuries to her legs. The insurance company investigation discovered that the driver's side seat belt bolt failed, which caused the seat belt to fail. The insurance company declared the vehicle to be destroyed. The front driver and passenger side air bags failed to deploy. The failure mileage was 2,000.Details |
| 3 | Complaint Number: 10224635 | Incident Date: February 9, 2008 | Date Added to File: April 15, 2008 |
Description of the Complaint:
We rented a 2008 pontiac vibe on 2-9-08 from the ft. Lauderdale airport and we were driving about 115 miles to islamorada fl. About 1 mile from our destination we heard a tremendous noise from the back seat area that sounded like an explosion. We noticed that the window in the back had shattered. We had no idea why it had shattered. Since that time we have read news accounts about certain pontiac vibes experiencing spontaneous shattering of passenger door windows. Just wanted to pass this along in the name of safety.Details |
| 4 | Complaint Number: 10223277 | Incident Date: March 29, 2008 | Date Added to File: April 3, 2008 |
Description of the Complaint:
Description of malfunction: engine accelerated when brake was applied. This condition occurred once, but could have cause an accident. On saturday 3/29/08 (no rain; temp 35 deg f) , i was driving on a winding rural road and going around 30 mph. The cruise control was off. I started braking since i was going down a slight grade and getting close to a red traffic light. Suddenly the car started speeding up, even with my foot on the brake. I noticed that the idle was around 3,000 rpm. I manually threw the automatic gear shift into neutral and the car started racing to around 4500 rpm. I stopped the vehicle, turned off the key, put the car into park, and applied the parking brake. I put my 4 ways on and checked under the hood. Of course, everything looked in order and i could not locate the throttle. I shut the hood and got back into the car. I pushed the accelerator pedal three times down to the floor. I waited a minute and then started the car. The idle was back to normal and the car ran normal. I took it to the dealer to get checked out on wednesday 4/2/08. No trouble found. No other occurrences of this nature to report. This condition is extremely unsafe; needs to be corrected asap. My vibe only has 3,000 miles and was purchased new from a dealer in december, 2007. Based upon your site's complaints that i have reviewed, there are other pontiac vibes, toyota matrixs and toyota corollas that have experienced this condition. Fortunately there aren't that many that have reported this condition, there are enough that support the fact that something is wrong and needs to be fixed before someone gets hurt. I understand that these models do not have a cable that connects the gas pedal to the throttle. These cars have an electronic throttle. There appears to be an electrical malfunction that is occurring. There must be a computer malfunction, wiring connector problem, a sensor or throttle actuator that is malfunctioning.Details |
