2003 Pontiac Vibe Visibility & Wipers Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW, IT SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING GLASS. THE SAME NOISE OCCURRING WHEN RAISING THE WINDOW BACK UP. THE CONTACT HAD THE WINDOW SWITCH DISCONNECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-5058739349. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,000.

INITIAL RECALL (#08V162000) FOR LOOSE WINDOW BOLTS CONDUCTED IN 2008. RECENTLY NOTICED DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR WINDOW AGAIN LOOSE AND RATTLING WHEN WINDOW IS PART WAY DOWN (AS BEFORE WITH ORIGINAL RECALL IN 2008). CONCERN IS THE WINDOW GLASS COULD BECOME DISENGAGED FROM LIFTING TRACK AND SHATTER RESULTING IN DISTRACTING THE DRIVER AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED TO OPEN PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THE WINDOW WOULD BECOME STUCK AND WAS UNABLE TO BE CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SUDDENLY DISLODGED AND COLLAPSED INWARD. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC CLIPS USED TO SECURE THE WINDOW FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BECOME UNSECURED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW GLASS BOLTS LOOSENED AND SEPARATED FROM ITS HOUSING CAUSING THE WINDOW TO SEPARATE FROM THE MANUAL WINDOW REGULATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 2/21/13 UPDATED 6/13/13 *CN THE DEALER REPLACED THE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY. INVOICE RECEIVED 06/17/13

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2003, IN 2008 I HAD FAILURE OF THE POWER WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, IT WAS FIXED BY THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD TO RETURN IF PROBLEMS OCCURRED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. YESTERDAY I HEARD THE FAMILIAR CLUNK OF THE WINDOW AND KNOW IT IS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL IN 2008. I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE AT GMC (COLIN) VIA EMAIL AND WAS TOLD THIS RECALL IS NO LONGER VALID. IS THIS TRUE, I THOUGHT RECALLS WERE GOOD FOR 10 YEARS. WHAT TO DO? PONTIAC IS OUT OF BUSINESS? *JS

WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE EXPRESSWAY (DURING RUSH HOUR) AT AROUND 65 MPH THERE WAS A SUDDEN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAS AND LOOKED AROUND THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED. IT BEING MICHIGAN AND IN THE 30'S IT HAS BEEN CLOSED THE ENTIRE SEASON. I WAS NOT DRIVING NEAR OR UNDER AN OVERPASS AT THE TIME SO I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS DROPPED ON IT. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I DISCOVERED I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS HAPPENED TO THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SAFETY RECALL (07273) WITH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS AS THEY WOULD SUDDENLY BREAK AS WELL. THIS SERVICE WAS COMPLETED. COULD THIS BE RELATED? *TR

THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE FRONT WINDOWS ONTO THE DOOR WINDOW REGULATOR OF THE 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. I HAD THE BOLTS REPLACED AT THE DEALER, SO THE WINDOW WOULD NOT SHATTER WHILE DRIVING OR FALL INTO THE DOOR FRAME. WELL, REPLACING THE BOLTS DOES NOT PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE WINDOW STILL FELL INTO THE DOOR FRAME ANYWAY AND CAN SHATTER AT ANYTIME. THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT THE REPLACEMENT BOLT SCREWS INTO BREAKS EASILY WHICH RESULTS IN EITHER THE WINDOW SHATTERING WHILE DRIVING AND/OR FALLING INTO THE DOOR FRAMES. THEREFORE, THE RECALL DID NOT PREVENT THIS VERY UNSAFE EVENT FROM HAPPENING. PLEASE INSTITUTE A RECALL FOR THE PLASTIC CLIPS ON THE FRONT WINDOWS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT THE INITITAL RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ADDRESSED, BUT DID NOT. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED, WHILE THE VEHICLE IDLE AND IN PARK, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW ABNORMALLY SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER ADVISED HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V162000 (VISIBILITY: GLASS, SIDE/REAR). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

IN MAY OF 2009 WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE I HEARD A CRASH AND A THUMP FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I GRABBED ONTO THE GLASS AND HELD IT IN PLACE. I WAS ABLE TO LOCK THE WINDOW SO IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN AND PROCEEDED ON MY WAY. I TOOK IT TO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUTTES AND I WAS TOLD ALL DAMAGES WOULD BE COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO THE RECALL NUMBER 08V162000 THE DOOR BOLTS THAT HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE BROKE CAUSING THE WINDOW TO CRASH AND THE GLASS TO SHATTER. I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE WINDOW FIXED IN MASSACHUTTES SO I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OLD WESTBURY, NEW YORK. THIS DEALERSHIP GM PONTIAC IN HICKSVILLE TOLD ME NOTHING WAS COVERED EXCEPT THE BOLTS. I CALLED THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP AND ONE PERSON TOLD ME THAT THE PONTIAC WILL COVER THE WINDOW. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT AND CALLED PONTIAC THEMSELVES THEY SPOKE WITH A DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL AND THEY SAID THAT IT WASN'T COVERED. THEY THEN QUOTED ME AT 700.00 DOLLARS TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED. I REFUSED SERVICE. CURRENTLY I HAVE CALLED EVERYDAY TO SEE WHAT THEY MIX UP IS AND NO ONE RETURNS MY PHONE CALLS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. HE RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V162000 EA08004, COMPONENT: VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEIR VEHICLE DID NOT APPLY TO THE RECALL. ELEVEN MONTHS LATER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ROLL DOWN THE POWER WINDOWS, THERE WAS A POPPING AND CRACKING NOISE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED AND WAS RECALLED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,440. UPDATED 05/13/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS EVER CORRECTED. HE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS A DAY AFTER THE REPAIR WAS SUPPOSEDLY DONE. UPDATED 05/13/09.*JB

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR GLASS MAKES LOUD SNAPPING NOISE WHEN GLASS IS LOWERED. SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WILL BREAK. TOOK TO PONTIAC DEALER, AND HE REPORTS THAT I NEED A NEW "CHECK LINK" BECAUSE IT IS INTERFERING WITH THE WINDOW MECHANISM. COST IS $130 FOR PART AND 1HR LABOR TO INSTALL. FOUND ODI #PE07049 TO IDENTIFY SAME ISSUE ON SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AFTER HE STARTED THE IGNITION AND ACTIVATED THE POWER WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE DOOR CHECK LINK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DOOR GLASS BOLTS AND WINDOW REGULATOR WERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V162000 (VISIBILITY; GLASS, SIDE/REAR) WAS REFERENCED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,626.

AFTER HAVING THE RECALL DONE ON MY 2003 VIBE, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF BOLTS IN THE POWER WINDOW MECHANISM. IN AUGUST I AGAIN BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOUD CRACKING NOISES AND SCREECHING UPON OPERATION OF THE WINDOWS. I WAS TOLD TO RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE RECALL TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THEY EXAMINED THE WINDOWS AND THE MECHANICS HEARD THE NOISES BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE. THEY LUBRICATED THE MECHANISM, FOR WHICH I HAD TO PAY,AND SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IF I DID HAVE ANY MORE TROUBLE THE COST WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY. I USED THE WINDOWS VERY LITTLE BECAUSE I HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN THE REPAIR. I BEGAN TO HEAR THE NOISES AGAIN. YESTERDAY, UPON RETURNING FROM TAKING MY MOTHER TO HER HEART SPECIALIST, I STOPPED NEAR OUR MAIL BOX. MY MOTHER OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY. AS SHE STARTED TO REACH THROUGH THE OPENING, TO THE GET THE MAIL, THE WINDOW EXPLODED. I SAY EXPLODED BECAUSE THE FORCE AT WHICH IT SHATTERED WAS SO GREAT THE IT THREW GLASS ONTO THE ROOF OF THE CAR. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT. MY MOTHER WAS COVERED IN GLASS, AS WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. GLASS ALSO HIT MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. *TR

2003 PONTIAC VIBE REAR POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL DOWN. THE FRONT SIDE PASSENGER WINDOWS MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN I ROLL IT DOWN EVEN THOUGH I DID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS RECALLED. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW ON MY 2003 PONTIAC VIBE JUMPS OUT OF POSITION WHEN THE POWER WINDOWS ARE OPERATED. I HAVE HAD THE FACTORY RECALL ON THE BOLTS ON THIS WINDOW WHICH THE DEALER DID, BUT WHEN THE DEALER GAVE ME BACK THE CAR FROM REPLACING THE BOLTS, THE WINDOW WAS WORSE AT JUMPING OUT OF THE WINDOW AND ALMOST BROKE. I CAN NOT OPERATE THE WINDOW BECAUSE IT JUMPS OUT AT AN ANGLE AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE. THE DEALER SAID THEY THINK THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR ON THAT SIDE BROKE ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT THAT WAY WHEN WE BROUGHT IT IN. IT ALSO LOOKS AS IF THE DOOR STOP MAY BE HITTING THE WINDOW WHEN THE POWER WINDOWS ARE OPERATED. THIS WINDOW HAS MADE SOME NOISES OR NOT OPERATED PROPERLY OFF AND ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALER A COUPLE TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS OFF AND ON AT THAT TIME, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND SO I CAN NOT USE THE WINDOW AT ALL. THE DEALER WONT FIX THE PROBLEM AS THEY SAY THEY DO NOT CONSIDER IT AS PART OF THE RECENT RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME IF THEY DID THE RECALL FIX PROPERLY OR IF THEY MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. LUCKILY NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED YET, BUT IF I USE THE WINDOW, SOMEONE WOULD BE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT HAD HER VEHICLE REPAIRED IN JUNE OF 2008 ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V162000 (VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW ALMOST CAME OUT OF POSITION. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $300 REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,534. UPDATED 07/29/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS PERFOMRED. UPDATED 08/07/08

MY PONTIAC VIBE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL BECAUSE SCREWS WERE BECOMING DEFECTIVE AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WINDOW REGULATOR, AND BROKEN WINDOWS. THE LOCAL PONTIAC DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SCREWS, PUT THE DOOR BACK TOGETHER, AND INFORMED ME THAT THE REGULATOR WAS BENT. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS THAT THE WINDOW WOULD FALL WHEN I WOULD ATTEMPT TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN, AND PUT GREAT PRESSURE ON THE WINDOW. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE REGULATOR WAS MY PROBLEM, AND THAT IT WOULD COSTS ME $300 TO REPAIR. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE POTENTIAL HAZARD LEADING TO THE RECALL. I AM ASHAMED THAT GM AND THEIR DEALERS HAVE NO MORE CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS THAN THEY DEMONSTRATED TO ME. I VERY STRONGLY FEEL THAT GM SHOULD REPLACE THE REGULATOR IN THE DRIVER DOOR OF MY VIBE. TONIGHT I INADVERTENTLY PRESSED THE BUTTON THAT DOES ROLL THIS WINDOW DOWN WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND IT VERY NEARLY BROKE BECAUSE OF THE UNDUE PRESSURE EXERTED ON THE GLASS. *TR

RECALL ON PONTIAC VIBE # 07273A, MAY 28, 2008 I OWN A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE, WHICH HAS THE ABOVE RECALL. THE RECALL CONSISTS OF DEFECTIVE BOLTS, WHICH ATTACH THE FRONT DOOR WINDOWS TO THE WINDOW REGULATOR. THE RECALL STATES THAT THE DEFECTIVE BOLTS COULD LOOSEN AND THE WINDOW MAY BECOME LOOSE AND SHATTER. THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROBLEM OCCURRED TO MY VIBE JANUARY 8, 2008, BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED. THE GLASS DID DROP OUT OF THE TRACK AND I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE WINDOW GLASS WAS SCRATCHED WHEN THE WINDOW FELL FROM THE TRACK. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED BUT THE GLASS WAS NOT COVERED. IN EARLY JUNE I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTE ON THE VIBE DESCRIBING THE EXACT PROBLEM AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE WORK COMPLETED. I ADVISED THE SERVICE CONSULTANT OF THE PREVIOUS REPAIR AND SHOWED HIM THE SCRATCH IN THE GLASS. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK GM WOULD PAY FOR THE GLASS BUT WOULD ASK THE SERVICE MANAGER. THE MANAGER STATED I WOULD HAVE TO CALL PONTIAC TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPLACE THE GLASS. I CALLED PONTIAC (800-620-7668) AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER OF (71-637104061). AFTER SPEAKING WITH FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN DAYS I WAS ADVISED THAT GM WOULD NOT REPLACE THE WINDOW BECAUSE IT DID NOT SHATTER. I CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTS AND REPAIR ORDERS ON REQUEST. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND THE POWER WINDOW GLASS ABRUPTLY RELEASED DOWNWARD INSIDE OF THE DOORS WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. ALSO, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE WINDOWS WERE LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE PART THAT SECURED THE WINDOW GLASS. THE WINDOWS WERE REPAIRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79.000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000.