2004 Pontiac Vibe Body & Structure Problems

08-08-2018> VEHICLE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WHEN ROLLED DOWN MAKES A LOUD POPPING NOISE. TOOK IT TO GM DEALERSHIP H&H IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. THEY SAID IT IS THE WINDOW REGULATOR WHICH IS WORN OUT. THE CAR HAS 95,500 MILES ON IT. IN READING OTHER OWNERS COMMENTS/COMPLAINTS THEY HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL FOR BOLTS. IN SEVERAL SITUATIONS THE WINDOW SHATTERED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY OR DRIVING ON THE ROAD. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE WINDOW REGULATOR WHICH NEEDED REPLACED AS IT WAS WORN OUT, COST $240.00 AND TOLD ME THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS ALSO WORN BUT WAS NOT MAKING THE NOISE YET. WHEN VEHICLE GETS OUT OF REPAIR SHOP I HOPE THE PROBLEM IS CURED BUT FROM REVIEWING SIMILAR CUSTOMER COMMENTS I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN SOMETIME. I HAVE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO NHTSA WITH REFERENCE#- 1260755.

HOOD LATCH FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALLOWING THE HOOD TO OPEN AND BEND BACKWARDS, BREAKING WINDSHIELD, FULLY OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW, AND DAMAGING THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE HOOD, HINGES, AND BODY PANELS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE SEAT WAS NOT BEING OCCUPIED. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OR NOT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

THE RECALL IS ON THE BOLTS OF THE WINDOW AND SO AS I WAS TRYING TO GET THE WINDOW TO CLOSE IT JUST SHATTERED...THERE ARE 2 OTHER RECALLS ON IT ....THEY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING TO IT YET...AND AS I UNDERSTAND THEY WONT FIX THE WINDOW..CAN YOU HELP. *TR

THE DOOR STOP ON MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR ON MY 2004 VIBE GETS HIT BY THE WINDOW AND PREVENTS THE WINDOW FROM GOING DOWN ALL THE WAY. IT HAS ALSO PREVENTED ME FROM OPENING THE DOOR IF THE WINDOW IS DOWN. *TR

ALL 4 DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN OFF. I HAVE TO USE A PAIR OF PLIERS TO OPEN THE DOOR. IVE NOTICED ALMOST EVERY PONTIAC VIBE HAS DOOR HANDLES BROKEN OFF. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IF I WERE TO BE IN A WRECK AND BECOME UNCONSCIOUS OR TRAPPED. THERE'S NO WAY FOR ANYONE TO GET INTO THE CAR TO HELP ME.

WHEN IT RAINS, IT RAINS RIGHT ONTO ME, THE DRIVER, AND CAUSES MY ATTENTION TO DIVERT FROM THE ROAD, TO KEEPING DRY. *TR

2004 PONTIAC VIBE. THE FACTORY INSTALLED SUNROOF BLEW OFF THE CAR WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLINER LEAKED WATER ONTO SEAT AND DOOR ARM REST AFTER EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN. SAME PROBLEM HAD PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED ON DRIVERS SIDE, DRIPPING ON DRIVER,WHICH BECAME A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR HAS AN ELECTRIC SUNROOF. DRAINS WERE NOT VISIBLY PLUGGED OR JAMMED. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2004 PONTIAC VIBE. I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE IN THE EL PASO TIMES FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REGARDING THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS SHATTERING WHEN IT IS BEING RAISED AND LOWERED. I DID HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO ME IN MY PONTIAC VIBE. THE WINDOW SHATTERED AS I WAS RAISING IT. I WENT INTO THE PONTIAC DEALER AND THEY HAD A VERY HARD TIME GETTING THE PARTS THEY NEEDED TO REPAIR THE WINDOW, IT TOOK THEM ALMOST A WEEK TO HAVE MY CAR READY. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR IT WAS STILL NOT FIXED CORRECTLY. THEY TOOK THE CAR BACK INTO THE GARAGE WHILE I WAITED AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE CAR OUT TO ME THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO. AIR COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW BECAUSE IT IS NOT SEALED CORRECTLY. THEY SAID THE WINDOW WAS SECURE AND SHOULD NOT SHATTER AGAIN.

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

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

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

SPOTS/DISTORTION ON DASH AND GETTING WORSE. *JB

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