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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 12 / 1
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 19 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 49,003 miles
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2004 Pontiac Vibe. Consumer writes in regards to front passenger airbag inflator and electronic control module air bag recall notices. According to the recall notice, the parts were not available.
- Daleville, VA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V385000 (air bags) and 15V043000 (air bags); however, the parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 11/06/15 updated 2/2/2016
- Chicago, IL, USA
The subject vehicle became subject to air bag recall (N140491) on 7/24/14. It then became subject to a second recall (N140877) on 2/11/15. It has been over one year since the first recall, which I find unacceptable. Further, I will be replacing the subject vehicle and I will have a difficult time selling it with two open recalls. I have tried calling our local GM dealer (woodbridge, va) and while polite they have not been able to help me. So, I decided to call the GM help phone number on August 24, 2015 and asked if GM would be willing to buy back the subject vehicle because of the difficulty I will have to sell to a private party a vehicle with two outstanding safety recalls. So, far GM has not been very supportive of my request and I have not heard back from them. I am very frustrated by this foot-dragging by GM for our Pontiac Vibe. In talking to the local GM dealer, he said that they had corrected the same recall but on a different vehicle. This leads me to believe that GM may be dragging it heals on a make (Pontiac) and model (Vibe) that is no longer being made. If there is anything you can do to have GM correct this recall immediately or buy back my vehicle at a more than fair price (for their foot dragging), I would appreciate it. Thank you for your time.
- Lake Ridge, VA, USA
2004 Pontiac Vibe. Consumer writes in regards to airbag recall notice 15V-285 problems.
- Cookeville, TN, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V285000 (air bags); however, the part needed to do the repair was not made available. The part would not be available for at least six months. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time to provide the part for the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Gillette, WY, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V043000 (air bags) and 15V285000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. MA 10/1
- Petersburg , VA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags) and 15V285000 (air bags); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Happy Valley, OR, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Alberquerque, NM, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V043000 (air bags) and 15V285000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Davenport, IA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V285000 (air bags) and 15V043000 (air bags); however, the part was not available to do the repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Caldwell, NJ, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received a notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V285000 (air bags) however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Paltine, IL, USA
My daughter was driving to a dr. Appt in boston from gloucester. The car hydroplaned hitting the jersey barrier, spinning to the other side of the street hitting the guardrail, and further spinning to hit the jersey barrier again totaling the car. This is not a complaint as much as it is info for taking us off your recall list. We no longer own the Vibe. I do want to say, however, had my daughter not been in such a well-built vehicle, she would probably not have survived with just bruises where the seatbelt held her in place and bruising to her right knee because her knee hit the dashboard area. The drivers side airbag did not deploy, which we questioned why due to the severity of the accident. That being said, she was rather happy it did not deploy because she felt she would have had more physical issues had it deployed (burns). --- thank you.
- Gloucester, MA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V286000 (air bags); however, the part for recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Jessup, PA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V285000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Orange, VA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V285000 (air bags) and 15V043000 (air bags) however, the parts needed to repair the vehicle were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Middletown, DE, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V285000 (air bags) however, the part needed for recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Middle Village, NY, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V285000 (air bags) and 15V043000 (air bags), however, the parts to perform the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. MA 10/23/15
- Philadephia, PA, USA
The contact owns a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V043000 (air bag system) was received in March 2015 and 15V285000 (air bags systems) in August 2015. After contacting the dealer multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
- Meridan, CT, USA
Received another notice about defective airbag that nothing can be done about yet and it's been over a year since notice of the defect. No idea when repair will be available and during all the wait time, notice says front passenger seat should not be occupied. Unacceptable a year later the issue remains with no repair available and unsure when it will be. As a family of 5, very inconvenienced not being able to use the front passenger seat.
- Parma, OH, USA
- New Windsor, NY, USA