8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
120,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. new engine block (1 reports)
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problem #1

Apr 012012

Vibe 1.8L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 120,000 miles

I WILL NEVER BUY A GM OR TOYOTA PRODUCT AGAIN!! (or Ford for that matter). I maintained this vehicle and hoped to drive it another 100,000. I never have had such a poorly manufactured engine in any previously-owned car. The engine block has corroded from the inside out! The block has cracked and is ready to blow! I find hard to believe that I am to blame for this. So much for using Dex Cool. I might as well have used Coca-Cola. I have a stereo from the 1970's that still works. My ninety year old uncle has a fridge from the 1950's that still works. I have a Television from the 80's that still works. Yet GM manufactures cars that can't last a decade. Face it, Aluminum blocks suck. Bad idea.

- jfabmo4, Orland Park, IL, US