Pontiac Vibe: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Vibe, model years 2000 to 2014. NHTSA has 1,865 complaints on file for this model line. 8 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Pontiac Vibe NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2010 Pontiac Vibe | 8 | 58 | 37% | 5,951,089 |
| 2009 Pontiac Vibe | 9 | 527 | 339% | 8,932,262 |
| 2008 Pontiac Vibe | 4 | 63 | 41% | 609,619 |
| 2007 Pontiac Vibe | 5 | 171 | 110% | 3,602,730 |
| 2006 Pontiac Vibe | 5 | 177 | 114% | 3,602,730 |
| 2005 Pontiac Vibe | 5 | 301 | 194% | 3,602,730 |
| 2004 Pontiac Vibe | 7 | 266 | 171% | 5,768,806 |
| 2003 Pontiac Vibe | 8 | 298 | 192% | 5,771,507 |
| 2002 Pontiac Vibe NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2001 Pontiac Vibe NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2000 Pontiac Vibe NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
2,135 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 474 | 1,012 |
| Visibility | 87.6 | 187 |
| Power Train | 64.2 | 137 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 55.3 | 118 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 48.2 | 103 |
| Electrical System | 45 | 96 |
| Engine | 30.4 | 65 |
| Structure | 29.5 | 63 |
| Steering | 27.2 | 58 |
| Unknown or Other | 17.3 | 37 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- G610 campaigns
- Grand AM40 campaigns
- Grand Prix68 campaigns
- Bonneville40 campaigns
- Sunfire17 campaigns
- Montana20 campaigns
- Trans Sport18 campaigns
- Solstice5 campaigns
- Torrent4 campaigns
- GTO2 campaigns
- Firebird40 campaigns
- Aztek8 campaigns
- G56 campaigns
- G84 campaigns
- Sunbird22 campaigns
- Trans AM1 campaign
- Lemans26 campaigns
- Fiero4 campaigns
- Pontiac5 campaigns
- 600016 campaigns
- Parisienne7 campaigns
- Safari5 campaigns
- Tempest7 campaigns
- Phoenix18 campaigns
- Grand Ville9 campaigns
- 20004 campaigns
- Catalina19 campaigns
- Ventura13 campaigns
- T10004 campaigns
- Grand Safari3 campaigns
- Grand Lemans4 campaigns
- Bonneville Brougham3 campaigns
- Executive3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Pontiac Vibe: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/vibe/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors LLC
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Questions
- Which Pontiac Vibe model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2009 with 9, 2010 with 8, 2003 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Pontiac Vibe model year has the most complaints?
- The 2009 model year, with 527 of the 1,865 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Pontiac Vibe name?
- Air Bags: 474 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 87.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 64.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Pontiac Vibe?
- 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.