NHTSA Complaint #10382708 — 2005 PONTIAC VIBE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. THE CONTACT TRIED TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE BUT THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. A PASSERBY PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GM DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER DID NOT INSPECT THE TRANSMISSION; THE DIAGNOSIS CAME FROM HOW THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT TRANSMISSION FOR THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO FIND A USED TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE FAILED ONE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.