NHTSA Complaint #10393692 — 2005 PONTIAC VIBE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE INSTEAD OF THE ECM AS STATED IN THE RECALL. AFTER REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER AND SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND OFTEN TIMES, WOULD STALL WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD MAKE ONE REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL AND ANY FURTHER REPAIRS WOULD BE AT HIS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE INITIAL REPAIR PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT THE REPAIR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED UNDER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN UPDATED 05/16/11