NHTSA Complaint #10574410 — 2005 PONTIAC VIBE

NO WARNING LIGHTS - NO PROBLEMS WITH CAR - MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION - VERY LOUD NOISE AND CAR FROZE. TOWED TO DEALER - QUOTED $4800.00 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO DEALER. CALLED GM WHO AGREED TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL WITH A WELL MAINTAINED - LOW MILEAGE VIBE BUT SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO OTHER THAN "SUPPORT THE DEALER'S DECISIONS." I EXPECTED THIS CAR TO LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS. THE TRADE IN PRICE IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN THIS REPAIR PRICE. DRIVER WAS ON THEIR WAY TO THE HIGHWAY AND IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED A FEW MILES BEYOND WHERE IT DID THERE COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL CONSEQUENCES. WITH THE CURRENT IGNITION RECALL ISSUE THAT GM HANDLED SO POORLY I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE HERE THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT. *TR