NHTSA Complaint #10851773 — 2010 PONTIAC VIBE

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10851773
Vehicle 2010 PONTIAC VIBE
Component ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 64,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State CA

Consumer Description

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC, AND TSS ALL ILLUMINATE ON DASH. THEN THE CAR EXPERIENCES A DOWN SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION TO A LOWER GEAR, ENGINE REV'S TO A HIGH RPM SLOWING THE CAR DOWN. AFTER THE CAR STOPS FORWARD PROGRESS, CAR IDLES VERY ROUGH AND MAY STALL. THE FIRST TIME HIS HAPPENED WAS ON A CITY STREET AND WHILE CAR WAS CRUISING AT APPROX 30 MPH. NO WARNING JUST A SUDDEN CHANGE. CAR APPEARED NORMAL PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. TOOK THE CAR FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO A FAULTY COMPUTER. MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODES AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE CAR REPEATED TO SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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