Recall Alert: 2005-2008 Pontiac Vibe Gets Recalled By Toyota
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There’s a new recall in town, boys and girls. This time, it has taken the form of 199,163 Pontiac Vibes that were manufactured between 2005 and 2008.
The culprit is a faulty powertrain control module (PCM) that may have been improperly manufactured. This would cause it to fail prematurely, resulting in an active engine warning light, harsh transmission shifts, or the engine stalling or not starting at all.
What’s peculiar here, however, is that the recall was announced by Toyota Motor Company. Yes, you read that correctly: Toyota issued a recall for a GM product (just read the first sentence in the presser below). This, of course, is due to the fact that the Pontiac Vibe is a rabadged Toyota Matrix. In fact, the Vibe is part of the recall that includes 1.13 million Toyota Corolla and Matrix models.
If you own a recalled Vibe, you can take it to any GM dealer to have it fixed for free… this is a tad surprising, since we were expecting GM to direct these customers to a Toyota dealer, but we digress.
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March 13, 2011 at 4:13 am
Now that is hilarious!!!
June 19, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Not if you own one,it’s been a dog since it was new!!!!
June 19, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Who’s responsible for the tow bill on dead/won’t start cars????
November 18, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Will they reimburse us if we had to put in the shop to replace the parts or fixed other issues with it? I had to put mine in the shop in 2010 because the computer went out. Since then, the car stalls, won’t crank, interior lights and radio won’t work. And NOW, the heat just went out today!!!!! I check the fuses and the fuse for the interior lights and radio is blown. I tried to put in a new one of he same watts and guess what??? Any takers? It blows!! So I was told to try a higher one and it shot sparks..didn’t blow it but sparks flew and so I left it alone. I never got the first letter regarding it.Sure wish I did. I got the little post card in the mail two days ago stating it’s my second reminder. I paid $14,200 for it and then had to put so much more into it besides the normal maintenance. Honestly, i think they should either give us back what we paid for the car so we can get a better car or give us a better car in trade with no extra charges…