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Recall Alert: 2005-2008 Pontiac Vibe Gets Recalled By Toyota

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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  1. Now that is hilarious!!!

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    1. Not if you own one,it’s been a dog since it was new!!!!

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  2. Who’s responsible for the tow bill on dead/won’t start cars????

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  3. 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…

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    1. I agree my car is doing the same exact things your car did. And repairs are expensive.

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  4. i have a 2005 vibe the gas gushes out of the gas tank inlet when i am putting gas in at about half full it happens . is there a recall on this problem ?

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  5. The same thing happens to me! I just had a $200 part put into the car and it still gushes gas. I wish I could get rid of the car again. I bought it to get better gas mileage and it is terrible. Should have kept my Honda CR-V.

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  6. I have a 2005 pontiac bonniville it runs good except sometimes I get in to go and it won’t start nothing not even a click wish gm would recall this unreliable car

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  7. I should knock on wood when making this comment. I have a 2005 Vibe approaching 70,000 miles and have had no unusual problems (DARE I SAY IT!) except that I had to replace the supposedly new tires at only 28,000 miles. Guess I should now throw some salt over my left shoulder. My niece has one and my best friend had one (I do not know the years) and, to my knowledge, neither has had the kinds of problems indicated here. My mechanic says it’s a good car.

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  8. I have a 2008 and it seems to be just fine? What’s the big commotion about?

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  9. I took my pontiac vibe to have this recalled fixed and the gm company said they would not replace it due to it was not throwing a code for it i thought all recalls needed to be replaced no matter what

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  10. I see nobody mentioned this recall only pertains to the auto v6 2WD models. My 2006 4c AWD has gone fine up until the clutch bands wore out around 185k miles. Just a clarification.

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  11. We just (finally) took our 2005 Pontiac Vibe in to have the airbag recall taken care of (new airbag put in). On the way home, the battery light was flashing and the car was running rough, but it cleared up and the light went out before getting home. I called the GM dealer that had just done the work, and he said it was because everything was disconnected to reinstall the airbag and not to worry, that it would be fine. We didn’t need to go anywhere til today (6 days later), and the car won’t start. It will with jumper cables on, and can be driven then; but once the car is turned off it won’t start again. It ran fine before we finally took care of the recall. I wish we hadn’t, but we kept getting all these reminders and finally got one offering a $25 gift card if we took it in. (Even that won’t work–the website goes nowhere.) I’m unemployed, so this has me really upset since paying for a repair now is not going to be easy to do. I’m left wondering what on earth they could have done, or what my recourse is now.

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  12. You did the airbag recall but how about the other recall that will cause engine shut off among other issues? You should not have any charges to fix this other recall regarding engine shutoff.

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  13. I have a throttle actuator motor code that came up on my 2005 Pontiac vibe. I have replaced the throttle body and accelerator pedal sensor. I saw that it could also be the pcm. I also noticed the recall on the pcm on 2005 Pontiac vibes. I’m second owner. Can I still take this to dealership to get repaired as recall item? And to whom do I take it. Done say toyata dealer. Some say gm dealer.

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