2003 Pontiac Vibe: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Visibility · 208,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 pontiac vibe. While attempting to lower the front driver's side power window, it sounded like grinding glass. The same noise occurring when raising the window back up. The contact had the window switch disconnected by an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 9-5058739349. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 208,000.

Filed Apr 30, 2014 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · VA

2003 pontiac vibe 5-speed manual transmission. Bearings failed resulting in grinding noise. Mechanic says this could've resulted in catastrophic lock-up of transmission leading to a serious accident at highway speeds. Please don't wait for someone to be killed before investigating this problem. It seems to be endemic to pontiac vibe and toyota matrix 5-speed manual transmissions.

Filed Aug 15, 2011 · Transmission · 70,152 miles · CT

2003 pontiac vibe 5-speed. Transmission bearings failed, causing the transmission to grind itself up and strand the car. Fluid changed every 30k miles. First transmission died at 70k miles and the second one now died at 110k miles. Third transmission getting installed to correct a faulty design. Buying a brand new one this time and it has cost me thousands of dollars so far.

Filed Feb 2, 2010 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · WI

Grinding noise began to occur under vehicle. Upon investigation in online forums, many other toyota matrix and pontiac vibe owners had the exact same experience resulting in total transmission failure caused by a defective main shaft bearing.

Filed Jul 16, 2009 · Visibility · 50,000 miles · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 pontiac vibe. The contact hears a horrific popping and squeaking sound whenever the front passenger side window is rolled halfway down. In may of 2008, she received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v162000 (visibility:glass, side/rear). The vehicle was repaired according to the recall, but the failure recurred one year later with the same window. The dealer stated that they would have to take apart the window to diagnose the failure; however, they would not be responsible for the repair cost. The contact believes that the diagnostic repair should be free since the vehicle was included in the recall. The failure mileage was 50,000 and current mileage was 60,000. Updated 08/14/09. *lj updated 08/17/09/

Filed Feb 21, 2008 · Transmission · 86,700 miles · NC

We were driving to my parents home for the christmas holiday. On the interstate, in fifth gear, at a speed of 65 to 70 miles/hr, the car started making a high whining sound which was immediately followed by a clunk and grinding noise. We pulled over. Nothing was visible. We limped to the exit and had the car towed. Upon inspection, the rear pinion shaft bearing had failed in the transmission, ruining the rear case assembly, pinion shaft and both fifth gears. Both fifth gears had broken teeth and were replaced. The initial replacement set of 5th gears was defective and had to be replaced ( the transmission jumped out of 5th gear). The second replacement set was installed and found to be the wrong ratio and had to be reordered. The third set of replacement fifth gears was installed on feb. 12th 2008 and seems to be working correctly as of today. The whole process took 7 weeks to complete.

Filed Aug 25, 2007 · Visibility · NC

Driver's side window grinds and pops when it is partially rolled down. I have been researching this and this is a consistent problems with these vehicles. I am taking it to a mechanic before it gets to the point of the glass exploding. This should be investigated further since it could be a potential deadly situation considered their glass could explode at any time while driving. I would like to urge you to encourage gm/pontiac to do the right thing and accept some responsibility for these manufacturing defects instead of letting these costs be passed on to their consumers.

Filed Sep 25, 2003 · Transmission · 13,000 miles · SC

I have a 2003 pontiac vibe gt and am experiencing a manual transmission problem. I have noticed a rattling/grinding noise coming from the gearbox that began at approximately 13k miles. The noise sounds like a grinding sound or something loose in the gearbox on decelerating or constant speeds in first, second, third and forth gears. When the clutch pedal is depressed, the grinding/rattling noise goes away. The noise can be replicated by keeping the engine speed at 1600 RPM's I sent a fax to the service manager of parks automotive group, inc on 09/23/2003 describing the gearbox problem in detail and I spoke with him via the telephone. He assured me the problem would be addressed. I brought the vehicle to parks automotive group, inc on 09/24/2003 at 0740 hours. The service department at 0945 hours contacted me and they stated they found the problem and it was fixed. The service rep stated the problem was with a loose clip. The service manager stated they found cargo fastner clips in the rear cargo area that were the cause of the noise. The service manager stated they heard the noise from the gearbox when the car was in neutral and it was normal. The service manager stated the vehicle was test driven by two people after the cargo fastner clips were removed and the noise was gone. I spoke with a pontiac customer service representive on 09/25/2003. The service rep contacted the service manager in regards to the problem and was told the same diagnosis. The service rep agreed with me their diagnosis is not logical for a noise coming from the gearbox. The noise was not caused by cargo fastner clips located in the trunk. In regards to the cargo fastner clips they have been removed since september 2002; the clips screw into a rail on the floor of the trunk and come with straps to secure cargo in the trunk. Since picking up the vehicle from parks automotive group, inc on 09/24/2003, the noise from the gearbox still exists and nothing was repaired by the dealership.

Filed Apr 3, 2003 · Brakes, Suspension · 5,000 miles · WI

Defective anti-lock brake system. * mr the brakes would grind, make noises, pulsate on dry pavement at low speeds, and the vehicle pulled to the side sharply upon braking. The vehicle pulled to the side while in motion. The tires felt as if they had no traction. The consumer was able to avoid accidents when the vehicle would lose control during mild weather. (possible dot # 0156-82/model 9000m) scc