2007 Pontiac Vibe: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jan 5, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac vibe. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v387000 (engine and engine cooling) before the contact owned the vehicle. The contact stated that the service engine light illuminated, the vehicle was slow to accelerate, and the vehicle stalled several times. The vehicle was taken in for an annual inspection and a code indicated a failure or malfunction with the ECM. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop and the code was reset more than once. The code continued to display and the vehicle was not able to pass an inspection a second time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed May 17, 2012 · Engine · GA

2007 pontiac vibe. Consumer states vehicle stalls frequently when letting out the clutch in first gear *tgw the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer after receiving a recall notice, and they replaced the ECM. The consumer stated the vehicle continued to stall. The dealer was unable to duplicate the problem after keeping the vehicle for two days.

Filed Mar 28, 2011 · Electrical, Transmission · 120,000 miles · GA

I own an '07 pontiac vibe. On march of 2011 the car stalled pulling into a turning lane. Took a minute then started back up and drove about 5 miles. Later that day, the car stalled coming to a stop with all lights still on. Would not start at all that night and had to leave it stranded on the side of the highway. Next day, the vehicle started then made it about three miles to the nearest mechanic shop. They informed us that we would need to get the vehicle taken to a official gm dealer. That our PCM was the problem. The car did not start up again after that and had to be towed there for the cost of 65 dollars. I started doing my research on this part to get a better handle on the problem and what is would cost. I found that the "recall" for this part on '05 through '08 models was taking place. When I contacted to dealer about this they had no idea about the issue, and gm said my VIN number was not part of the recall. After contacting customer service about this (a very time consuming procedure) they admitted that there was in fact a recall. After the car had been at the dealership for a week I finally get a phone call telling me the PCM has been replaced but that my throttle positioning sensors were "off" and that it was to cost $864. Frustrated with the situation and still wanting to educate myself I kept doing research and calling mechanics (specifically my trusted mechanic, not con-artists) concluding that the PCM fails at its soldering points and creates a gap in the metal creating an arc destroying the next in line, which is the throttle positioning sensors. So I contact gm further to get that replace being as the bad PCM is the cause. Now the customer service agent has passed the case to her service manager. Now I am receiving nothing but a runaround and do not understand how they can conduct business in this way. My hopes are pretty low about the outcome.I have been car-less for two weeks now and yes it is my only one. I will never buy a gm vehicle again.

Filed Mar 9, 2011 · Electrical · CA

My 2007 pontiac vibe's check engine light came on back in september of 2010. I took it to my local dealership and the mechanics told me it was a PCM module. I was told that a recall was going to happen in october. October came and went and when I called gm they told me it would be in november. Each month I am told it will be the following month. Here it is ,march and still no recall. I am paying insurance,registration and payments on a car I can"t drive.the symptoms are hard shifting and some vibe owners have reporting stalling while driving 40 miles per hour. I commute 70 miles round trip and am afraid that it will stall so I have had it parked at work these seven months. I don't understand why the part is not available for gm but was available for toyota. I feel gm should have taken care of this along time ago.

Filed Jan 5, 2011 · Engine · 74,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 pontiac vibe. The contact stated that in september of 2010 she received a recall notice in reference to the federal safety agency campaign id number (10v387000-engine and engine cooling). When she received the letter it stated that they would send another letter when the parts were available. After receiving the notice and driving at various speeds her vehicle started to stall. The engine warning light had illuminated on the instrumental panel after the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who informed the contact that she needed to replace the power train control module. The vehicle was repaired per the warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000 updated 07/01/11

Filed Sep 14, 2010 · Engine, Fuel system · 43,762 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac vibe. The contact was driving approximately 40 MPH when the vehicle stalled without warning. After repeated attempts, she was able to restart the vehicle with the service engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the computer for the engine and the battery were replaced. Although there was a recall for the failure under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v387000 (engine and engine cooling) the contact was informed by the manufacturer that her VIN was not included in the recall. The failure did not recur. In addition, while the vehicle was being serviced for routine maintenance, the contact was informed by the mechanic that the protective shield for the fuel line had fractured from the vehicle. The vehicle was then taken to an authorized dealer where it was repaired. This failure did not recur. The failure mileage was 43,762 and the current mileage was 61,629.

Filed Sep 3, 2010 · Engine · 40,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac vibe. Whenever the vehicle was started it would make a clanging noise, as if it were shifting into gear. The vehicle would not actually shift, but the engine would stall. Sometime the vehicle would only accelerate to 15 MPH or it would not accelerate at all. The contact called the dealer and asked if there were any recalls or warranties but he did not receive a favorable answer. The dealer did not inform him of what the problem could be. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 40,000.

Filed Aug 24, 2010 · Electrical · 26,400 miles · TX

I was driving my 2007 pontiac vibe. I had just started to accelerate when the car stalled. It would restart and then die. I had the car towed to the dealer from whom I purchased the car. They diagnosed the problem as an internal short in the ECM. The ECM was replaced and I have had no problems since. I was not given the old part.

Filed Mar 18, 2010 · Transmission · 46,000 miles · TN

I drive a 2007 pontiac vibe. About two weeks ago the car "stalled" out on me at an intersection. The car was running perfectly fine up into in came to the red light. When the arrow turned green my car would not accelerate. It wouldn't even "rev". There was no check engine light on but since I could not get my car to move forward (it would work in reverse though the transmission sounded horrible), I had to be towed. Once the tow truck dropped me off, somehow now the car worked!?! I drove it to a different repair shop (closer to my work). They changed/flushed the transmission fluid as a precaution. Then several days later on 3/12 it happened again. After leaving my home, I had stopped at a stop sign before trying to turn onto a busy street. When I tried to pull out the car simply would not accelerate. Instead I slowly rolled into the middle of oncoming traffic. My car would not respond and the dash lights were freaking out (ie flashing on and off). The emergency flasher lights wouldn't even work at first. After making it into the median, I was able to regain "control" and turn off my car. Thankfully it restarted and worked right away. I drove it back to the repair shop (this time the check engine light was on). The error code was p0607 and failure of the PCM. They recommended I go to the dealer for repair since its under warranty for that. At the dealership no one would explain what happened but they did fix it for "free". I am very concerned about the safety and reliability of my car. I see online many others are having the same problems with other vibes and toyota models. I feel this is a serious safety issue that I hope you will address.

Filed Oct 12, 2009 · Transmission · 40,800 miles · MI

My 2007 pontiac vibe was acting like it wanted to stall. Also rough starts and no acceleration. I found out through the service light that it was a bad p.c.u. I replaced and now it is fine. Vibe just had 40,000 miles on it I had to pay for it myself. I searched on computer and a lot of people have similar problems. But theirs was covered under warranty. Thank you for looking into this and have a great day.