Pontiac Vibe adaptive cruise problems

Filed Feb 28, 2018 · Airbags · 208,250 miles · IL

My airbag warning light lit up on the dash cluster. (concomitantly, I noticed that the steering wheel controls for the horn, radio and cruise control also stopped working.) research showed gm recall 14139 for failure of spiral cable assembly (connected to airbag module, horn, cruise control and radio); however, we were told that this car was not among the recalled vehicles. How is that possible? The steering wheel has not been previously removed. Any problem with the spiral cable was inborn at the factory.

Filed May 25, 2015 · Acceleration · 86,392 miles · MI

Leaving a stop light in alpena michigan, the gas pedal began to go down and sped up the car by itself. I immediately turned off the key and let it slow down. Then turned the key on and it sped up by itself again!. This time I put it in neutral and the engine sped up rapidly to 4 to 5 thousand RPM. Once again I turned off the key and then on again and it seemed normal after that. The cruise control was off. The only thing that would cause this type of defect is a faulty cruise control!! No, the floor mat was not involved!! I purchased this auto from schafer chevy of pinnconing michigan on 1/22/15. I feel these cars should be recalled immediately, as to how dangerous they really are. If my wife had been driving this car, I am sure she would have panicked and I hate to think of the result!!. I am stuck with this car, and will be the only driver since I know what to do if it happens again. I refuse to sell to someone else. With ABS braking, they will not stop regardless how hard you push, therefore I have disconnected the ABS system. I am from the old school and know how to "pump" my own brakes. I sure hope you people would do something, instead of passing the buck and blaming something else! But as usual, I don't expect anything speedy from our so called government.

Filed Nov 13, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 142,000 miles · NY

2005 pontiac vibe with 133000mi had the PCM replaced under recall #10282 in october 2013. In june 2014, at 140000mi, the car started exhibiting the same symptoms as before the recall: hard upshifts and stalling while shifting from reverse to drive. The engine began cutting out for <1sec during steady-state driving at highway speeds, eventually stalling completely from 60mph in traffic. The hard shifting and stalling is intermittent, though most common after driving 10min or more. While driving at constant throttle, the tachometer dives from 3k RPM to under 1k before the engine restarts. This can be felt as a harsh jolt within the car, and will kill the cruise control and radio if either of those are in use.

Filed Mar 8, 2010 · Electrical · 63,200 miles · MI

I drove about 1 mile in city driving with the cruise control on. When I attempted to park (diagonal, front end approach) I was using the accelerator slightly. As I approached the front of the parking space, I moved my foot to the break. During this moment, the engine RPM increased and the car lunged forward. My foot was moving toward the break and upon breaking, the forward motion was stopped. The first time this happened was about the second week in jan. 2010. This repeated on march 7, 2010. I reported the first incident to gm (case # 71-799309984) and took it in to my local dealer. I just left a message after the second occurrence. I had a witness to the second occurrence. The engine does increase in RPM after removing my foot from the gas. This has occurred twice in a 9 week period.

Filed Mar 7, 2010 · Acceleration · 14,954 miles · NY

The accelerator in our 2009 pontiac vibe acted up for the third time this evening. While each episode has been different, all 3 episodes have taken place in virtually the same place. It had the recall performed on it over a week ago. I have already filed a compliant with you. This time the car suddenly attempted to accelerate while I was coming to a stop. As stated before, I had no problem holding the car back with the brakes. This episode was only a few seconds long. I am an automotive technology instructor with master automotive ase and advanced engine performance certifications. I taught electronics at a local college for approximately 10 years before taking this job. I have done advanced rf and communications work. I have had experience with machine language microprocessor programming. This is not a sticking accelerator pedal!!! I have tried to duplicate the situation many times with no luck. The occurrences are very random. My wife has complained in the past of the cruise control seemingly engaging while down town on the i190. I now believe those episode are relate to the same problem. Please contact me!

Filed Feb 23, 2010 · Acceleration · 13,903 miles · NY

Our 2009 pontiac vibe suddenly attempted to accelerate while driving up hill through an intersection. My left foot was firmly on the floor block located next to the driverside kick pan. My right foot was covering the brake pedal. The vehicle was slowing down (approx. 30 MPH.)as I rolled up the hill and was idling normally. Shortly before entering the intersection the throttle advanced substantially. The RPM raised to approx. 2500,but the transmission did not down shift. I was easily able to control the vehicle by pressing on the brake pedal. Since there was no traffic near by, I decided to continue allowing the vehicle to continue at approx. 30 miles an hour while controlling the speed with the brake pedal. The vehicle proceeded approx 200 yards when suddenly the engine shut off. I restarted the vehicle without any problem. I can not repeat the conditions because any degree of throttle at that speed will normally cause the transmission to down shift. My wife who has complained that the cruise control has come on by itself while driving on the expressway. Two days latter the vehicle exhibited a different throttle abnormality at the same intersection. I am a master certified ase automotive technician with extensive electrical background. This had nothing to do with a stuck accelerator pedal.

Filed Feb 18, 2010 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · MI

Cruise control accelerates without any driver input. Was cruising at highway speed when the cruise control started to accelerate the vehicle without any driver input. This failure has occurred 2 times in the life of the vehicle. It is not easily repeated and nothing has been done to correct this condition.

Filed Feb 11, 2010 · Acceleration · NY

I put my cruise control on and got my speed up to 71 MPH, pressed set and the next thing I know the car was going over 75 MPH. Another time I had to brake and then pressed resume. My car should have went back up to 71 MPH; instead was over 75mph. When using my cruise control, I have experienced at least four episodes of my car accelerating higher than what I set the cruise at. In the summer of 2008 I was using my cruise control more often, traveling home from college 1-2 weekends/month.... During that time I recall 3 episodes. The others occurred before. To stop the acceleration of the car with cruise on I would brake, but that did not always work, so I would turn the cruise off and brake. Turning cruise off and braking seemed to slow car down.

Filed Feb 8, 2010 · Acceleration · 40,000 miles · CA

Car sometimes accelerated on its own. This happened to multiple drivers of the my vehicle both while driving at about 35 MPH, and when stopped at a red light. Rpms went up to about 6000 and car tried to take off. We were able to stop it by braking hard, but the car was still revving. Even shifting to neutral didn't stop the high revs. Only turning the car off completely stopped revving. I am reporting this now because it sounds very similar to the problems found in a variety of toyota models and my car - the pontiac vibe is made by toyota. The problem was intermittent but very frightening and happened at least 4 times within a two month span. There was no way to reproduce it since it was so intermittent. Even though cruise control was not on when the problem happened, after ruling out sticking accelerator pedal, pedal getting caught on the mat, etc., the dealer suspected the cruise control could be involved. The cruise control was completely disconnected for about 8 months during which time there was not recurrence. Then the cruise control computer was replaced and the cruise control reconnected and the problem has not recurred in over 2 1/2 years.

Filed Feb 5, 2010 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 8,000 miles · PA

2007 pontiac vibe (toyota engine). Only 1 incident, had car approximately one year. Pulling into parking spot with my daughter at apartment complex, car went into high speed mode, I really trumped the brakes and car stopped. I thought what the !@#$% was that. I had heard about mats becoming loose so I checked and I thought it could possibly be loose mat. Bought new flat mats and put front car mats in rear of car. Also, I believe when I have used cruise control, it seems sometimes that car jumps into going faster without hitting gas pedal or arm control.