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Pontiac Vibe repairs by problem area
Engine (35%)
Transmission and Drivetrain (6%)
Brakes and Traction Control (9%)
Suspension and Steering (10%)
Electrical and Air Conditioning (28%)
Paint, Rust, Leaks, Rattles, and Trim (5%)
Other (6%)
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Chart based on 694 repairs.
Pontiac Vibe suspension repair cost distribution
$2500+ (0%)
$1000 - $2499 (6%)
$500 - $999 (19%)
$100 - $499 (53%)
< $100 (23%)
Chart based on 70 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2010 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
132-horsepower 1.8L I4 5-speed manual FWD
| 95480 mi C $500 |
Wheel bearing on the rear drivers side noisy. Decide to change both rear wheel bearings and hub assemblies. |
2010 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
132-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 94300 mi US $175 |
The car had a "wooshing" noise from driver's side front area. Turned out to be a bad driver's side front wheel bearing. |
2009 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
158-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed shiftable automatic FWD
| 137000 mi US $250 |
Replaced worn out struts. |
| 152000 mi US $400 |
Rear right wheel bearing noise. Also bad speed sensor on same bearing. Wheel bearing replaced. Both problems resolved. |
| 49600 mi C $700 |
Steering column requires replacement. Rattle from column at low speeds when going over rough pavement. GM will cover part of cost even after warranty expired. |
| 58000 mi | Noise in front end diagnosed as a worn bearing on strut tower. $700 to fix was not worth the elimination of a minor noise. Update: never got worse, might have just been within the tolerances of the design. |
| 77500 mi C $450 |
Replaced RF wheel bearing. |
| 36000 mi US $350 |
Ends replaced, |
2009 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
158-horsepower 2.4L I4 4-speed automatic AWD
| 65720 mi | All four wheel bearings were making noise and were replaced by GM under warranty. |
| 103540 mi C $445 |
Right front wheel bearing failed. |
| 166160 mi | Wheel bearing, passenger side front, making minor wear noice. Play detected in both rear wheel bearings. Front wheel bearing repair advised, but we have postponed for now. |
| 170500 mi C $900 |
Replaced both rear wheel bearings |
2009 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
132-horsepower 1.8L I4 5-speed manual FWD
| 21080 mi | The only issue I have with the Vibe is a clunk or knocking sound coming from under the dash area. This is only heard at low speeds when I hit bumps in the road. I have not brought it in to the dealer for any service or recall work. |
| 22940 mi | To expand on the original complaint about a knocking sound from behind the instrument cluster: On the Vibe owners forum it appears to be a relatively well known issue. The knocking sound is the steering column. |
2009 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
132-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 90520 mi | rear passenger wheel bearing replaced |
| 152000 mi US $325 |
Driver's side inner tie rod required replacing. |
| 66200 mi | all 2009 and 2010 Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Corolla and Matrix were all made in the same plant out of the same parts. These steering systems have a killer defect nobody will properly acknowledge. |
| 15000 mi | The steering wheel linkage was defective. Part was orderded and was on a two week back-order from OEM. |
| 17000 mi | Steering linkage replaced at dealership. |
2008 Pontiac Vibe
Engine not specified
| 51560 mi C $300 |
wheel bearing |
2007 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
126-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 185380 mi | Replaced front struts and rear shocks |
| 124000 mi C $145 |
Remove and replace original wheel bearing. |
| 125460 mi C $600 |
Replaced the lower control arm and strut mounts due to clicking sound on the car |
| 47740 mi C $100 |
A retaining stud snapped on the front passenger side of the car. I believe that the dealer snapped it when rotating the wheels at the prior service but they denied that it could have happened in their shop. I had to pay for new stud and installation. |
| 168640 mi C $400 |
Wheel bearing front right |
| 102000 mi US $750 |
Suspension Items, not sure |
| 103000 mi US $1760 |
Had struts/shocks replaced front and back; front end alignment and separate alignment for rear tires; new tires as well |
2006 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
126-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 81000 mi US $300 |
Left rear wheel bearing shot, making noise. Had it replaced. |
| 103900 mi US $1200 |
New shocks and struts, front and rear. |
| 117800 mi C $2000 |
Replaced several parts of the suspension. I drive gravel, so the excess wear is essentially my doing. |
2005 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
126-horsepower 1.8L I4 5-speed manual FWD
| 105400 mi C $180 |
When I purchased the car, both wheel bearings needed to be replaced. One was screaming, and the other just started to get noisy. Parts were about $100 CDN for one side, and $80 for the other and labour was less than 2 hours each. Easy Peasy repair if you have a press. I don't have a press, so I used a 20 ton jack and the draw bar of the tractor. It's been 2 years and about 80 000 kms since then and one bearing is starting to get a little noisy...it's probably the $80 one. |
| 129360 mi C $400 |
Both front lower control arms replaced |
| 140940 mi C $85 |
A year ago I had to replace the right axle bearing. Now the left bearing started leaking and had to be replaced. I should have done both at the same time last year!!! Replace it myself. |
2005 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
126-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 125860 mi C $225 |
Replaced right front side wheel bearing |
| 130820 mi C $200 |
Replaced front left wheel bearing. |
| 230000 mi US $230 |
Rt front wheel bearing worn out and replaced. |
| 200000 mi US $375 |
Lower control arms cracked |
| 41000 mi US $280 |
Tie rod end was found to have too much play in it when the shop attempted to align the front end after installing new tires |
| 169000 mi US $250 |
Both the front struts were leaking or had completely leaked out all of the oil. The struts were performing pretty well, but I could tell a small difference after replacing them. I replaced the whole strut assembly because the ease of replacement was worth the extra costs. |
| 177940 mi C $890 |
replaced ball joints, and wheel bearings, all worn out |
| 85800 mi US $570 |
Replaced badly worn front struts and strut mounts. |
2005 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
118-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic AWD
| 105000 mi US $123 |
Left rear hub bearing was growling for about 3000 miles. when making right turns in road noise would be less.seems that more pressure on bearing made it less noisy.I jacked up that wheel and the whole hub assembly was loose (Worn). After replacing left rear hub bearing which was bad,I noticed the same growling noise coming from the right rear, so I replaced the hub bearing and it fixed the problem. |
| 130000 mi US $210 |
front wheel bearing grinding,Replaced both front wheel bearings and c-clips,and dust shields because rust disintegrated them. |
| 67580 mi C $461 |
Rear driver's side wheel bearing was defective. Replaced same. |
2004 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
180-horsepower 1.8L I4 6-speed manual FWD
| 74000 mi US $200 |
Front passenger wheel bearing had play. Took off the spindle/knuckle assembly, had a machine shop press in a new bearing and hub I got from Amazon. Performed DIY alignment. |
| 75000 mi US $200 |
Front driver side wheel bearing had play, replaced. Aligned front end with string method. |
| 81000 mi US $50 |
Sheared off 7 lug studs trying to be a Hero Without a Torque Wrench. Over-torqued lugs installing new wheels/tires, and studs broke when rotating tires after track day. Pure owner stupidity. |
2004 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
130-horsepower 1.8L I4 5-speed manual FWD
| 89900 mi C $700 |
Front driver wheel bearing failure |
2004 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
130-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 202900 mi US $150 |
Front driver wheel bearing replaced |
| 364373 mi US $208 |
Wheel Bearings (front): Replaced "pressed in" type wheel bearings on both sides. The parts cost $58.00 and the labor cost $150.00. Wheel Bearings (front): Replaced "pressed in" type wheel bearings on both sides. The parts cost $58.00 and the labor cost $150.00. |
| 434836 mi US $130 |
Front right wheel bearing: $29.95 for genuine OEM part from dealer, $100.00 for labor/installation. Front right wheel bearing: $29.95 for genuine OEM part from dealer, $100.00 for labor/installation. |
| 131000 mi US $150 |
Right wheel bearing was getting bad, (making a little noise). |
| 139000 mi US $200 |
Left stabilizer bar control link broke. Replaced both. |
2003 Pontiac Vibe
Engine not specified
2003 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
180-horsepower 1.8L I4 6-speed manual FWD
| 224800 mi US $15 |
Car was wondering on the road, and once i jacked it up, the bad outer tie rod end was obvious. |
| 175000 mi US $730 |
Replace shocks, struts, control arms on front end |
2003 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
130-horsepower 1.8L I4 5-speed manual FWD
| 64800 mi US $350 |
replace right front wheel bearing |
| 67100 mi US $500 |
replace left front and left rear wheel bearing |
| 69000 mi US $420 |
replace both front struts, boots and strut bearings -- only left side had failed |
| 112000 mi US $950 |
Power steering pump replaced |
2003 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
130-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic FWD
| 155700 mi US $25 |
front bearing |
| 60760 mi C $1000 |
strut boots, worn shocks and strcuts. |
| 151100 mi US $600 |
Front bearings were worn out and needed replacement. |
| 64000 mi US $300 |
Rattle in front suspension diagnosed as worn stabilizer bar mounts. Replaced. Rattle cured. |
| 156400 mi US $250 |
Wheel bearing replaced. |
| 205000 mi US $225 |
Left wheel bearing replaced |
| 289000 mi US $100 |
Wheel bearing going bad, bought used front knuckle with bearing and replaced whole unit. |
| 172000 mi US $500 |
Groaning sound wheel bearings replaced |
2003 Pontiac Vibe 4dr Hatch
123-horsepower 1.8L I4 4-speed automatic AWD
| 103000 mi US $150 |
right rear wheel bearing went out. absolute nightmare to find a new one. |
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