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Recently my Vibe emitted a squeek/chirping moving from a stop with the A/C on. With the AC off there was a less noticable and very slight rumble. At a stop in neutral, there was nothing to hear or feel when reving the engine. When moving at any speed over 10 mph, everything smoothed out and went away. With the engine off, the belt felt tight and belt dressing did nothing.
Dealer said probably belt tensioner, though A/C compressor going bad was the second choice. Anyway replaced the tensioner and belt. All noise and rumble went away..
Tech told me the belt tensioner has a little shock absorber that was failing and with the engine under load moving from a stop allowed the belt to slip.
Last week 1 dealer near my place had no Vibes on his lot and today I saw 23 Vibes there, couldn't believe my eyes and also across town another dealer had 3 Vibes last week and tonight 16 Vibes are parked side by side. These are all 2010's.
Is the 2010 Vibe still in production?
I was thinking of buying a 2010 Vibe next year (may or june).
Are these the leftovers or they're still coming out of the manufacture?
What are my chances of getting one in May or June 2010?
Cash for clunkers has bee extended, and of course the Pontiac Vibe would qualify. Since the clunkers are likely to be American Cars trade in may be preferred for an America Vehicle (part Toyota). Instead of keeping them on the lot at the assembly plant in Fremount, CA it is my guess best to put them on dealer lots in time for the Cash For Clunkers Program. I have an AWD 2009, which I special ordered, and received over 3,400 dollars off through use of a GM credit card. It is very unlikely you will be able to special order, and I feel it may be difficult to find an AWD. The AWD unlike the front wheel drive models has independent suspension both front an back, and it is the only model which I feel GM produces which compares to a Subaru. The AWD Vibe was reintroduce with the new design in 2009.
What are the advantages of getting the 17 inches tires option rather than the 16 inches?
Have found the offering of different sizes on my GM vehicles for many years and it is not unique to the Vibe.
Have an 2009 AWD Vibe, via federal law have pressure monitors. So I wanted a tire which would have low noise a yet have a snow rating and get me from one place to another safely, not one which would look great with large fancy looking rims.
The standard steel rims are great for snow. So I put my money into tires instead of rims.
For a snow tire I wanted an all season with the Mountain-Snowflake symbol on it, and since it was for an AWD and snow I wanted it for all four wheels.
Did research on web and found a couple by Nokian Tires of Finland. WR and a WR G2. The WR is has a symmetric tire tread, and the WR and newer design a WR G2 has an asymmetric tread design to lower noise. It should also be noted that the new design on the 2009 Vibe was also a noise lowering design.
Live in New Mexico and found a Big-O dealer who sold them in Colorado. The would had probably had them in stock if my vehicle was a Subaru, but was coming back through an they were ordered from a warehouse in Denver.
The tires have been an excellent match for the AWD Vibe for first snow and gravel.
The AWD Vibe with these tires claws through snow went over and unploughed pass which four wheel drive pickups were getting over, and safely passes people on snow. Along with the AWD Vibe the WR G2 tires are a well engineered truly an all season product.
But if it is and automatic a 2.4l would be a find choice and it is felt would not affect fuel mileage as much. My AWD Vibe has independent suspension in the rear, can be service rurally, and rates well and compares to a Subaru. It should be noted that the 2010 Equinox or the Terrain there standard four cylinder engine gets about the same hp as the 2009 Equinox six cylinder, with about the same fuel economy as a Vibe, but probably not as agile.
I just examined the NEW rotors and was surprised to see that they had a "brushed" look rather than the spiral grind I had seen before. Is this brushed looked (goes in many directions) something new ? Maybe I just never paid attention before? A new car's brakes have the spiral look right???
BTW $64 a rotor seemed high to me ???
One year after I bought it with only 4,800 miles they had to "turn" my my front discs because they were warped and I could feel a vibration when applying the brakes, second year...the same thing with 12,400 miles, third year again with only 19,000 miles.
On my 4th year they had to change the "discs" with 27,000 milles because they were to thin, couldn't turn them anymore.
My warranty was over but I fought it out with G.M. telling them that it was abnormal getting those "discs" turn 3 times in 3 yrs and then changing them with a so low mileage.
I won...didn't pay a cent.
Yes, they still do this procedure.
If you measure before starting the car, the volume of the oil filter is empty, making the oil appear overfilled. That's usually ~ a pint.
1/2" over isn't going to hurt anything; according to click&clack from cartalk, up to a quart overfill "should" be fine. Use the min-to-max distance on your dipstick to see how much you overfilled; i'm sure it's well below a quart.
The danger is the crankshaft churning the oil into a froth, at which point you will lose oil pressure and then the engine shortly thereafter. A little overfill isn't going to make that happen.
-Mathias
I am from GM Customer Service. Please email me at socialmedia@gm.com so I can more information from you. Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service
I just want some idea of what needs to be done so I will know if the dealers mechanic took care of the whole problem and doesn't leave me with a repair job next month. Any ideas? :mad:
I would encourage you to take your vehicle to your local dealership to have the navigation system looked at. Please keep us posted when the issue has been taken care of.
Thank you,
Caron, GM Customer Service
I would like to set up a case with GM Customer Assistance however I am unable to guarantee cost assistance. In order to start the process I will your complete contact information (including full name, mailing address and phone number), VIN, current mileage and the involved dealership sent to me in an email. Also, could you please provide a brief description of the problems you are experiencing?
Thank you,
Caron, GM Customer Service
No doubt, this is hands down the most useful vehicle that I have ever owned.
Good Day,
E.D. in Sunny Florida
Sarah, GM Customer Service
I checked and was unable to find any troubleshooting tips in the resources I have available to me - sorry about that! Are you planning on working with your dealership to resolve this or take an alternative approach? If the former, we're happy to check in with the dealership on your behalf and work with you until this is resolved. Please email us at socialmedia@gm.com (include your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN and mileage, a summary of the situation, and the name of your dealership).
Sarah, GM Customer Service
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