| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004037368 | Incident Date: Sep, 17 2004 |
| Consumer's City: CONYERS | Consumer's State: GA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: VIBE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5Y2SN62L13Z | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 13 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Bought car with 500 miles, could easily slip manual clutch and result in 'burning smell'. could easily slip clutch anytime after purchase. around 24k miles clutch has hard time holding in gear, very easy to slip clutch. at 26k miles, clutch no longer holds uphill in high gear. on way to honeymoon the clutch slipped at speed with cruise control causing the car to jump to red-line on the tachometer for several seconds before i manually cleared the cruise control. many other people have reported the clutch on this car (2003 pontiac vibe gt) to be highly problematic with a short life-span. gm would not cover the clutch and called it 'user wear and tear', even though many other people have this issue, and those same people have had cars whose clutches have lasted 100k+ (including myself). dealer charged $600 to replace clutch (labor), and wanted another $800 in parts, which were found for around $150 elsewhere. gm knows the clutch in the vehicle is defective yet does nothing about it, and it continues to be a problem on newer models, as well. *nm |
