| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011116 | Incident Date: Mar, 07 2005 |
| Consumer's City: FORDS | Consumer's State: NJ |
| 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#: 5Y2SN62LX3Z | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 10 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 04 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I'm filing a complaint about insufficiently engineered clutches in pontiac vibe gts/toyota matrix xrs. my girlfriend (who's name the car is under) and i have a 2003 pontiac vibe gt that we purchased new. we're both experienced stick drivers, and have driven the car conservatively, but by 10,000 miles the clutch started slipping. our dealer claimed that it wasn't possible that it was slipping. it started lightly, but the clutch was completely gone by 12,000 miles. now in the shop for replacement, we've been inconvenienced by days of having only one car (no loaner car if they think it's your fault), and also have been informed that this repair will not be a warranty repair because it's our inability to drive a manual transmission properly that has resulted in the premature wear. i have many years with standard transmissions, and have never known an abused clutch to go as fast as this one did. *ak |
