The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Pontiac Vibe · 2003

6 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

Filter by model year

1–6 of 6

  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V883000·2018-12-12

    Toyota, Lexus, and Pontiac Recall Vehicles Due to Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Toyota, Lexus, and Pontiac are recalling specific 2002-2007 vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may explode during deployment, posing a risk of serious injury.

    Product
    PONTIAC — PONTIAC, LEXUS, TOYOTA VIBE, SC, SEQUOIA, COROLLA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V286000·2015-05-13

    Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Front Passenger Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Toyota is recalling specific 2002-2007 Lexus, Toyota, and Pontiac vehicles because the front passenger air bag inflator may rupture during a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    PONTIAC — PONTIAC, LEXUS, TOYOTA VIBE, SC, SEQUOIA, TUNDRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V285000·2015-05-13

    Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Defective Passenger Air Bag Inflators

    Toyota is recalling approximately 1.97 million vehicles, including Pontiac, Lexus, and Toyota models, to replace passenger air bag inflators that may rupture.

    Product
    PONTIAC — PONTIAC, LEXUS, TOYOTA VIBE, SC, SEQUOIA, TUNDRA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V043000·2015-01-28

    Toyota Recalls 2003-2004 Corolla, Avalon, and Pontiac Vibe for Air Bag Defect

    Toyota is recalling 2003-2004 Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Avalon, and Pontiac Vibe vehicles because electrical noise may cause air bags to deploy unexpectedly.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA, PONTIAC COROLLA MATRIX, COROLLA, AVALON, VIBE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V039000·2020-01-23

    GM Recalls 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe Vehicles for Passenger Air Bag Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe vehicles because the front passenger air bag may not inflate properly in high temperatures, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    PONTIAC — PONTIAC VIBE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V029000·2013-01-30

    Toyota and Pontiac Recall 2003-2004 Models for Airbag Defect

    Toyota and Pontiac are recalling 2003-2004 Corolla, Corolla Matrix, and Vibe vehicles because airbag circuits may short, causing unintended deployment.

    Product
    PONTIAC — PONTIAC, TOYOTA VIBE, COROLLA, COROLLA MATRIX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2009 · steering 35 complaints, median 51,000 mi
  • 2009 · engine 29 complaints, median 80,808 mi
  • 2005 · powertrain 26 complaints, median 101,800 mi

Technical service bulletins

549 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2010: 2.4/5 · 58 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2009: 1.8/5 · 527 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2008: 3.2/5 · 63 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2007: 2.7/5 · 170 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2006: 2.7/5 · 177 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

← Back to all Pontiac models