2003 Pontiac Vibe air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 66 complaints for the 2003 Pontiac Vibe, 19% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 66 19% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 87,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 16 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 18 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 28% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	2
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	4
60k to 80k miles	4
80k to 100k miles	4
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	5
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 29 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 18 injuries.

What owners wrote

2003 pontiac vibe was hit head on by another vehicle and then hit the side guard rail and another car. No air bags (front and sides) deployed, and one back seat passenger's seat belt failed. There were five people in the complainant vehicle were injured.

Reported at 1,600 miles, September 2002 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 pontiac vibe. The contact stated that while traveling 25 MPH, the air bags erroneously deployed. The contact was able to merge to the shoulder. The passenger sustained a headache from the failure. The contact also stated that the air bag cracked the windshield. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 13v029000 (air bags). The failure and current mileages were 81,000.

Reported at 81,000 miles, April 2013 Injury

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Pontiac models