2005 Pontiac Vibe electrical system problems
15 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2005 Pontiac Vibe, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 94,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 94,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Car was parked all day. When I returned to the car I started it, rolled down the front (power) windows, left it in park to retrieve something outside the car for 5 minutes. Returned and the inside driver door was in flames.
Car idled low and hard since I purchased it and dealerships kept saying there was nothing they could do because it was so random, they could never get it to act that way for them. I went on vacation recently, came home and went to turn on car, it started, I started to drive and it stalled. Lights stayed on, but could not restart engine. Towed it to a shop and they said that it is the computer control something or other and that one of the signals to an injector is not making it.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Pontiac Vibe
- Air bags 174 complaints
- Engine 46 complaints
- Transmission 21 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 18 complaints