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2005 Pontiac Vibe transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 21 complaints for the 2005 Pontiac Vibe, 6% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
21 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
81,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2005 Pontiac Vibe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 81,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 81,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 18 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 81,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Tl* -the contact owns a 2005 pontiac vibe. While driving there was hesitation and force when changing gears and accelerating. A yellow warning light illuminated. The failure mileage was 46,884. This failure occurred intermittently. The dealer stated that the pressure solenoid has been diagnosed as faulty. The consumer stated the vehicle jerks into gear first through fifth. Updated 03/19/07.

Reported at 46,884 miles, January 2007

Check engine light on. Hard shifting. Gas mileage reduced epc solenoid burned up and was replaced, still had engine light on. Had computer flashed still on. Had valve body replaced cause of bad plunger in solenoid valve body fell apart when removed ( bad clips) and then needed PCM replaced. Is it possible the PCM caused the solenoids to fail and burn up along with the PCM going bad?

Reported at 66,719 miles, July 2010

Other problems reported for the 2005 Pontiac Vibe

Transmission problems in other years

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Transmission problems across all Pontiac models