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2009 Pontiac Vibe air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 352 complaints for the 2009 Pontiac Vibe, 59% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
352 59% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
93,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2009 Pontiac Vibe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 93,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 13 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 93,000 miles
Based on 53 complaints that include mileage. 23% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles13
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 53 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 93,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 pontiac vive. While driving into a parking space attempting to park the vehicle at 5 MPH when the gas pedal was engaged, the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a fence. She received a ticket for careless driving. The insurance company towed the vehicle to the body shop. The vehicle will be repaired. She sustained fractured bones and the passenger received injuries to their chest, ribs and knee. The failure and the current mileage were 3,000.

Reported at 3,000 miles, February 2010 CrashInjury

Takata recall. Have not had an incident with airbag but cannot get a straight answer about what to do. My dealer, chesrown in delaware oh did not have any parts to fix the airbag as of 10/30/17. Received a recall letter march 2017 telling that my car is affected but not to call dealer as no parts available at that time. Now I have a card for tk holdings, inc. To contact dealer for fix received 10/30/2017. Seems like I am getting a run around and I can't find a resolution.

Reported at 58,000 miles, October 2017

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