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2009 Pontiac Vibe cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 58 complaints for the 2009 Pontiac Vibe, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
58 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
13 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2009 Pontiac Vibe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 20 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 84% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles20
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 43 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 84% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 13 crashes, 4 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

Various lights come on in the dashboard, I forget now exactly which lights, but I think it was the ABS light, the vsc light, and the traction control light. This happens only for a few minutes in a month or so. When it happens, the abc, vsc, and traction control do not work (I tested it in a snowy parking lot). I went to salentine pontiac a couple years ago, and they said that since it is so intermittent, they are not really likely to be able to find the source of the problem, nor know if they would have fixed it.

Reported at 20,000 miles, January 2013

Other problems reported for the 2009 Pontiac Vibe

Cruise control problems in other years

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Cruise control problems across all Pontiac models