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Started mine today and it made the noise. I opened the hood left it in gear and poked around with my stethoscope. Visually noticed the tensioner assembly rocking up and down as it was making the noise. After a few minutes it settled down and the noise stopped. The little shock on it is definitely le...

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Atg. My 07 is making this exact same noise. I believe it's the tensioner. Did you get the noise resolved? Mine is very intermittent but definitely the same noise and circumstances

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thanks for the info. im not sure when ill have a chance to look at it now, I put the interior trim back in today and had to put this project on hold. we got some snow now and its going to get really really cold here so got to wait for a warmer day or a heated garage to take the liner out. I hope tha...

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it doesn't seem to be a damaged air intake as the water is on the far right side of the body structure. its in a place really hard o explain and it seems to be entering about 4 inches above the floor....at least that's the first place I can feel it wet when theres water being run down the rain tray....

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pretty sure the windshield is not leaking. removed the plastic windshield cowl and flushed water down the lower cowling and felt a slow leak behind the right hand inside structure under the dash behind the insulation pad. im thinking a seam isn't sealed fully on he firewall in the area behind the in...

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07 base vibe, no sunroof, original factory windshield first owner rarely washed the car and it was garage kept now it lives outside and I was it regularly Well was detailing the 07 the other day and noticed the passenger side carpet was soaked. So after a few days of having it pulled back and drying...

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Well finally had both Vibes together and freshly washed. Our blue one is almost at 98k now and the silver is up to 85k. Both got full services done by me and they are good to go now. Our blue one also cleaned up well after a full detail and some fresh paint on the steelies.

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Welcome to the club, 2 Vibes here currently and we had 2 others pass through our ownership over the years. All of ours have been 03-07 but I noticed they can be noisy cars. What tires are on them currently? Our 07 had a strange noise and thump around 40mph and it was a combination of 2 different tir...

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that's kinda what I was thinking that it had a rough life and needed a lot of work which made it attractive to a deal like that.

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The vin report doesn't show any theft reports and all the transactions look legit. Ive always seen shadow vibes around and wondered if it was our old one and well I guess I can quit thinking that now as its across the ocean.

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Buddy of mine has a vin check subscription so I figured why not look up some old cars. So I looked up our 04 shadow vibe, see my avatar, and found some interesting stuff. After we had it, it found a new home about 15 miles away. then around 65k it found a new home about 20 miles away from here. Then...

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Anyone know if there is a way to remove the red from the LCD display while it is off to change the bulbs behind it? I have such a hard time seeing red and black together, infact I hate all Pontiac and now new GMC gauges because of this color combo. was just curious if this was an option as I need to...

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here is my thread on the AWD rear seal replacement. I have the Toyota part numbers, getting them from Toyota is much cheaper than GM.

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Welcome! seems to be the post about newly purchased 07s. We also just got a blue 07 base with 92k. The Vibe is a noisy car, we have had a few and I think its just because of the lack of sound insulation. Plenty of post here on how to quiet them down.,,,im just use to it so it doesn't bother me.

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i am curious about that as well. Just got a very base 07 and wouldnt mind to add the power options to it. If you dont mind me askin...how much will the parts from the donor car run you?

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Well got it today, just did an oil change and a quick cleaning. Guy had white dog and its gonna take some effort to get all the hair out of the carpet. Owner did most of the oil changes and wrote them in the book, about every 3-4k miles. Has a newer battery, a new air filter, have a new set of front...

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I am interested in this if it is still for sale.

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regular is 3.79 here and i need to fill up with diesel tonight at 4.19. Cant wait to get the Vibe! the diesel will barely leave the garage then unless its needed.

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Well 4 Vibes in a total of 9 years, we currently only have the 2. We were kinda kicking around a HHR but I think the Vibe looks much better. Chances are we wouldnt have got another Vibe but couldnt pass it up for the price we got on it.

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yeah its like a used car lot here at our place. Carfax shows a lot of the oil changes and the ecu was replaced per the recall. Im comfortable with the vibe to look them over and drive them and know how everything should be thats why we went to look at it. The guy said it has made the trip from PA to...

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Well found an 07 base vibe on craigslist and ended up buying it. Its a base, auto, fwd, very basic with 91k. 1 owner (older guy), clean carfax and it passed my inspection. Got it for well under book value and id say it is in good condition. Just gotta give it a good cleaning and i want to change all...

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did the ecu flash fix your problem? ours just threw a p0133 and its rather cold out here.

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Im looking for a good used set of the factory Vibe rubber all weather mats. Im located near Pittsburgh, PA or im open for you to ship them. I know the cost of a new set thats why im looking for a good used set. Thanks

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Its just not on the Vibe its all our vehicles. My moms new Equinox has the exact same issue at 36k the front pads are fine but the rotors are shot and warped. My truck is on its 2nd set of rotors at 45k. The only rotors that wont warp on me are on my dads 2500HD pickup and they are well over an inch...

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So our 06 AWD has warped the front rotors again at 77k miles. Been changing the rotors once a year due to this issue. Seems like the rotor warps before the pads wear out. They get so warped that it shakes the steering wheel and column when braking. Car is dirven 99.9% of the time by my sister to get...

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I just cant win here, everytime I detail a car something happens to it. I detailed my sisters Vibe the other day and it looked great. Well tonight her husband pulls in and clips the front bumper of the Vibe with his car. Scratched it pretty good under the headlight and pushed in the plastic lower c...

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I just cant win here, everytime I detail a car something happens to it. I detailed my sisters Vibe the other day and it looked great. Well tonight her husband pulls in and clips the front bumper of the Vibe with his car. Scratched it pretty good under the headlight and pushed in the plastic lower cl...

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Did you have any difficulties in removing the bolts from the control arms.....as in, were they seized up, and if so, how did you remove?Thanks in advance Mine were seized up, a few hours of using an air chisel on them and lots of ZEP penetrating oil I got them out. The hammering action from the air...

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yes you can leave the brakes on the knuckle and remove 3 bolts from the control arms and swing the knuckle and shafts out of the way to replace the seals. I did mine without taking the brakes off.

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pretty sure DWS is Dry, Wet, Snow. Ive seen that on a few tires.

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Quote, originally posted by 04shadowvibe Â»my alloy wheels are doing the same thing. I have never used wheel cleaner spray on them and the paint is blistering and falling off. I may just have a local paint shop match them as good as they can and strip and repaint the wheels this summer.Im sure it wi...

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Im pretty sure with our 04 and now our 06 the mirror buttons do not light up, and only thing on the drivers door switches that lights up is the word AUTO on the drivers window switch. Its been awhile since I drove the Vibe at night so i might be wrong.

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455SD, check out my part numbers post, i added some tips i learned while doing this service. I also have it in a word document from the service manual but its too large to post here.

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Some things i learned doing this, its easiest with 2 people. If you do like me, I unbolted the swaybar link,abs speed sensor wire on top control arm, abs wire bolt behind shock/spring, top control arm bolt and the 2 bottom control arm bolts, you will need someone to hold the brake drum and knuckle a...

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I know our vibe will need a new battery oneday and as i was looking at my holddown bolts i decided to start soaking them with Zep penetrating oil now so they will come out then.

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Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush Â»Yup, Napa parts. I considered having the ultra premium rotors and adaptive one pads installed, but didn't see the point of paying the extra cost.IMO, all these rotors are junk anymore and i switched from the adaptive one pads because i think they were too hard...

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No problem if you need any info just ask, its fresh in my mind. I got a new used LCA today just painted it and hope to have it all done tonight. I found for soaking the best stuff is ZEP 45-NC Penetrating Lubricant. Also tried CRC Freeze off, PB Blaster and SeaFoam Creep.

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Thoes came from NAPA i can tell from the name. Im running their ultra premium rotors and i just switched from their adaptive one pads to their ultra premium pads. Im at 68k, 3rd set of pads, 2nd set of rotors. Gotta love all the hills here.

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Rear Suspension

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Rear Differential Parts**Seals are part 41334B on this picture**

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Here is the part information that i needed for this seal replacement. Should be the same for all 03-06 AWD Vibe and Matrix. I also needed new hardware to connect the knuckle to the rear control arms due to rust damage. I did this job by leaving the brakes and axle connected to the knuckle and unbolt...

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I hate to scare you 455sd but really the seal change isnt that bad. Im just running into issue after issue thats a result from my seized bolts. I would say start soaking your bolts with penetrating lube now if you plan on doing it. I would also order new lower control arm bolts and hardware so you c...

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well got both seals changed into the diff assembly and I have them installed the correct way, unlike when the GM dealer did it. Cleaned the ends of the axle shafts all up and inspected them for wear or damage and they look fine. Went to start reassembly and ran into another snag....The rear knuckle ...

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awesome thanks

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Where on the engine block is it....front side or rear towards the firewall?What coolant did you refill with?I think after 6 years this is something Id like to do to our Vibe. I have a GM 3800 in another car that the DEXCOOL was never flushed and it was nasty when I picked it up with 82k on it.

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Well just got the axle shafts out and after looking at the Matrix repair manual the seals currently in my rearend are in BACKWARDS! Had them replaced once at the GM dealer and looks like they installed both sides wrong.

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oh yeah its not fun...car is an '06 with 68K, the rear lower control arms are the only parts under the car thats showing rust...the car was undercoated when new.What sucks is we changed all the suspension bolts and bushings on a '72 cutlass that we are restoring and has been a PA car its entire life...

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and a close up

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here is whats left of the rear knuckle bolts....

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im running Goodyear Assurance Tripple Treads all year on our AWD. Seem to be really good, wear is great and even, but the only downside is they are directional so cant rotate side to side.

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