I have a 2010 Vibe....2.4L....77k miles. Has anyone had any issues with excessive corrosion on the end of the spark plugs and/or contact springs inside the coil boot? I'm trying to find out if this is a common issue or if it's just my car or ??? Fo reference.....I replaced my old coils with AC DELCO...

Did you ever figure out what the problem was? I have a 2010 Vibe with the 2.4 engine....77k miles.....and it's doing the same thing. Occasionally, not very often, when I come to a stop, the RPMs will drop to around 500, the engine will run rough, and I'll get a pretty good vibration/shake.....it act...

Well, I had to replace my clockspring (aka 'spiral cable') about a year ago with only about 80k miles on it....just a few months after I bought the car used......Had the exact issue they describe; broken wire leading to an Airbag Light in the dash........Of course it wasn't under warranty, so I did ...

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Wish I could help with the part numbers cross indexing, but sorry....I just don't know. My Vibe doesn't have any controls on the steering wheel or cruise control, so all I had were the two connectors...one for the horn & one for the airbag......I think if you have any steering wheel controls, yo...

Hello all- I have a Silver 2009 Base model 2.4 liter & I'm looking for a usable (i.e. undamaged) REAR bumper cover. Someone caught the corner of my rear bumper (had she looked up a split second earlier, she would have cleared it) and pushed it in far enough that the corner of the impact bar insi...

****UPDATE**** Well, GenVibe member cq358 & I worked out a a deal (he's a good guy).....I bought his old clock spring (clockspring) & just finished swapping it out with my suspect one.....And it appears that my less than scientific diagnosis was correct. With the 'new' clock spring in, the d...

****UPDATE**** Well, GenVibe member cq358 & I worked out a a deal (he's a good guy).....I bought his old clock spring (clockspring) & just finished swapping it out with my suspect one.....And it appears that my less than scientific diagnosis was correct. With the 'new' clock spring in, the d...

Yeah, mine is a manual trans.....So maybe you're right.....they probably make one wiring harness for both the manual & automatic. It's never a comforting feeling when you pull off a panel and see dangling connectors. As far as my dashboard airbag light goes.....it's got something to do with the ...

Gonna try to take a look at it this weekend (might have to wait until next weekend though...had arthroscopic knee surgery on Wed, so I'm a little less mobile than usual at the moment).......But thanks for the picture & suggestions...I'll post what I find as soon as I can

Yeah, just let it run with the wheel turned again, and not light.....turn the wheel, boom, light comes on. I even tried it by not sitting in the car and just turning the wheel thorugh the window (maybe the seat sensors?)....but didn' make a difference, same result. There has got to be some kind of e...

Just tried it again.....same results as far as the light goes....stays off if the wheel is slightly turned, but then comes on when I turn it to 12 o'clock......AND the horn DOES work, even at the 12 o'clock position. I know I read some other posts that said that the airbag light on AND the horn woul...

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking...The clock spring is the electronic link between the steering wheel & the rest of the car. Like I posted earlier, if the steering wheel is slightly turned, the light doesn't stay on......If I let it sit withouth moving the steering wheel, the light is off......But...

So I started getting the red, dashboard airbag light coming on a few days ago and put up a couple other related posts......but I thought I'd make a more specific post regarding my suspicions that the light is clock spring (clockspring) related. Here's the deal.....If my steering wheel is slightly tu...

one more pic

photos of the mysterios connector under the steering wheel

****UPDATE***** Well, seeing as how many people are showing interest in this post ;) , I figured everyone would be dying to know the lastest...ha. Anyway, I don't know exactly what is wrong, but it would seem to be an issue with the steering wheel position. When I went to leave work, the steering wh...

I just got home from work & took another look.....My mistake.....it was dark last night when I was checking things out........ The connector is actaully black, with one yellow wire & one black & white wire......The connector seems to also be the same shape (from what I can remember) as t...

2009 Vibe..... I'm having an airbag dash light issue (staying on....don't have a proper code reader to see what the fault is exactly).......Anyway, I was under the dash looking for any loose connections and I ran across a yellow two wire connector that seems to go to nowhere & was curious as to ...

Anyone know of a good 'hard reset' procedure to try without having to buy another code reader for $300? Disconnecting the battery for 5 minutes or so didn't do the trick.......Also pulled the airbag fuse under the dash, that didn't work either. I hate it.....this 'code' deal with cars is such a scam...

Shoot.....I guess my code reader (Innova 3100e) doesn't read airbag (SRS) faults......Of course the cheapest model that does is $350+.....So frustrating.

So out of nowhere today, the little red dash airbag light came on and won't go off. It was on solid all the way to work.....when i got there, I cut the engine, then started it up again and the light was off for the 20 seconds I sad there in the parking lot. Thought maybe it was a glitch & went i...

I ended up using a small pair of needle nose vice-grips to grab the circuitboard screw heads.....Just took it slow & it worked fine. And again, I decided to just take a Dremel grinding bit to shave down the new knobs so they could be slid on/off without having to take the whole thing apart again...

I miss the old days....like the 67 Camaro I had....the waterpump was right on the front of the motor & was held on by 2 or 4 bolts. As long as it's not 'buried' on the Vibe, the way it was on my Honda Civic....that's just poor design with regard to future repairs. So I'll keep an eye on the wate...

Hey, thanks for the input/info. Yeah, I read through a 20+ page post on a Toyota board & I agree, it seems like the complaints/issues kinda stopped at 2006 or so.....At least I didn't really see anyone complaining about a 2008 or 2009......Hopefully, whatever the deal was, Toyota took care of it...

Hey, thanks for the input/suggestions. I did some more reading on the Toyota boards and it seemed like the head bolt issues kinda topped out around the 2006 years (at least I didn't notice anyone posting about later years, like 2008 or 2009). And the reality is, lets say it happend to a few hundred ...

I just bought an 09 Vibe with the 2.4l engine and came across this potential issue while poking around online.....and was wondering the same thing (actually just submitted my own post, not realizing you had already asked the question...oops). Did you ever get an answer or more information about this...

Hello everyone. I just picked up a 2009 Vibe base model with the 2.4l engine, and had a reliability question. I was poking around the web and found some disconcerting information regarding this particular engine ( 2.4L 2AZ-FE ) and that apparently there have been issues with head bolts stripping out...

Thanks for the offer 'tpollauf'....appreciate it. Well, got a couple new knobs today ($9.40 each at dealership).....Decided to just remove the 'lip' on each of them.....shaved them down with a Dremel griding wheel bit....10 minutes later, they're installed. Might be a little light let through, but t...

Yeah, it has A/C.....and that looks like the only options it has (it was a one owner car & they saved the window sticker, which is alwasy cool). Also, it came with steel rims, but it has alloys now with basically new tires. Other than that, It's standard equipment for everything else....which I ...

Wasn't particularly looking for a Vibe....just a smaller, more fuel efficient wagon to replace my Nissan Frontier.....anyway, came across an 09 Vibe, 2.4l, 5 speed manual, w/just under 75k miles, for $8400......I checked Kelly Blue Book & as far as I could tell, it was about $1500 or $2k below K...

BTW, Viber09....I might be interested in your old unit for sale....I'd message you, but since we're both new to the board, neither of us can send/receive emails/personal messages apparently...

That being said, does anyone have an MP3 capable unit for sale? Just wondering.....

Just picked up a 2009 Vibe this past weekend.....So far I really like it...I think I got a great deal, mainly because it's a 'Pontiac' & most people don't realize it's really a Toyota (w/Toyota reliability)in disguise. I didn't play with the stereo enough on the test drive (making sure it was me...