SeattleJeremy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:23 am Did you cut open the oil filter and check inside that?

Unfortunately not. Was in a bit of a hurry and just tossed it. I believe it was a Champ filter, if that matters..

https://i.imgur.com/mkSTmfM.jpg Long story short, we moved to CA and my in-laws drove our Vibe 2,500 miles across the country to deliver it to us. Before making the trek, my father-in-law went to a quicky lube shop to change the oil (for which I had a stern talking to him afterward). In any case, w...

Bought this for my 2007 Vibe, but our second vehicle will be a larger SUV that can tow, so this is no longer needed! I have a ball to include with it as well. $120 shipped

Well, that does not make me feel confident..

Is this perhaps something I can put off for at least a little bit, and just make sure to check the oil level every now and then?

Tried getting a photo farther up from the timing chain tensioner. From what it looks like, it doesn't appear to be coming from the valve cover gasket..

So I got a pic of the timing chain tensioner on the back of the engine. It looks like the leak is coming from higher up, but maybe the leak from the tensioner is getting splashed around? Or maybe it's the actual timing chain cover?

That is "left" when you stand in front of the car, correct? Typically that is referred to as the passenger side or right side. That's where the drive belt is. The most common oil leak is a failing O-ring of the timing chain tensioner on that side. Yes, the passenger side! I'll go ahead ch...

Was under my 07 base Vibe this weekend to change the oil and noticed oil residue and a couple of places where oil is dripping from, but I have no idea where it's originating from. No oil buildup on the belts, but nearly the whole left side toward the bottom rear is covered in oil residue. Anyway, he...

About two months ago I changed the brake pads in both front calipers and bled the brake line in the left one (bleeder screw snapped off the right one so that remains undone). Fast forward to today and my wife gets home from running an errand and I notice a strong burning smell. Turns out it's coming...

vibrologist wrote:BTW I hope you got NGK plugs instead of Bosch.

Yup! I use NGK on pretty much everything.

Re: spark plug cap, totally didn't realize the wiring got in the way. Good to know because pulling out all the caps was a bear!

I changed the spark plugs today on my '07 base Vibe ( here are the old plugs for kicks) and I ended up breaking off a piece from one of the spark plug caps: https://i.imgur.com/sbHvwtU.jpg I was able to re-install it just fine and the car still starts and runs as normal, but I'm not sure if that bro...

I have a base 2007 Vibe and it idles perfectly steady at 700 RPMs. However, there's a little bit of vibration, but I'm not sure if it's a problem or just normal with these engines. Basically, it's a calm vibration that isn't too crazy or anything. Mostly just feels like a massager if you had it on a...

Alright, so I'm posting this on here so I can hopefully understand the problem better and maybe get a second opinion on what I should do. I took my 2007 Vibe in for a wheel alignment. They did the front wheels just fine. When they moved to the back, they noticed the rear toe was just off by a very s...

Thanks for the input, Vibrologist! Do all Vibes come with tire pressure sensors? I've never once seen a dash light come on warning me about tire pressure. As for the wheel material, I think it's just steel because they have plastic hubcaps covering the unsightly wheel itself. After doing a bit of re...

Yeah, forgot to mention that I prefer all-season tires. I guess that does makes a difference as far as the quality I should be shooting for. Don't really want to spend more than $100/tire if I can help it.

I have a 2007 Vibe FWD and it's getting close to needing new tires, especially the rear. The fronts are Hankook Ventus V2 Concept2 tires that have around 25K miles on them and still have some tread left (installed in 2015). The rears are 7-year-old Michelin Destiny tires that are starting to dry rot...

Caretaker wrote:Either way, a gentle fluid exchange is called for.

I'm assuming this just means a basic drain and refill?

Also, I've been looking around and it seems Advance Auto Parts has the best deal -- $5/qt for Castrol Transmax. Guess I'll stock up!

My 2007 Vibe is at 150K miles and I'm not sure if a transmission fluid change was ever done, so I'm going to finally do it myself, although I'm seeing a lot of conflicting information. The biggest thing is whether I should do a pan drop and change the filter/clean the magnets? Or just drain it and r...

Update! I got a video of the noise: https://youtu.be/uXcMCGXUcZY

2007 Vibe here. As the winter has gotten extremely cold here in the midwest, I've noticed that sometimes the car will make a rattle noise off and on for the first couple minutes of driving when it's really cold. The noise sounds like it's coming from below the center console in between the front sea...

2007 Vibe owner here as well! The first-gen models are definitely beginning to show their age, but they're still great reliable cars that are fun to drive!

The cigarette lighter stopped working at one point in my 2007 Vibe, but was too lazy to fix it until now. For starters, I'm pretty sure it's not a blown fuse because the power outlet and the audio system still works (manual says all of that is connected to the same fuse). With that said, the cigaret...

Ok so it turns out the flange gasket was bad. The pipe and flange were all still connected just fine, but the gasket was leaking. However, the flange was so rusted out that I decided to just cut it off and replace it with some regular pipe. Took it to a welder and got it all taken care of! Thanks fo...

Ok so I checked the flange and it looks to be fine. The front connection looks a little cracked, but there doesn't appear to be a hole there and it's still solidly attached.

jayoldschool wrote:Yes, right side, that's where the exhaust is

Haha, well to be fair the exhaust exits on the left side.

I'll check out that flange and see what's going on. Thanks!

2007 Vibe here. My first thought is that a hole has rusted through the muffler or a pipe, but I grabbed a flashlight and did some quick peeking and feeling around and didn't see anything. Here's a quick video I took when I cold-started it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADuG3iOmEe0 From the sound o...

gtv237 wrote:Basically it mean something's wrong with the intake air temperature sensor or its wiring. I would make sure its plugged in and connected to the air inlet.

Where is it located? I'm assuming it's in the engine bay?

Hey everyone. The check engine light has been going off and on every couple of days so I decided to get a code reading to see what's up. I got back code P0113, which looks like something dealing with the intake air temperature sensor. The car drives fine, but I'm not sure what this code means in pla...

Raven wrote:More than likely it's just the intake manifold gasket.

So you think the MAF sensor is ok?

The car is running fine and I've been reading that a symptom of a leaking intake manifold gasket is rough idling and mis-firing, but we haven't experienced any of that.

An update! I spoke to the original mechanic myself and got a confirmation on what was wrong with it (previously I was getting the info through my wife). He says the check engine light was on because the mass airflow sensor was malfunctioning and needed replaced. He also discovered that the intake ma...

Ok, so my wife tells me the check engine left turned off after her trip to the mechanic, but we went ahead and went to get a second opinion and see if they could still pull a code off of it, and they said that the entire code history was erased, so we have to wait until the light turns on again. Eit...

Thanks, guys. I'll call him back to find out the code, but I'll take it to an auto parts store anyway to get the code from a third party. I'll report back once I find out more.

Hey everyone. My wife has a 2007 Vibe and her check engine light came on the other day. We took it to a mechanic in town to get it looked at, expecting it to be just something simple. It turns out that a sensor telling the car how much fuel vs. air the engine is supposed to take in is malfunctioning...