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The 03 GM service manual lists the following things to check for poor gas mileage: Preliminary Checks - Check the air cleaner element for dirt or restrictions - Visually and physically check the vacuum hoses for splits, kinks, and proper connections - Check the owner's driving habits for any of the...

awdVibeNoobie

My Vibe became my daily driver and have recently noticed that it's getting really poor gas mileage. I just looked at the spark plugs and they don't look that bad. I will change that out anyways along with new coil packs. Where else should I be looking to finding out what is causing my poor mpg? BTW ...

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Hello all. I'm back again. I've haven't been on here much as I've gone though a difficult time late last year. Anyways it looks like this place is still going. Stay safe and well during this pandemic problem this world is currently dealing with.

awdVibeNoobie

mats are NLA. So is the only option is to buy the universal cut to fit rubber floor mats?!

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It does have a sunroof with a map light next to the sunroof buttons. That's the Moon part of Moon & Tunes. Look in your cargo area on the passenger side for a bulge with a speaker on it- that's a subwoofer for the Tunes part. There's also an amplifier under the passenger seat. https://farm4.sta...

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You could always use another forum's site if you belong to more than one (almost all of us do). Since cardomain.com changed their format some 5 years ago or so, I lost several pics that were uploaded there. That's what I did. Wow I forgot about cardomain! I use to use that site years ago (10+ years).

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I can now officially make my garage thread. I bought this 2003 awd Vibe on July 19th of 2019. I mainly bought it as a back up ride. When I bought this it had over 194,000 miles on it and has been maintained fairly well. First major repair that had to be done was replace the super noisy passenger rea...

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I use this filter and Mobile-1 0W-30 oil in all three Vibes. I personally won't run the 0- series oils in my Vibe, and I'm not sure I like my wife's Mazda using them. We're in Houston, and considering the temperature is very rarely below freezing - and often into the 100's - extremely low weight oi...

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I bought one at the local Toyota dealership as I didn't want to wait for amazon. What is the difference between the filters 90915-YZZF1, 90915-YZZF2 and 90915-YZZF3?

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If time allows this weekend, I will create an account with imgur and upload a couple of pics of my Vibe and post them here.

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If you got the moon&tunes package, the front map light is built into the sunroof controls. If you didn't, then the interior rear view mirror has two manual map lights built into the bottom of the mirror. Neither variant is tied to the dome/door ajar lights. Mine has a sunroof and I hooked up a ...

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Since there isn't a gallery on this forum anymore, I'm wondering what is a easy to use picture hosting site?

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I know these first gen Vibes have a Toyota engine. When I buy car parts, I try and buy OEM when I can. When I was searching on amazon, I used a Matrix and this part number came up 90915-YZZF2, is this right oil filter? It wanted me to provide more info of the Matrix and I clicked on base but didn't ...

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I'll go with copper gaskets

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Wait what!?! The early Vibes has a rear view mirror with map lights built in?!

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Ah. Thanks for the info!

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What material is the gasket for these plugs? Copper? Aluminum? Other?

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Your link isn't working. Gosh I forgot to check on amazon, oh well. The ones I bought from the link I provided doesn't have the chrome cap which I was looking for. I find it ridiculous that parts store wants $10 per lug nut. I hate to see what the dealership would charge.

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I hate how there isn't any front interior lights when you open the doors. So the only interior lights is the dome light for the rear seating area and the cargo light? Has anyone added in other interior lights to come on when you open the doors?

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I can't see how the slight length difference could matter in a differential drain plug. Its job is just to not leak. That's what I was guessing. When I was looking a bit closer over my Vibe, I noticed that both the rear diff drain and fill plugs were super rusty. When you say "super rusty"...

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I just changed my reverse lights and figured I'd add to this old thread just in case someone else searches for this info. It's really easy if you remove the light fixture. To do this, use a long screwdriver (about 11" including the handle). When you look up at the fixture from underneath the c...

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Thanks. There is one important step that was left out though

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Yeah I was getting an error message before I made this original post. As of right now, it sure is loading the pages here slowly

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Yeah it's nice the site owner keeps this place around

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Can the reverse light assembly be removed without taking the rear bumper off?

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don't want to spend a fortune for them (one parts store I stopped at was only pulling up the standard acorn lug nuts. Another parts store was able to find the correct ones but at $10 a piece, I laughed and walked out the door)you can buy them from here for a much more affordable price.

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When I was looking a bit closer over my Vibe, I noticed that both the rear diff drain and fill plugs were super rusty. I stopped at the local dealer to see if I can buy new and was told one of them is NLA but the parts guy came me the size of both plugs which was nice. Both are the same (M8 x 1.5) e...

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During my search I found weather tech is the only ones that offer a headlight protection film at $50. I'll pass and just clear coat the lenses since I already have the clear coat.

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Just did a quick ebay look and I see a lot of different screen sizes. I'm guessing go with the 7" screen? I'm not a tech/electronic savvy person, so I'm basically dumb when it comes to this stuff.

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Thanks for the info! What is this IRS you speak of?

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Ah I see. I hate when forums go down. Speaking of that two other forums I'm a member of are currently down. I'm on too many forums.

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this is the radio I'm thinking about

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Thanks for the welcome everyone. I'm absolutely astonished that it's had _that_ much work done on it. Especially the crankshaft seal (front? It doesn't have a front seal. It's a transaxle engine), and the transfer case rear output seal. Mind you, I've never laid hands on an AWD. There are several fo...

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Ah I see. Next question, how would you wire up the bi-xenon to active the shudder? Also I'm guessing that you need to disable the DRL when upgrading to projectors? When ever I get around to buying the new headlight assembly, I plan on clear coating the lenses to prevent the cloudy lenses. Good idea ...

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Happen often?

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Sorry. I'm in MI. According to receipts I got from the previous owner this past January it got a reman starter installed. I see this Vibe got some major work done in the fall of 2017 at 174,xxx miles, new front pads and rotors, trans fluid flush, replaced valve cover gasket, replaced front crankshaf...

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Great write up but how exactly is the HID projector installed? Eventually I will buy new headlight assemblies as my current headlights have cloudy lenses and I will also buy HID projectors to install because halogen lights just plain suck! The HID projectors I plan on buying are bi-xenon from here.

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I recently bought a 03 awd Vibe with 194,xxx miles. It's black with black interior. I bought it as a backup vehicle. It's in decent shape. The previous owner has taken care of fairly well. I haven't had a chance yet to look it over closely but hopefully I'll get a chance to this weekend.

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Really poor gas mileage. Looking for help.

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Since I'm late to the party, it looks like the OEM rubber floor

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What is an easy to use picture hosting site?

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Rear reverse light assembly

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I see this site was down for a short bit.

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Hello all. New Vibe owner here.