We had to go, considering it was just a short half hour drive for totality. At this location, it will be from 15:06:55 to 15:08:35. Of course the Vibe gets volunteered for eclipse duty. She may be old, ugly and cranky but there's still nobody better to spend a day like today with. :D 20240408_104826...
I may be interesested in that, joatmon! Marcie Vibe's cluster has something going on where the temperature gauge bounces up and down off the stop violently at key off. Makes a fair amount of noise depending on how high the gauge was reading. Think one of those springy doorstops. :D (Well, I thought ...
Yep, looks like that is the breather hose that connects to the PCV valve. Don't quote me on it, but it looks like maybe this is it? (#12261 in the diagram) https://autoparts.toyota.com/products/product/hose-ventilation-122610h120#popup-1 I had to replace this hose on the '03 when it split on the PCV...
Thought all the Vibes had dome light supervision? That looks like the sunroof switch/map lamp assembly. Strange as it may be, while the dome lights would time out after a while, the map light didn't have those kind of smarts. It'll stay on until the battery is dead or the bulb burns out, whichever ...
Vibe GTs with the Yamaha head were produced from 2003-2006. Just correcting a small discrepancy that tpollauf stated in the previous post. :geek: IIRC, the earlier GT's was generally regarded as the most desirable as the 2ZZ was detuned toward the end. Was there no 2ZZ Vibe's in 2007-2008? Nope, GT...
You might check the weatherstrip for the window on the edge of the door panel. Sometimes for me it's worked its way loose and gets in the way when trying to hang the door panel back on.
The boots on our '03 disintegrated like that. Certainly not ideal as being exposed to the elements like that will hasten the demise of the strut.
I replaced the front struts with KYB Strut Plus that came with new everything, including the boots. It was well worth the effort.
Good point about the link. I removed it since it was only accessible for last weekend when they were streaming. The Vibe did make a brief appearance in part 1 of season 21 but not a full road test. Hopefully next time. I've seen their Vibe review many times, but it'll be nice to be able to relive it...
Motorweek is running another Retro Review marathon this weekend. First up is season 21 from 2001/2002. Something special made an appearance during their segment on the Tokyo Motor Show... Screenshot_20221124-1.jpg Screenshot_20221124-2.jpg It's always fun to revisit how Toyota clearly knew which of ...
The front side bolts into the radiator support (10 mm head) and at the rear there's a threaded rod (10mm nut) that hooks into a hole in the left transmission mount.
That's the same situation with the 1ZZ-FE belt tensioner. In order to get the bolt to clear the frame, the right side engine mount is unbolted from the body and the engine carefully lifted using a jack (and a piece of wood between the jack and oil pan.) Not sure if that would be the same procedure h...
Bending the rules here, I know - my excuse is that Vibe was there in spirit. This Stealth was too beautiful of a specimen to not share. stealth.jpg It's been a long time since I've seen paint like this on a first gen. And look at those crystal clear headlights. This ol' gal looks to have lived the b...
We haven't really seen a lot of spark plug removal drama over the years, best that I can recall. I changed the original plugs after 12 years and they didn't put up much of a fight. That said, plenty of unsettling creaks were heard while backing the plugs out. I put a tiny amount of anti-sieze on the...
Anything below the 299,999 mark where the odometer stops working.
At this point, there probably isn't a whole lot of difference between a 150k and a 200k Vibe. How well (or not) the car was treated over the years would be more of a concern than mileage for me.
If you leave it and do nothing, it will only get worse. Can confirm. :lol: lol_paint.jpg This all started with a small area of peeling clearcoat on the center of the hood on the cowl side circa 2015. The failed area kept expanding and the base coat began cracking and flaking off. You have a small e...
I usually managed to get by with the battery in place but it's so much easier when it is removed. When disconnecting the battery on these dinosaurs, worst case is the engine will idle like crap for a while until the various parameters are relearned. And if you have an aftermarket stereo, your mileag...
I learned about his passing from a Motorweek post. Having watched Motorweek since the mid 80's, it was tough news to process. There's a great story about him here. Well worth a read. BTW there is a retro review for 1997-1998 going on right now on Youtube ( link for that. ) Plenty of good Goss' Garag...
A few things. :lol: Replaced the cabin air filter and the blower vibrating the dash badly thereafter. Great! I pulled the blower motor and found one tiny leaf in the squirrel cage. Disaster averted. Changed the oil and rotated the tires. QS high mileage synthetic blend 5W-30 and a Fram orange can th...
$5.06 for 93 today. Might not be too bad, however...
As I looked back through my records, the previous high for 93 was $4.37 in 6/2014. For 87, that was $4.27 in 6/2008. That would be $5.54 and $5.19 in today's money, respectively.
They've actually done this for a very long time. Washer/dryers & other similar appliances. Ah, yes - "Big Washer." :D 2 years old and "that'll cost more to fix than it's worth." Didn't feel like repeating that cycle so Speed Queen it was. 12 years later it's obvious those ma...
The Vibe's A/C was weak enough when the cars were new and had everything working properly. Lose the ability to recirculate the air and the A/C is really going to struggle. As much of a pain it is to replace the actuator, personally it's not something I would put off. Once you get the actuator out, w...
It's been interesting watching the news alerts change over the years.
Also interesting to see Vibe news stories from abroad where the cars were never sold. Presumably where our dead Vibes somehow go on to live and die another life.
I got my booster the day before Thanksgiving. I found it impressive how I developed a headache ahead of my appointment and it stuck with me for days. I suspect my body phoned home a few hours before the injection and received the instructions to trigger the headache. Pretty neat how this 5G stuff wo...
I've lost track of how many times I've sanded the lenses (and how many different kits I've tried.) It's a crappy job, so if you have someone that can do this for you at a reasonable price, go for it! Not knowing how much sanding they may have left in them, I've been trying to get by with occasional ...
feels like I've posted too much in this thread already, but seeing its the right time of year for the most recent challenge, thought I'd give it a bump Let's see a picture of your car with some fall foliage! Sadly, the Vibe is well past her photoshoot years. But I do have this, my '21 Elantra Limit...
I did this job just last year but I sadly I can't recall what went where. Pretty sure I just arranged them in the order they were removed to save me a bit of a headache. I used the Aisin pump, which apparently according to this Amazon review , there was a misprint in the TSB included with the pump t...
I have a tendency to queue up a few podcasts as I go to sleep. Whatever I end up not being awake for, I'll go back and listen to later. In my slumber, I heard someone mention Pontiac Vibe and that woke me right up. It was the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast. Truer words have never been spoken: &quo...
Did my spring oil change this afternoon. 7 months and 1,548.1 miles on this OCI. Valvoline Maxlife 5W-30/Fram orange can out, Meijer high mileage 5W-30/PureOne PL14477 in.
I think the next order of business is to replace the door checks, they're shot.
I've noticed Hyundai's incentives are sometimes weird on the outgoing models. After a while it seems the incentives just go away on them, making the new generation a better deal. I suppose at that point haggling with the dealer takes over.
Hyundai's piston ring recall just dropped ( link.) Theirs is only for the 2.0 naturally aspirated in the 2019-2020 Elantra, 2019-2021 Kona and 2019-2021 Veloster. I've been waiting for a Veloster 2.0 Premium to show up within a reasonable distance since last year, but trims aside from the N don't se...
As a side note how bad was the vibration with that one bad mount ? Its amazing that one mount solved your issue ! If I had to rate it on a scale from 1-10, probably about 11. :D This month we've put more miles on the car than usual and so far things are still quite smooth. Very happy with the way t...
Indiana finally got to my age group this week so my Pfizer 5G implant gets installed on Thursday.
And while I am still a Linux zealot, my opinions of Bill Gates have evolved over the years and if it keeps me from making others ill from the Corolla Virus, I will accept his tracking of my whereabouts.
Drunk robots. I've watched that video a few times now and it always makes me cringe around the 9:35 mark where the robot brings the passenger seat in from above. If it has the slightest hangover, I think they'd have to send that one back for paint repairs on the roof.
If you're still interested in the Tucson and have time to kill, here's a video of them being built in Alabama. Always neat to see how things come together.