Just got back in town and took a look at the Vibe (2006 by the way). It was indeed that relay. I turned the key on and the A/C on and as soon as I touched the relay everything turned on! I wiggled the relay around quite a bit to get good contact for it and it all seems to work fine now. It all makes...

No chance to check the relay yet. I'm going to 'sic' my son on it this week while I fly around the country on business.

Thanks for the thoughts. I know about that relay having replaced it once 'just because', when I couldn't figure out another problem I had. Regarding posting your email address? Mine are out there on thousand of websites and you'll never hide your trust me: I work in this field, getting your email ad...

My Vibe had issues recently where the repair place wanted to replace the blower motor. I discovered that the motor was fine, but the connector on the motor and the plug had both melted. I repaired that and it's been fine for about a month. Yesterday, one of my teenagers slammed the glove box door an...