Hi Vibrologist, Thank you very much for a very helpful note, I am grateful for your inputs. The link to the repair videos is really illuminating as to the amount of work required to perform the required tasks. No wonder the cost for a repair is so high!!! Unfortunately, I do not work, go to church ...

Dear Vibrologist, Thank you very much for your helpful response. I am hoping that just changing the tensioner will solve our problem. Is it something that can be done simply like replacing a spark plug or do a lot of other parts still need to be removed? My main question is what will the Toyota mech...

HI Vibrologist, Thank you for your continued interest in our problem. I do not know exactly what needs to replaced on our Vibe. All I know is that on the first cold start of the engine on days in the mid-40sF and below, we hear a metallic sound at the end of the period of time that the starter is cr...

Hi Vibrologist, Thank you very much for your very helpful note. I have a quote to fix our Vibe, based only on my verbal subscription via telephone, from the closest Toyota from our home of $1,600-$2,200. The deal we bought our Vibe at recommended this Toyota dealer because they are in the same new c...

Hi MacGyver, Thank you very much for your helpful posting. Our Vibe is an '09 which we purchased in April, '08 and has a 1.8 l engine. I would be very pleased to take your advice and take our Vibe to a good private auto shop if I knew of one. Any recommendations of such a shop in the Washington, DC ...

Hi McGyver, Thank you for your response. It is our understanding that the 2008 and 2009' Vibes are the same car and that ours is called a 08/09 Vibe. Not sure that that it matters much... I misspoke when I wrote timing "belt", I should have written timing chain. We are very sure our proble...

greetings all, This is my first post to GenVibe, thank you for the opportunity to ask for advice and guidance. We have an '09 Vibe, bought in May '08 with 32,000 miles on it. about two years ago, we started to hear a metallic scraping/slapping sound when we started the engine on cold mornings. This ...