Thanks for the info Bookworm. I thought 03-07 but figured best to ask those owning the cars. We're in Sacramento area, fair amount of salvage yards to check. The axle replacement looks straight forward, will need aligned/shimmed afterwards.

Hi, Thanks for let me join. We have two 1st gen Vibes, both automatics. Just found out the latest one has a bent rear axle beam. The previous owner said it was his mom's car and had been side swiped-drivers side. Everything appeared fixed and it seems to drive OK but we noticed bad weird rear tire w...