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Salvage yard

I did remove my upgraded center console arm rest and put the original one back on. I'll try to sell the upgraded one on fleabay.

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Vibe is gone. Sad day for me but now I have a spot in the driveway for a new toy.

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Thanks. I've emailed him. I'll give this thread a few weeks and then take it to the local yard as a last resort.

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My 08 FWD with 5-speed manual is no longer safe to drive due to a rotted subframe. The local yard will give me $600 for scrap but I don't want to see it get crushed. The good: AC condenser replaced last year 2023 Radiator replaced last year 2023 Tires new this July. Less than 1k on them. New full ex...

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I'm curious too as my 08 has been doing this intermittently for about 1 year now and is becoming more frequent.

I will check all fuses and such when I get home but hoping to hear if something solved the OP's issue

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Yeah. I ended up snagging an assembly and took the dash cover off to replace my cover.

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So I had the second recall performed to again replace the airbags in the car. This time they broke one of the plastic clips that holds the passenger airbag dash cover down. The corner now sticks up about half an inch and annoys my CDO. They tell me the part is on backorder. That was two months ago. ...

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Exactly. There is a menu selection for cutting of the lows to the door speakers and another setting for cutting off the highs to the subwoofer outputs.

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I parted ways with my 89 Dodge Daytona Turbo. I loved that car but Michigan road salt killed it. That car introduced me to hatch back styling and I found it so versatile I knew I wanted another hatch. For winter driving, I bought a 98 Chevy Blazer, again, something with a hatch. The wife had a Chevy...

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I have the stock speakers in my doors and have my radio (aftermarket) set to not pass them any frequencies lower than 120k. That keeps them from trying to reproduce lots of bass, which they aren't good at. I have a 10" sub and amp in the hatch area that handles all the 'bump' I need : - ) I did...

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It was the original starter. 2008 model. I have 155k or so miles on it. To be fair, I live in Michigan (road salt) and on a dirt road so the wire has been exposed to a lot of 'stuff' over it's life. I did use penetrating oil on the bolt that removes from the driver's side and I wonder if that may ha...

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So the Vibe is up and running again. Here's what I did: Tested the power at the solenoid's positive bolt - 12.2 Tested the signal wire at the solenoid - 12.2 Decided to take off the starter and stare at it. I removed the right-side bolt. Came out easily after the initial breaking loose. Removed the ...

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Going from memory (I'm at work) the batter was 12.4 volts at the battery. I turned on the headlights, dash vents fan set to high, dropped .1 volts. Turned the key to 'start' and it dropped about 5 volts to 11.8 or so. My load tester is one of these: http://a.co/d/jd5ZL98 I don't even get the low-bat...

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Started at work on Friday... drove home. Parked and 15 minutes later decided to move to a different part in the driveway. Cranked but wound down quickly, as if dying/dead battery. Thought that was odd so I cranked again. Nada. Didn't even crank. Thought that was odd. Checked the battery and the idio...

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2008 base vibe (wanted a 350 in it but not an option) That ride was brief I conclude. Got home from work today, 55 degrees out, and the rad was warm to the touch. Car never overheats, runs great. Coolant level seems to have dropped a bit more but I don't smell antifreeze now. I guess I'll run it int...

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So the other day I thought I smelled antifreeze while driving on the freeway. I got paranoid and checked the overflow level when I got home. It is right at the "Low" or a hair below it. Didn't see any leaked coolant but if it was leaking while driving it gets blown around so much you rarel...

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I too am closing in on the 100k mark. When is it recommended to replace the timing chain/belt (not sure which) on a 2008 vibe?

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I don't have the instructions anymore, sorry.You can buy an adapter from Crutchfield if you don't want to cut your harness.If not, I found this online:http://www.clarion.com/us/en/M...1.pdf

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And that's why I went through Crutchfield They have awesome support. Mine doesn't have anything fancy like touch screen so it should be fine. Just buttons and knobs.

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I routed the 3 foot or however long cable they supplied to the glove box and have it laying in there. When I leave my ipod in the car, I don't want it in sight so it can now hide in the glove box with the mice.

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Nope, not a joystick. It is a whopping big volume control. The arrows at the 4 quadrants around it are 4 switches you depress to move around tracks and change settings.

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The radio has 700+ possible color combinations. You can scroll through them or just alter the red, blue, green numbers directly.I turned them to zero and red to 8 and it looks really close. Now I need to turn down the brightness of the radio to match the Vibe or turn up the vibe's lights to the leve...

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'They' make adapters for IPOD's that go inline in the antenna. Decent sound but not as clean as a direct input.I'd just get a new radio as suggested. I got a new one last week and am very happy with it, though I don't use the aux port. I'm bluetoothing it instead

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DOH!That's a pain. Oh well hope it works out

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the plug on the back of the radio is vastly different than the plug on the wiring harness.You will have to pull the wires out of the vibe harness and run them manually into the harness for the radio.All the crutchfield adapter does is make it so you don't have to hack the stock adapter apart.If you ...

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Cool Unless it comes with goodies, you will need the harness adapter, radio housing adapter, and an antenna adapter, to fit your Vibe.

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I think I'll be happy with my 12 gigs of MP3's on my Droid. I don't think I'll ever put a CD in again

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Wow...tough crowd tonight!!! Ffffiiiinnnneeeee.... I took a picture. Tis attached.I did get it from Crutchfield. I like the whole "everything you will need in one package" approach.Cost me 199.99. No tax/shipping.Install was a snap.

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I am trying to join the modern world

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This: http://www.clarion.com/us/en/p....htmlSounds awesome, better than the stock radio (if you can believe that).It paired well to my Droid X so now I have bluetooth tunes. I have the USB cable sitting in the glove box so I can toss an IPOD on there if I get the urge.Install was easy; Crutchfield s...

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Hey, I had a company in Ann Arbor do mine at 30% and it turned out great. Was 150 bucks or something.I have tried applying tint myself and I don't have the patience for it. I get tons of bubbles and it looks terrible.Will

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Thanks :-)I probably will place a small attractive screw into the seat belt cover and secure it to the b-pillar so it stops popping out.

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the area where the belt goes down into the trim next to the front seats. When the seat belt is pulled hard for any number of reasons it pops the trim loose.Not a difficult fix as I bend the plastic tab back in and tuck it back into place but it is annoying to continually have to do this.Anyone have ...

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There are quite a few vibes in Ann Arbor. My co-workers like to give me grief over the "Vibe demographic" and how I am the only cool vibe owner in the city.Everyone else we see is either over 70 or looks straight out of a loony bin. (no offense to anyone in a loony bin).Let's do a meet :-)...

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ha ha....that is why my planet WANTS you to believe......

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The problem I think is the engine is too small and doesn't heat up enough, not compared to how cold it is.I can sit in any other of my vehicles in this weather and feel the temps rise/watch the temp gauge climb.I sat in the vibe idling before a drysuit dive when it was snowing and the temp gauge jus...

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Put some of that heat into a ziplock bag and mail it my way please

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I let the vibe warm up for a few while I put the mailbox out and gave all the dogs their morning pats on the head.Funny thing is the vibe never really warms up on the drive in until I hit the freeway. It stays at about 1/4 temp until then.

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took this on the way to work this morning.

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Ann Arbor (ish).

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we had an inch or so of snow on the road so normal driving "road feelings" were not present.The road is also very center crowned so the car leans to the right all the time.How often do the sensors fail?

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DOH! I rarely read my manual

When I took the tire off the indicator light was on.Put the tire back on and the light is off. I love technology.

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So the dreaded tire pressure idiot light came on yesterday morning on when I started my car to go to work. Wasn't on the night before when I parked it.Assumed it was because of the drop in temps. Got to work...checked all tires: 40, 40, 40, 32. Ok, low tire so good for the light.Filled it up on the ...

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Eh...I bet the socket is fine but I am open to suggestions.Do you have one that clips to the vents? I didn't see any that I thought would work well with the Vibe's style of vent opening.

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I have found this online...http://www.alternativewireless....htmlAnyone have that or something similar? My Vibe is a manual and I am worried that the holder might interfere with the shifter.Thoughts?Will

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I am the same way. I came from a phone that was...well...a phone. Didn't even have text msging turned on.Now I have this 'toy' and am asking myself....why? Is it worth the extra $$ each month?Things it does that I like;Web browser - works well and many sites are optimized for the I-phone so they loo...

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I could not find a way to take a picture of the phone with its built in camera ;-)Here is the general media picture:http://www.laptopmag.com/revie...15937

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Anyone else have one? Pretty nice 'toy' but way more than I need from a phone.I will keep it for a while longer (have 30 days) and if I don't use most of the features I will probably go back to my plain old phone.

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when you catch them use a can of spray paint and run a line down their back or something. That way you will know for certain next time you see one.Plus, the other hogs will make so much fun of the striped ones they will run away to avoid the shame.

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My wife told me the other day...."well...we HAD a ground hog in the back looking like he wanted to move in under the deck..."It seems our groundhog deterrent got him before he finished digging.....

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This is some cold SH ITE!

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Tire pressure monitor - interesting story

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