Once again GenVibe saves the day! I started getting the flapping noise a couple of weeks ago at about 100,500 miles on our '04. Based on the excellent info from everyone in this discussion, I was able to repair my actuator by rotating the gear 180 degrees. It's really tight in there, but I was also ...
I want to add my thanks to Sara for making the BCs available to us, and to the folks at NUMMI who built these fine cars that we all enjoy so much. We wish them all the best of luck in the years to come.
I just bought a 2004 base (all white, super clean, all power, Pioneer nav/CD, new tires and battery, local trade-in w/92K) from a dealer last month for $6800, so I'd say you're looking at a smokin' deal, Squashdog. We love ours!
We bought a white '04 Vibe on 2/28/10 and are loving it! I just joined the GenVibe forum (lovin' that too) and would really like to get the Medium maroon T-shirt for my wife if it's still available. Please let me know how. Thanks!