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suspiciouspackage
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nooooob from GA

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Just wanted to say thanks for a very informative site. I just picked up a 2005 Vibe Base for my daily driver and have already picked up a great deal o useful information here.

My car suffers from three small problems that need to be corrected and 2 of them seem to be very common.

1) Recirculate/fresh air door is stuck in recirculate mode and just clicks when the button is pressed.

2) Passenger side door-check is broken off.

3) All of the finish is rubbed off a lot of the radio buttons. I'm guess whoever had it before used lotion on their hands alot or something.

Anyway.

90k miles
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New clutch

Nothing special but here she is.

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sexy.
that is all.

oh, and welcome!!!
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welcome to the forums!!!
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Hi and welcome. Nice looking Vibe.
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Welcome to GenVibe. You did get the hottest color BTW :D Wait till Brandon finds out that someone in his neck of the woods has joined us :) The manual 5-speed make it that more attractive. You'll enjoy this ride for many years to come. Good luck and enjoy the ride ;)
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Welcome to GenVibe!!!
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Passenger side door-check is broken off.
OK, I give, what is this?

Charles
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CharlesinGA wrote:
Passenger side door-check is broken off.
OK, I give, what is this?

Charles
That little piece of metal connecting the door to the frame. it keeps the door from opening too far.

Cheaper to buy at a Toyota dealer than a GM dealer, and, the same exact part.
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Welcome to GenVibe! Glad to hear you've already gotten some useful info from us! Nice looking 1st gen ;)!
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Thanks for the warm welcome. I've been driving the car for about 5 days now and she's still at a half a tank. Nice to be able to park the Suburban :)
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Found a Door check for $25 at a local salvage yard. They are pulling it for me.

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As far as the clicking- I'm sure you have found that post on here. Helped me to. Just did mine and I can tell you that it took a bit longer then I thought but needed to be done. My wife thought one day that some animal had gotten into the car when she heard the clicking. :lol: If you don't have time to make the repair just turn your recirculate off.
For the check- Broke mine to. :evil:
Radio- Buy a new one. Much better sounding and cheaper. 8-)
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Welcome to the family! Where you from in GA? My college life was spent in Savannah :)
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