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ok i have had a problem with water in the front passanger side this winter ..i thought it was just melting snow.but there was way to much water under the carpets when i lifted them out......not to metion the mold and mildew smell..grrrrrrrrr. so i went under the car and took this pic...some people have said that Gm forgot to plug holes underneth the car when they first came out......the 05's now have this hole plugged......i was wondering if this hole would lead to a leak in the front seat floor???

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and here is a pic of the ones in the back but they are plugged??? weird i guess.

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yup.... that big ole hole is gonna be a problem! I gotta check out mine now.. Is that hole directly under where you have the most water?

Quote, originally posted by Ponyota »yup.... that big ole hole is gonna be a problem! I gotta check out mine now.. Is that hole directly under where you have the most water?ya it seems to be...it looks like they must have forgot to fill the hole with the cover at the dealership.....if u pull the crapet and underlay up there is a peice of hard plastic sheet or something right over top where thr hole is.but the never sealed it.so it can splash up and in...the hole is in the spot u would jack up ur car in the front......should not be hard to see it..urs might have a cover in it now if u are a newer model.

In your picture there seems to be a ridge where the plug used to be. I think it just fell out.

ya i dont have the 2 front ones......only the 2 back ones.......the driver and passanger sides were not put in or are lost somewhere.i bought the car used.lol...so i went to my local "ponny" dealership to look on the new 05 vibes and they all had a plug there..so i guess i have to go get me some.unless someone here has a few kicking around???

via the sticky "Advice for new Vibe Owners" thread in the "Vibe Lounge" section:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=3283It was one of the first things i checked when i picked up my vibe last year.

can someone check to see if there front holes are plugged.and if the are could u take a pic and post it for me.thx

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »http://service.gm.com/gmtechli...tory1Very good find CP!! I will check it out mine tomorrow moring before go to work that going to be rain I think that what I heard from weatherman....

GM Tech Link rocks. The Vibe isn't mentioned in too many editions, but I do remember running across that one. That gave me a good starting point for tracking down the water leak on my friend's Vibe, too bad that wasn't the problem. But seeing how GM deemed it necessary to point out the missing plugs, I'm sure that there are plenty o' vibes around coming in for water leaks and that's the culprit.I hope that will be the fix for whoever has leaks, we still haven't figured out where all that water is coming from on his car.

Damn...with as little as my dealer apparently knew about these cars when I bought mine...I should probably check and make sure those plugs are in there. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find they aren't there.

lol........just got back from my dealership.HOLY MOTHER of GOD.they wanted 18$ a plug for them.......he told me u can get the same plag at UAP,NAPA or APM for about a buck each.......so off i go to get me some....or i guess i could just visit a nice toyota dealership at nite and "borrow"me a set for a trix's.lol...ok i guess i wont do that iam not 16 anymore.

Holy smokes! Reminds me of whan I lost one of the rubber stoppers that go on the inside of the doors.. For this one tiny piece of rubber, they wanted like over $15 for it.If you're under warranty, let them deal with it. The dealer screwed up during PDI so they should have to deal with it, not you... In a perfect world, at least.

I thought I was the only fool that got ripped off on the door stopper.

LOL! Nope. Lost mine when I was cleaning the inside of the door after washing it. I thought "that won't be much, so I'll buy at least 2." Since I had previously knocked a couple off (but found them to reattach) I figured that would be a wise move. Parts guy was kinda like "um, you may not want to buy a couple of them."So I let GM pay for their $15 piece of rubber...

well iam happy to say that iam now the proud owner of 2 new plugs.....i got them off a 2005 matrix at a salvage yard..did not cost me a thing.yah..(oh ya i silconed them in, so i will not get leaks or have them fall out again).wish i would have had more time and $ i could have got alot more stuff for the car....upgrade the radio...get all 8 tie downs for the back hatch...maybe even a newer set of rims...they had 1 vibe and 3 or four trix's.....so i will be going back some day soon.thx for all ur help guys.this site still rocks(even if eveyone is selling there vibes.lol)

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