GenVibe - Community for Pontiac Vibe Enthusiasts

After a month of Vibe ownership and following another wash/polish session with the new Vibe I am beginning to understand the complaints about the weak Vibe paint.My wife and I are excessively (removed) about not following to close behind truck and cars in fear of rock and sand spray.Our Vibe is beginning to show evidence of very weak paint as it has chips on the hood leading edge and front bumper. Looks like GM is meeting my low expectations.I always said, you can give GM a toyota design, give them a toyota factory, give them the technology and they'll still F%$K it up :-)Still like the Vibe but a little dissapointed with it.Craig

I am hoping that the GM/Toyota people who lurk on this site can report this ever growing problem! The paint on these cars suck plain and simple.I do hope they do something about it, I love my Vibe

Quote, originally posted by Craigmri »I always said, you can give GM a toyota design, give them a toyota factory, give them the technology and they'll still F%$K it up :-)Craigkeep complaining to the dealer the more complaints the better chance of a TSB correction. I work in a truck plant for GM and its the same here. the audit employees major complaints are paint problems (thin paint, chips ect...)

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »keep complaining to the dealer the more complaints the better chance of a TSB correctionEven on an issue such as paint? Where the TSB would most likely be a REpaint? That can happen?

yep. example: yesterday at work they stopped shippment of 600+ white pickup trucks for a paint defect they found. if enough people complain out in the field it all goes back to centeral office. they then decide if they issue a recall or a revised TSB. i don't think owners are advised of TSB's though, an owner would have to return to the dealer, and the dealer would have to be honest enough to look at a TSB website and tell you if a fix is available.

Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »The paint on these cars suck plain and simple.Too true. But I don't think GM will do anything except improve the new vibes being produced. I love my vibe, but the paint is rediculous. Its spent only 1 winter month in Michigan last year, and it already has rust under the hood and in all the chip spots. I have lost all good faith I once had in GM.

I've really never noticed any paint problems on Sputnik.

Quote, originally posted by Craigmri »I always said, you can give GM a toyota design, give them a toyota factory, give them the technology and they'll still F%$K it up :-)You know, the Matrix folks are having some paiont issues as well, it's not just a NUMMI thing.One example therad on this is http://www.matrixowners.com/mo...15526

no, it's a how thin can we make this paint and make a bunch of money between GM and Toyota thing.

I wasn't trying to defend the paint quality, but wanted to point out that it is not just a GM/Pontiac/NUMMI thing. There have been some threads where people have thought about buying a Matrix instead of a Vibe because of the Vibe paint problem. Now it seems as if the Matrix does not have a paint quality advantage over the Vibe.

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »yep. example: yesterday at work they stopped shippment of 600+ white pickup trucks for a paint defect they found. if enough people complain out in the field it all goes back to centeral office. they then decide if they issue a recall or a revised TSB. i don't think owners are advised of TSB's though, an owner would have to return to the dealer, and the dealer would have to be honest enough to look at a TSB website and tell you if a fix is available.if you wonder if other GM products have paint problems. today at work they Identified 2500 white pickups that were built last week that have the paint chipping off. the batch of primer was deemed bad. they cut the windsheilds out and the paint came right off with it. they also scratched the door and you could flake the paint right off.keep telling your dealer about the bad paint everytime you take your vibe in to the dealer.