NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Pontiac Vibe Recalls
The 2004 Pontiac Vibe has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 23, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Pontiac Vibe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 266
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Pontiac Vibe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2004 Pontiac Vibe
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V039000
- Reported
- January 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 554
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Vibe
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V883000
- Reported
- December 12, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 168,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2007 Vibe, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V285000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,973,468
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2007 Vibe, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V286000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,069,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2007 Vibe, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V043000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,006,849
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Vibe, 2 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V029000
- Reported
- January 30, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 887,709
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Vibe, 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 08V162000
- Reported
- April 10, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 662,178
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Vibe, 2 other models
2004 Pontiac Vibe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 266 owner complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Vibe, the newest on March 9, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 33 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Vibe, the component group named most often is the air bags (39%), followed by the visibility (26%) and the structure (9%).
6 of the 2004 Pontiac Vibe's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2004 Pontiac Vibe owners gave the mileage (137 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags104
- Visibility70
- Structure24
- Electrical System12
- Power Train12
- Vehicle Speed Control11
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 34 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 69 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Vibe peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 69. 22% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Pontiac Vibe drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Pontiac Vibe year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 266 complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Vibe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Vibe by model year
Other 2004 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: March 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted