NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Pontiac Vibe Recalls
The 2005 Pontiac Vibe has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 28, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Pontiac Vibe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 301
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Pontiac Vibe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Pontiac Vibe
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V627000
- Reported
- August 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 229,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Vibe, 1 other model
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 2003–2004, 2006–2007 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 2003–2004, 2006–2007 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 2003–2004, 2006–2007 Vibe, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V387000
- Reported
- August 26, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 161,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Vibe
2005 Pontiac Vibe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 301 owner complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Vibe, the newest on March 19, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Vibe, the component group named most often is the air bags (58%), followed by the power train (11%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
4 of the 2005 Pontiac Vibe's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Pontiac Vibe owners gave the mileage (147 complaints), the median was 82,805 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags174
- Power Train34
- Engine And Engine Cooling33
- Visibility17
- Electrical System15
- Engine11
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 31 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 87 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 24 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Vibe peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 87. 14% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Pontiac Vibe drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Pontiac Vibe year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 301 complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Vibe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Vibe by model year
Other 2005 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: March 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted