NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Pontiac Vibe Recalls
The 2006 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 2006 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
- 177
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 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 2005, 2007–2008 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 2003–2005, 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
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V387000
- Reported
- August 26, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 161,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2008 Vibe
2006 Pontiac Vibe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 177 owner complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Vibe, the newest on December 5, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Vibe, the component group named most often is the air bags (67%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (11%) and the power train (7%).
4 of the 2006 Pontiac Vibe's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Pontiac Vibe owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags119
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Power Train12
- Electrical System11
- Engine10
- Vehicle Speed Control6
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 51 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 36 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Vibe peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 51. 9% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Pontiac Vibe drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Pontiac Vibe year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Vibe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 177 complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Vibe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Vibe by model year
Other 2006 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: December 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted