NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Pontiac Vibe Recalls
The 2010 Pontiac Vibe has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 9, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Pontiac Vibe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 58
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Pontiac Vibe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2010 Pontiac Vibe
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V024000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 628,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V025000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,126
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V340000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,754,517
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe, 9 other models
Visibility: power window devices and controls
- Campaign
- 15V689000
- Reported
- October 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,814,284
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 14V168000
- Reported
- April 9, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,486,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe, 5 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V024000
- Reported
- January 27, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,806
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V018000
- Reported
- January 21, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,806
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 09V392000
- Reported
- August 31, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,119
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Vibe
2010 Pontiac Vibe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 58 owner complaints about the 2010 Pontiac Vibe, the newest on August 23, 2022. Of these, 5 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Pontiac Vibe, the component group named most often is the air bags (53%), followed by the vehicle speed control (12%) and the engine (7%).
4 of the 2010 Pontiac Vibe's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2010 Pontiac Vibe owners gave the mileage (28 complaints), the median was 36,899 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags31
- Vehicle Speed Control7
- Engine4
- Steering4
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)3
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Pontiac Vibe peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 14. 29% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Pontiac Vibe drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Pontiac Vibe year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Vibe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 58 complaints about the 2010 Pontiac Vibe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Vibe by model year
Other 2010 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 23, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted