{"id":57958,"date":"2019-09-29T07:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T14:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=57958"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:55:43","slug":"is-the-toyota-matrix-transmission-interchangeable-with-the-pontiac-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/is-the-toyota-matrix-transmission-interchangeable-with-the-pontiac-vibe","title":{"rendered":"Is the Toyota Matrix transmission interchangeable with the Pontiac Vibe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2005-pontiac-vibe-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"2005 Pontiac Vibe\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2005-pontiac-vibe-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2005-pontiac-vibe.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2005 Pontiac Vibe, have a 2005 Pontiac vibe, AT, (1.8L, VIN 8, 8th digit), AWD (opt MU5) &amp; I need to replace the tranny(transmission). I&#8217;d like to know, if in fact, the Toyota matrix tranny is interchangeable with the Pontiac Vibe? Also, is the 2003 Pontiac Vibe tranny interchangeable with the 2005 Pontiac<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- In-Article --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5950293074584657\" data-ad-slot=\"3814845838\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Transaxle(transmission) Swap<\/h3>\n<p>The 2003 &#8211; 2008 Pontiac vibe came with two different 1.8L engines and two different 4-speed automatic transmissions. The two different transmissions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-speed A246E Automatic<\/li>\n<li>4-speed U341F Automatic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any Pontiac Vibe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/transmission.html\">transmission<\/a> from 2003 &#8211; 2008 of the same type will work. Keep in mind that yours is an AWD and will require the transmission for an AWD. These are Toyota Built engines and transmissions for both the Vibe and Matrix. However, after looking at the part numbers and the year changes of the parts, it does not appear as though they are interchangeable. As for the 2003 Transmission, it is different than the 2005.<\/p>\n<h5>Pontiac Vibe<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>MU4 Transaxle P\/N 24242212 (2003 &#8211; 2004)<\/li>\n<li>MU4 Tansaxle P\/N 24242207 (2005 &#8211; 2008)<\/li>\n<li>MU5 Transaxle P\/N 88974661 (2003 &#8211; 2004)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MU5 Transaxle P\/N 2422208 (2005)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>MU6 Transaxle P\/N 88970223 (2003)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Toyota Matrix<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Without AWD P\/N 3050012A3084 (2005 &#8211; 2008)<\/li>\n<li>With AWD P\/N 305101A81084 (2003 &#8211; 2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2005 Pontiac Vibe, have a 2005 Pontiac vibe, AT, (1.8L, VIN 8, 8th digit), AWD (opt MU5) &amp; I need to replace the tranny(transmission). I&#8217;d like to know, if in fact, the Toyota matrix tranny is interchangeable with the Pontiac Vibe? Also, is the 2003 Pontiac Vibe tranny interchangeable with the 2005 Pontiac Transaxle(transmission) Swap&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/09\/is-the-toyota-matrix-transmission-interchangeable-with-the-pontiac-vibe\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is the Toyota Matrix transmission interchangeable with the Pontiac Vibe?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[10103,23569,7474],"class_list":["post-57958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-pontiac","tag-matrix","tag-transmission-swap","tag-vibe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83617,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57958\/revisions\/83617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}