2001 PONTIAC AZTEK Complaints

AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES MY FUEL GAUGE BECAME UNRELIABLE. ONCE THE FUEL LEVEL WOULD GET BELOW HALF A TANK, THE GAUGE NEEDLE WOULD START BOUNCING AROUND. IT WOULD GO FROM HALF A TANK TO A FULL TANK TO AN EMPTY TANK EVEN SETTING OFF THE FUEL LIGHT. I DEALT WITH THIS FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND THEN IT QUIT WORKING ALTOGETHER. NOW THE NEEDLE NEVER DROPS BELOW 3/4 OF A TANK. *JB

FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING,COULD NOT TELL HOW MUCH FUEL THERE WAS. DEALER SAID FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT. NOTICE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE AT 50,000 MILES. ALSO AC ALSO WENT OUT AT 50,000 DEFECTED BRACKET GM WILL NOT BACK UP. *NM

AIR CONDITIONING FAILURE. HAD TO REPLACE CONDENSER BECAUSE OF FAULTY BRACKET. *NM

MY PONTIAC AZTEC MAIN POWER CONTROL MODULE (A COMPUTER UNIT CONTROLLING EVERY ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS IN THE CAR INCLUDING STARTING THE CAR,CAR KEYS FUNCTION,WORKING EVERY CAR LIGHTS,OPENING DOORS,CONTROLLING BATTERY OUTPUT,SECURITY SYSTEM, AMONG OTHERS), WAS DEFECTIVE, DEAD, AND OUT OF ORDER .THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WERE SOME WEAK CLICKS YOU CAN HARDLY HEAR AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM WHEN YOU STOP THE CAR AND THEN IT DIES OUT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE C.D. PLAYER WAS EJECTING C.D. WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED MY SUV WAS LIKE A DEAD MOUNTAIN, I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPEN ONE MORNING WHILE THE CAR WAS AT A STAND STILL. YOU PUT THE CAR KEY TO START IT AND IT GETS STUCK! YOU TRY TO JUMP STARTED BUT IT IS NOT THE BATTERY. YOU CANT DO NOTHING TO IT. PLUS, ALTHOUGH ITS AN UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM,OR CAR PART, ONLY THE DEALER CAN FIX IT AND NOBODY ELSE. SO AFTER YOU TOW IT TO THEM YOU ARE UNDER THEIR MERCY TO TELL YOU WHATEVER THEY LIKE TO TELL FOR HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO BE FIXED, AND WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED, IT IS LIKE A MONOPOLY, AND IT IS NOT FAIR. WHAT IF THAT MODULE DIES WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY? AND WHAT IF IT DIES WHILE DOORS ARE LOOKED, YOU ARE DRIVING, IT LOOKS THE DRIVER IN INSIDE THE CAR, AND YOU CANT GET OUT WHILE IT IS MOVING FROM WHAT EVER CHARGE LEFT? IT IS REALLY A SCARY FEELING? AND VERY EMOTIONALLY STRESSFUL WHEN I AM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO TO START IT. BUT I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN MY HOME GARAGE! PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND LET THE MANUFACTURE KNOW THEY CAN NOT BE CHEAP ON THAT PART WHICH CONTROL EVERYTHING AS I DESCRIBED ABOVE. MAY BE AS A SOLUTION TO THIS COMPLEXES-FUNCTIONED FAILURE IS TO DIVERSIFY THE FUNCTIONS ON MANY SMALL AND MULTIPLE MODULES SO AS TO BE EASY TO BE FIXED. PUT MORE WARNING ABOUT WHAT TO DO IF IT FAILS ON THE ROAD, IN THEIR CATALOGUE( I HAVE NO CLUE OF WHAT TO DO) PLEASE PREVENT THIS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS FAILURE TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER FELLOW CITIZEN AND ON THE ROAD? PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 AZTEC PONTIAC. DURING A ROUTINE VISIT IN A CAR SHOP, THEY TOLD ME MY CAR HAS AN INTAKE GASKET LEAK AND THEY CANNOT REPAIR IT. THEY SUGGESTED ME TO SEE GM IN DIRECT AND FIND A DEAL WITH THEM. HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE SINCE MY CAR HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES ?*JB

AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER WAS REPLACED IN SUMMER OF 2003 AND AGAIN IN 2005. MECHANIC SAID THAT BOTH INCIDENTS WERE DUE TO FAULTY ENGINEERING (BRACKET). THE BRACKET SOMEHOW CAUSES A HOLE IN THE CONDENSER IN THE SAME PLACE. I HAVE SAVED THE OLD CONDENSERS FOR PROOF. THERE IS NOTHING THE MECHANIC CAN DO TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *NM

2001 AZTEK PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED. *TS ***NAR*** THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG, LEFT THE CONSUMERS FIANCE AND TWO CHILDREN WITH TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS. *JB

AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT AROUND 60,000 MILES. AC CONDENSER WAS REPLACED. REPAIR TECH SAID THAT THERE WAS A BRACKET THAT WAS POORLY MADE, AND THAT BRACKET WOULD PUNCH HOLES IN THE CONDENSER. TECH SAID THE PARTS SUPPLIER HAD SOLD OVER 200 CONDENSERS IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS. REPAIR TECH HAD FIXED 3 EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. *JB

2001 PONTIAC AZTEK LEAKED GAS DUE TO A FAULTY GAS TANK. *TS WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FUMES. THE FUMES WERE BAD ENOUGH TO BURN THE OCCUPANTS EYES AND THROAT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO CRACK THE WINDOWS TO GET RELIEF. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONSUMER STILL SMELLED GAS. HE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICE A PUDDLE OF GAS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE SEAM IN THE GAS TANK WERE FAULTY. *NM

BOUGHT 2001 AZTEC BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS LIKED THE DESIGN. HAD CAR FOR FOUR MONTHS AND BRAKES WERE SQUEALING. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED CLEANING. DIDN'T HELP. TOOK BACK AND THEN THEY WANTED TO REPLACE THE PADS,WHICH THEY SAID WEREN'T ORIGINAL GM PADS(EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INSPECTED BEFORE I BOUGHT IT) AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE THAT WASN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY. TOOK IT 2 SERVICE CENTER OUTSIDE OF DEALERSHIP AND BRAKE PADS WERE FINE JUST EMITTED A LOT OF BRAKE DUST THEY BOTH SAID. HEAD LIGHTS SOMEWHAT FLICKER WHEN DRIVING. DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT ON TEMP WENT OUT. ON TAILLIGHTS THE FINISH IS COMING OFF(A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES BEING CHEAP GRADE PLASTIC). THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW BUTTON SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK AND THE ENTIRE UNIT FELL THROUGH AND HAD TO GET INSIDE OF DOOR TO PUSH IT BACK THROUGH TO GET WINDOW UP BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING(ANOTHER PROBLEM A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE).IT SEEMS THESE VEHICLES HAVE DEFECTIVE GAS GAUGES. MINE WENT OUT AFTER MARATHON GAS HAD BAD GAS AND THE COMPANY HAD TO REPLACE EVERYONE'S SENSORS. I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE GAS. THE GAS GAUGE ALWAYS MOVES UP AND DOWN STILL AND WHEN IDLING GOES DOWN. THE SES LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR TEMP GOES OUT. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND THE COMP SAID TEMP CONTROL MODULATOR PLUG WAS DIRTY. HAD PLUG CLEANED AND REMEDIED PROBLEM. 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME HAPPENED AGAIN AND 5 MIN AFTER THE SES LIGHT CAME ON THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. NOW BOTH LIGHTS ARE ON AND THIS VEHICLE NEVER HAS NOTHING GOING RIGHT. *JB