2003 Pontiac Aztek base 4 door review from North America
"A nightmare on wheels"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
At 300 miles my head light assy. had to be
replaced kept fogging up and at 800 they replaced them again,then it was my front end shakes when braking at 1500 miles and then at 2000 miles the rear end makes noise when brakeing again at 2500 brakes front end and at 3000 and then at 4000 and then at 7000 still front end shakes they say can't dup the problem, but repl rotors and pad and rear end greased it up noise went away for about 100 miles came back when brakes again its like a card in a bike spoke when stopping brakes again at 10k 12k 15k and 18k along with rear end noise.also at 10k replaced radio kept cutting out and now at 19k doing the same again along with a new problem when you stop while car is running and put it in park and like talking to someone and letting someone off then go to take it out of part its locked can't take it out of park turned off the car and it lets you take it out of park don't know what this is as of yet. what a nighmare the service dept won't even call me back wehn I call them anymore in 2 years and I got this new its been in the shop every month.
General comments?
Don't buy it.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 2003 |
| Year of manufacture | 2003 |
| First year of ownership | 2004 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | 3.4L Automatic |
| Performance marks | 1 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 5 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 4 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 1 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 4 miles |
| Most recent distance | 19100 miles |
| Date of Entry | 22nd February, 2006 |