2003 pontiac aztek has been building from ABS and brake lights and chimes to fuel gage losses all intermittent. Vehicle locks up and won't start or has started starting on its own in the garage. It is reminding me of being a kid in the 60s and playing pinball with all the lights and "specials" lighting up! Reading from online stuff I am in a group of many owners having problems that are the same. One common theme is the body control module! Is gm hiding their heads in the sand over this problem. I am going to be replacing my module as I don't want my car gasing us to death at night in my garage. Lucky my door to the garage was open today! I am totally disappointed that gm has not and the government has not made them set up and take care of these problems. No fire yet no damage yet no crash yet! And they are lucky if this hasn't hurt someone yet.
2003 Pontiac Aztek electrical complaints
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A few years ago, the radio lights stopped working & a cd was stuck in the player. Several times, the headlights have gone out. We replace them but they go out again. A few months ago, none of the inside power ports worked. I replaced the fuse. I plugged in an mp3 player charger. After doing this, when leaving the car, the lights would not go out unless you pulled the fuse. When you would shut the doors, without the key being in it, the door locks would lock by themselves. As a consequence of power still running to the lights that would not go out, it drained the battery and the brake lights stopped working. After a week of having to pull the fuse to get the lights to go out, the fuse to the power ports blew again and then the lights started working correctly. Now the blinker lights are not working. I took this car to a mechanic only for him to tell me he thought the light switch needed to be replaced. I did not pay to do this after looking at hundreds of online complaints about electrical problems in the pontiac aztek and individuals spending a lot of money for repairs, only to find that it does not fix the electrical problems we are experiencing. This is a safety hazard when electrical problems are causing brake lights, headlights, and blinkers to fail. As huge of a problem that this is, pontiac should be responsible for repairing this with a recall.
Electrical mechanics in the car, I have been stuck in the middle of city traffic and cannot get the car to move. It stalls out in traffic.
The ati-lock (ABS) light comes on intermittently. First started 6/4/07 took car to deal. Dealer state the sensors is corroded and will not be covered under you extend warranty. They clean the sensors and charge me $200 dollars. According to the work order I was not charge any parts. So just 200 for labor to clean a sensor pick up the car that night the dashboard ati-lock (ABS) light came on and stay on. Return car back to deal they had the car for almost 2 week and replace the wheel bearing assembly. They state this should fix the dashboard ati-lock (ABS) light . Pick up the car that night went to stop the car and the ati-lock (ABS) light came back on. Return car back to the dealer had car for 5 days said one of two things the emc or ecc some ati-lock (ABS) computer or the wires running from the sensor to the computer is shorted out. They jumped the sensors by passing the engine wire harness so there is a direct path form the ABS sensor to the ABS computer. The deal state that is was fixed. Currently have the car and test driving it now 6/27/07
I'm having problems with my brakes and head lights and also my battery. I think it's a electricity problem. Every since I had this truck I have had to change my brakes about 10 times and my head lights about five times and battery twice. There's a grawl and roar sound coming from the brakes. The brakes went out on me one time cause me to run out in front of cars. This could have kill me an d my child. I ask for another car instead of this.
While the vehicle is running - vehicle is in park - vehicle will not come out of park and go into gear. You have to turn it off and restart the vehicle to get it to come out of park.
2003 pontiac aztec, caught on fire and the vehicle had been sitting 14 hours I only had the aztec for just about 2 weeks, the fire starting under the hood in an electrical box the SUV was a total, mean while I lost my down payment of 1,000 and is still left with out transportation the insurance company paid off the loan which left me a balance owed now, responsible for the deductible and again the loss of my down payment and no car this has been an nightmare for me it has been 3 months and I still feel I should have been awarded an down payment the fire was the manufacturing fault and the insurance went only after the book value and me as a customer well nothing but misery and pain. Janice.
Dt: the hazard, turn, and brake lights quit this happened all at once. The consumer took the vehicle to a dealer and they performed a diagnostic test, the switch which showed to be defective. The aforementioned were replaced, a new switch was installed and new flashers.
2003 pontiac aztek has a water leak. Ses light illuminates,fuel gage fluctates and carries an odor from water damage.c305 connector needed to be replaced because of corrosion caused from water. Dealership returned my car on june 20, 2005 stating everything was fixed and on july 18, 2005 car is back at dealership because floor is completely soaking wet again.as of today, july 19, 2005 the dealership has not contacted me regarding my vehicle, nor returned my phone calls. Cause of water leak must still be unknown.
The 2003 pontiac aztec has intermittent issues regarding the rear directional signals and now inoperable brake light(s). There are no indications of a directional signal failure except for when it is dark outside or someone behind me identifies the issue. The specific issue is that when the directional signal is used, both the rear directionals flash. There was a recall regarding this issue; however, the part identified has already been replaced, as well as every other component. After the 4th time the vehicle was in for the same issue, I was following behind the driver of the aztec. Immediately I discovered that after the repair, the back left brake light was no longer functioning. The bulb was replaced with no improvement. The vehicle is currently at the dealership at this time.
My vehicle should have fallen under the lemon law due to several problems, resulting in 21 visits to the dealer in less than 3 months. Besides all of these problems, I later had to take it back because when I made a short left to right turn the vehicle would die leaving me to try to steer it to safety. It was supposed to be fixed, but recently it started doing it again. This is a dangerous problem, and is threatening the lives of everyone.I am a single mom, and this is my only transportation. The vehicle now has 81,000 miles on it, and is out of warranty. This is obviously an ongoing problem, and I can't afford to have these repairs done.I would like to turn in all of my vehicle information and problems that it has had to someone. I tried to work with the dealer and pontiac's customer service for the first year, and was finally told by walt grayson at grayson pontiac that maybe I should consider an extended warranty. Instead of offering to assist with the situation. I have back up for everything that has been done to the vehicle. Can someone please help me?
2003 pontiac aztek.....events leading to failure- flickering lights, unusual odor. Smoke in the interior of the automobile coming from under driver's seat. Within minutes, flames came through the middle of the driver's seatand automobile became engulfed in flames, vehicle was destroyed. It was unsalvable.
Aztek has stalled out without warning while driving. Stalls have taken place during low speeds (usually 10-15 MPH) and always while turning. Has resulted in stalling in the middle of a busy intersection as well as other unsafe situations. When stalls the battery light comes on and steering freezes and must restart car. Starts back up with no problem and no problem lights indicated on dashboard. Service department unable to replicate problem and find no codes set for incidents in vehicles computer. Stalling has now occurred four times, always unpredictably and inconsistently but always on full tank of gas. Vehicle has 30, 000 miles and is in very good condition otherwise.
When driving at any speed check engine light appeared on the dashboard. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to be inspected. However, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem. *ak the vehicle also rolled forward while on a slight incline. The ignition switch attempted to start the vehicle although it was already started. The rear hatch could not be opened by the button on the inside of the vehicle. The brakes failed while attempting to come to a stop. When the vehicle was on and in park the gear selector could not be moved into drive unless the vehicle was shut off then turned back on. The consumer heard a whining noise coming from the steering wheel. An odor was coming from the vents when the A/C was on.
On 2/8/2004 consumer started the vehicle and turned the windshield wipers on. The windshield wipers stopped operating and began to smoke. The vehicle caught on fire due to a malfunction in the windshield wiper motor which was replaced by the dealer. Two weeks after being repaired the windshield wipers failed twice during inclement weather, causing poor visibility to the driver while on the highway. *ak the vehicle had an electrical fire. The windshield wipers wires were burnt up making a hole in the windshield fluid container. The consumer requested reimbursement for missing work, stress, and car payment. *sc
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