FaultScore

Worst years for a Pontiac Aztek

Owners have filed 829 complaints about the Pontiac Aztek with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2005. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2001 Pontiac Aztek

329 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2005 Pontiac Aztek

43 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Pontiac Aztek year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 A 43 2 0 72,100 Electrical System
2004 C 96 8 0 47,545 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 C 188 6 8 74,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2002 B 173 3 1 66,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2001 F 329 24 9 52,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a Pontiac Aztek

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 129 15.6%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 120 14.5%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 94 11.3%

Worst in 2001

Brakes 84 10.1%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2001

Suspension 52 6.3%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2001

Airbags 38 4.6%

Worst in 2001

Lights 32 3.9%

Worst in 2001

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Body & Structure 24 2.9%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 22 2.7%

Worst in 2001

Doors, Latches & Locks 21 2.5%

Worst in 2002

Acceleration & Cruise Control 20 2.4%

Worst in 2001

Exactly what failed on a Pontiac Aztek

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

AIR Conditioner 32 16.7%
Wheel Bearing 31 16.1%
Automatic Transmission 25 13.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 20 10.4%
Tank Assembly 20 10.4%
Storage 17 8.9%
Engine 16 8.3%
Cooling System 11 5.7%
Frontal 11 5.7%
Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe 9 4.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Pontiac Aztek, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2000 peak 20 Aug 2022

Pontiac Aztek problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Pontiac Aztek

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.