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.
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2001 Pontiac Aztek329 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.
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.
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.
Worst in 2002
Worst in 2001
Worst in 2002
Worst in 2001
Exactly what failed on a Pontiac Aztek
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Pontiac Aztek, by the month it reached NHTSA.
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.