2003 Pontiac Aztek Engine problems

"Takata recall"" stalls when I'm driving or when I'm coming to a stop it will completely shut off and when I start it up and throughout the ride is shakes and vibrates sometimes it won't start sometimes it'll start right away I don't replace spark plugs coils oil changed I'm still doing the same thing every place I go saying the same thing your says possible misfires cylinder 5 fuel and c2o oxygen simpson and I also replace the fuel filter still no different still writes the same way runs hot like it's not getting no water to the engine

Tl* the contact owned a 2003 pontiac aztek. After the contact turned the engine off, black smoke and flames appeared under the hood of the vehicle. The fire department extinguished the flames. A fire report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin and failure mileage were unavailable.

Engine rpm surges to over 3000 without warning. This often happens when the car is initially placed in drive after starting the engine. The driver may need to suddenly apply the brake if behind a car. The high rpm also acts as an undesired "cruise control" system, though the vehicle is not equipped with "cruise". The driver must also firmly hold the brake pedal down while stopped as the car will lurch forward. *Tr

My aztek started to sputtering one morning, bringing my car to a stop. The car stalled and I would have to restart. It seemed like I couldn't go over 40 mph. It's just kept hiccuping. I took it to a mechanic and got a new fuel and air filter. Still having problems, I replaced the idle air control valve. That didn't fix the problem. My car continued to get worse and couldn't even get anywhere. Took it to have the catalytic converter replaced, and it ran ok for about two weeks then it began to do it again. Took...

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 pontiac aztek. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact was unable to restart the engine. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.

I was driving about 4 mins. I stopped at light and car cut off. Car never cut on after. I just purchased car on june 26 2013. I was told there aren't ant problems with the car and if I have any problems to bring it back I brought it back to find that they didn't value their word. They wouldn't accept car back and exchange for my purchase. Although I am unable to drive car til this day. *Tr

It started running on its own and the rpm's went up to 3000 in park gear. I took it back to colonial service department. They looked at it and decided that I needed to have my iac - idle air control motor replaced. The next day 4/28/11, I picked up my car and drove it home. It seemed as though everything was fixed and working fine. Until, I drove my car on 4/30/11. That is when my car's rpm went up to 3500 in park gear. I was able to drive my car from south boston, ma all the way to the car dealership in watertown,...

2003 Pontiac aztek. Took in due to fluid leaking into oil and causing it to look like a "milky" substance. Told that these vehicles are known for this issue and that the problem was with the intake manifold gasket. Had that replaced (over $1,000) - then discovered still a leak - now they are saying it probably needs an engine. The vehicle is not even 10yrs old. I read another description similar to this. How many individuals have to be gouged before something can be done about this. If this is a known problem with these vehicles, seems like something needs to be done to stop the manufacturer from preying on their customers. *Tr

The engine started to run hot and after investigating the problem at home we discovered that the engine cooling fans were not working. We did not find any leaks or disconnected belts or hoses. We have not had a professional look at it yet but we are very certain that the fans are not coming on. *Tr

Aztek is 5 yrs old 70,000 miles. Have had problems with stalling after the first few months (was bought brand new!) Couldn't find any problem! 9/4/08 Was driving late from a game and broke down in the middle of the highway. Had diagnostic done - misfire in cylinder 6. Took it to dealer - costing me $4000 to fix! Needs 2 new heads!!!! *Tr

I had the intake manifold replaced by gm 1 1/2 years ago. Now my aztek has 82,000 and cylinder #4 has no compression - the rocker gasket had stopped working $800 later - two weeks later I have no compression in cylinder #6. My car is just 5 years old! Gm needs to stand behind their product. *Tr

I bought my grand prix from chip banks in duquoin, il. In august of 2006 and it had only 39,500 after owning it for 4 months the head started to misfire. I had someone look at it and they said it had been healy coiled to just temporarily fix the problem. I contacted the dealer I bought the car from and they said they would fix my car but I had to pay for it. I did not buy the extended warranty for my car because I could not afford it and it did not have very many miles on it so I thought it would be okay. I had it...

Car stalled on me while on a busy road. Ended up being related to the cars passlock system. Cost $500 for towing and repairs. Problem appears to be happening again as car stalled on me while on the road again on 12/11/2007 and would not start up again. Apparently this is a widespread problem on late 90's early 2000's gm vehicles. If this were to happen to someone on the interstate, I would hate to imagine what would happen as everything shuts down on the car (i.E. Power steering). Very dangerous!!! *Tr

3.1L INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. *TR

Intake manifold gasket leaks. Problem evidenced itself at roughly 58,000 miles. It appears to be a common defective condition. *Tr

Smelt burning anti freeze after driving the car. Head gaskets replaced front and back. 1 - Water pump replaced not it 2- intake manifold gaskets replaced - not totally fixed 3 - head gaskets back of engine now being replaced. *Ak

I bought a used 2003 pontiac aztec 6 months ago, and found out recently that there is a lot of known problems with the orange anti-freeze eating away at the tubes and gaskets of the engine. We are currently having to pay over $700 to fix this known problem. I think someone needs to investigate this issue and a recall needs to be done. *Jb

Vehicle would not start one day, the start the next. Then it wouldn't start at all. Had heater problem before, but when they checked it , it was fine. Then when it wouldn't start at all, had it towed. The garage I had it towed to had been the one to check the heater a couple of weeks prior to it breaking down, they had given it an oil change also. After the tow, they informed me that anti-freeze had been getting into the intake oil(head gaskets),and they would have to take it all apart(labor!!!)---And that the...

Ses light and all dash lights came on, took to salerno duane in newton nj whew I purchased my 2003 pontiac aztek new. Was told intake manifold leaking and the cause of lights, ses and dash lights. $1100 Later, lights still going off and on. Now told instrument cluster problem. $250. For parts plus labor. I am very angry that I was told that it was the intake manifold gasket, that I paid all that money and now they say it is something else. I argued with the dealer that I will not pay for instrument cluster or labor...

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...

While driving at approximately 60 mph gauges malfunctioned. The temperature gauge went way up, and the vehicle overheated. Steering wheel locked up, and vehicle stalled. Driver had to wait 20 minutes to an hour before the vehicle would start up again. Owner drove the vehicle back to the dealer, and was informed that the computer wasn't talking to the diagnostic. Dealer told the owner that the defects were taken care of. Yet, these problems still existed. Also, owner was informed that the intake manifold was defective. Vehicle was out of warranty. *Ak

We purchased a new 2003 pontiac aztek in march of 2003. To date we have had the car in for repairs on the heater fan motor replaced twice, the drivers door hinges reset twice, the rear trunk release replaced twice, repainted the drivers door and rear drivers area near taillight because the paint was gone, several no-starts that were not repeated at the garage-but needed jump starts to run, rear drivers tail-light was replaced once because it was falling out and its starting to fall out again, front wheel bearings...

Creaking noise in the steering wheel. Intermediate shaft was replaced. Also, burning smell coming from under the hood. Gaskets replaced on the intake manifold and also the throttle gasket replaced.*Ak

Service engine soon light kept coming on. Every time I had an oil change I did mention it. Was told it was a problem with the gas cap. Water leaked from evaporator. Found body of water in body pass through connector; carpet wet underneath. Evaporated drain hose was missing, hose replaced. Seats were removed, carpet dried and floor pan and sprayed carpet with odor eliminator. Dried water and cleaned corrosion from connector. *Ak

While stopped in traffic the consumer put the vehicle into park. When the consumer attempted to put the vehicle back into drive the shifter would not move. When the consumer turned the vehicle off the shifter could be moved again. This problem also occured while the consumer was waiting to back out of her driveway. *Ak *nm