NHTSA Complaint #10075277 — 2001 PONTIAC AZTEK

ELECTRICAL AND A/C PROBLEMS:T 40,000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE A/C COMPRESSOR BECAUSE IT HAD A HOLE. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.T 83,000, THE HATCH CEASED WORKING, COULDN'T BE OPENED MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE DRIVER'S SID DOOR LOCK CEASED WORKING ( IPAID TO HAVE THAT FIXED, NOONE COULD DIAGNOSE THE HATCH) AND THE A/C CEASED WORKING. THE BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON. SUDDENLY, THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I PAID THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH ($350). REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT STILL HAD DEAD BATTERY WITHIN A WEEK. REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR BEACAUSE IT REGISTERED A BAD DIODE (($500) BATTERY DEAD THE NEXT DAY. MY MECHANIC TRACED THE PROBLEM TO A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT CAUSED A 12 VOLT DRAIN ON THE BATTERY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST ANOTHER $1000 TO PINPOINT AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SAVED MY RECEIPTS AND PURCHASED A NEW CAR, NOT A PONTIAC.*AK