NHTSA Complaint #10242123 — 2002 PONTIAC AZTEK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE CODE WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR. MECHANIC DE-ACTIVATED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER 2 DAYS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD CODE CHECKED. SAME ISSUE WITH FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A RECALL ISSUE. DEALER CHECKED WITH MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM. DEALER REMOVED CONNECTOR AT BODY PASS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DE-ACTIVATED. AFTER 1 WEEK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. TRACTION CONTROL AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS CONSISTENCY APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. UPON STARTING UP THE VEHICLE, ALL GAGE LIGHTS WILL FLASH FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN GO OUT. A/C STOPPED WORKING AND HAS NOT WORKED SINCE. STEERING WHEEL RADIO VOLUME BUTTON SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T. HAVE ALREADY PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO REPAIR OF THIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2007 WITH 57,000 MILES. SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING TRADE-IN AS THIS VEHICLE IS A LEMON. HAVE SPENT HALF THE PURCHASE PRICE IN REPAIRS WITHIN 1 YEAR OF PURCHASE. AFTER SEARCHING INTERNET FOR AZTEK PROBLEMS, HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING SAME ISSUES I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS VEHICLE. IF THESE ARE COMMON ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL, WHY IS THERE NO MANUFACTURER BULLETIN TO REPAIR THESE DEFECTS? *TR