NHTSA Complaint #10314573 — 2003 PONTIAC AZTEK

A FEW YEARS AGO, THE RADIO LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING & A CD WAS STUCK IN THE PLAYER. SEVERAL TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. WE REPLACE THEM BUT THEY GO OUT AGAIN. A FEW MONTHS AGO, NONE OF THE INSIDE POWER PORTS WORKED. I REPLACED THE FUSE. I PLUGGED IN AN MP3 PLAYER CHARGER. AFTER DOING THIS, WHEN LEAVING THE CAR, THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT UNLESS YOU PULLED THE FUSE. WHEN YOU WOULD SHUT THE DOORS, WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN IT, THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK BY THEMSELVES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF POWER STILL RUNNING TO THE LIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT GO OUT, IT DRAINED THE BATTERY AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. AFTER A WEEK OF HAVING TO PULL THE FUSE TO GET THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT, THE FUSE TO THE POWER PORTS BLEW AGAIN AND THEN THE LIGHTS STARTED WORKING CORRECTLY. NOW THE BLINKER LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. I TOOK THIS CAR TO A MECHANIC ONLY FOR HIM TO TELL ME HE THOUGHT THE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I DID NOT PAY TO DO THIS AFTER LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PONTIAC AZTEK AND INDIVIDUALS SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR REPAIRS, ONLY TO FIND THAT IT DOES NOT FIX THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WE ARE EXPERIENCING. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE CAUSING BRAKE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND BLINKERS TO FAIL. AS HUGE OF A PROBLEM THAT THIS IS, PONTIAC SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THIS WITH A RECALL. *TR