2003 PONTIAC AZTEK Suspensionfrontwheel Bearing Problems

IN APRIL 2011 ON BUMPY ROADS A GRINDING NOISE WOULD COME ON AND IT TOOK LONGER TO STOP THE CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY THE ABS SYSTEM AND COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS, THE COMPUTER MODULE MAY BE BAD, THE SENSORS ON EACH WHEEL COULD BE BAD. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE IN MAY, HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARINGS ON ONE WHEEL AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED $540. THEN IN JUNE THE CAR STARTED DOING THE SAME THING, TOOK IT IN AGAIN, WAS TOLD ANOTHER WHEEL NEEDED NEW BEARINGS $740 WITH A WARRANTY. IN AUGUST CAR STARTED THE VIBRATING AND GRINDING AGAIN, YOU CAN HEAR A VIBRATION LIKE A MOTOR OR SOMETHING COMES ON AND THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP YOU HAVE TO PUSH REALLY REALLY HARD. AT THAT POINT I WENT ON LINE TO CHECK IT OUT,...

WHEEL BEARINGS DEFECTIVE. *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 ARE BEING REPLACED TOMORROW. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 18,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HATE IT AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC BECAUSE OF THIS LEMON. ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE UNDER WARRANTY SO FAR, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT RUNS OUT? SELL IT TO THE NEXT SUCKER I GUESS. *JB *TR

BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED AT 16,000 MILES. DEALER REPLACED BOTH HUB ASSEMBLIES. DEALER DID NOT HAVE ANY REASON FOR EXTREMELY PREMATURE FAILURE.*AK

WE PURCHASED OUR 2003 PONTIAC AZTEK LAST JULY (03). THIS JANUARY, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL GM DEALER FOR REPAIR, AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING HAD SEPARATED INTERNALLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON 2/4/04. A FEW WEEKS LATER, NOISE RETURNED. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED TODAY (3/29/04). THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON IT. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID ANOTHER AZTEK WITH LOW MILEAGE HAD TO HAVE ONE BEARING REPLACED TWICE. COULD GM HAVE GOTTEN A DEFECTIVE BATCH OF BEARINGS, OR IS THERE POSSIBLY SOME DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSES THE BEARINGS TO WEAR OUT ABNORMALLY QUICKLY? FOR THE MOST PART, I LOVE THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER ISSUES WITH IT WHICH COULD MAKE IT LESS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE 'SPOILER' BETWEEN THE SLANTED...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER,AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. *AK