Pontiac Aztek

Owners filed 566 complaints across 5 model years of the Pontiac Aztek. The 2001 drew the most (216).

Model years5
Complaints566
Recalls18
Fires13
Deaths0

Which Pontiac Aztek years should you avoid?

No Pontiac Aztek year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 121), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Pontiac Aztek model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200534
1—2Electrical SystemRoutine
200467
4—5Electrical SystemRoutine
2003128
465Electrical SystemRoutine
2002121
312Electrical SystemRoutine
2001216
6614Electrical SystemAbove average

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.