NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Aztek Recalls
The 2003 Pontiac Aztek has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Pontiac Aztek. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 128
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Pontiac Aztek, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Pontiac Aztek
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 07V349000
- Reported
- August 8, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2004 Aztek, 3 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Aztek, 10 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 03V052000
- Reported
- February 20, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,512
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2004–2005 Aztek, 13 other models
2003 Pontiac Aztek complaints by year
NHTSA has received 128 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Aztek, the newest on August 19, 2022. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Aztek, the component group named most often is the electrical system (20%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (17%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
1 of the 2003 Pontiac Aztek's 4 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2003 Pontiac Aztek owners gave the mileage (90 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System25
- Fuel System, Gasoline22
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Power Train14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Aztek peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 18. 45% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 128 complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Aztek are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Aztek by model year
Other 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted