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Pontiac Aztek Power Train Driveline Driveshaft Safety Report | Aug 05, 2002
Reported on Aug 05, 2002
| ON 9/4/01 WITH 3580 MILESI WENT TO MY DEALER OF PURCHASE (DALLAS AUTOMOTIVE) TO REPORT LOUD CLUNKING NOISES COMING FROM THE CAR DURING SHIFTING AND GAS ENGAGEMENT. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION. I WAS TOLD THIS AGAIN ON 12/17/01 BY NOURSE AUTOMOTIVE. THEN ON 7/02/02 WITH 24,769MILES THE PROBLEM WAS A BAD DRIVESHAFT. IT WAS REPLACED, BUT I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE ON IT WHILE THE PARTS WERE ORDERED. A FEW WEEKS LATER THEY WERE INSTALLED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, NOW WITH STRONG VIBRATIONS COMING FROM THE REAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BAD DRIVE SHAFT HAD BROKEN OTHER PARTS. I AM WAITING FOR THOSE TO COME IN AND THEY STILL HAVE ME DRIVING IT. YESTERDAY THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE WAS REVING AS I PUSHED THE GAS, BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW. AT 55MPH I SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 40 AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. IT DID THIS PERIODICALLY ON MY TRIP MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WOULD GO WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS (MERGING). PONTIAC WAS NOTIFIED AND HAS TOLD ME TO KEEP DRIVING IT. I FEEL IT IS NOT SAFE SINCE DURING A MERGE OR PASS I MAY LOSE POWER. THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM HAS BEEN LOOKED AT 4 SEPARATE TIMES BY THE DEALER TWO OF WHICH I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Aztek |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | CHILLICOTHE OH |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 3G7DB03EX1S |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 55 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | 4WD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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