my friend just spotted an 03 aztek for 2200$ i told him im not sure of the 3.1 but anyone else have any ideas?

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! my friend just spotted an 03 aztek for 2200$ i told him im not sure of the 3.1 but anyone else have any ideas?

the thing with the Aztek and Rendezvous is that if you can get by the really questionable styling, they are a pretty good car. The all wheel drive is competent, the interior is livable and really functional. It's just fucking ugly as sin.
the available engines are corporate workhorses and easy/cheap to repair or replace. The Stabilitrack equipped models are pretty reliable as well.

Posted by Samurai the thing with the Aztek and Rendezvous is that if you can get by the really questionable styling, they are a pretty good car. The all wheel drive is competent, the interior is livable and really functional. It's just fucking ugly as sin. the available engines are corporate workhorses and easy/cheap to repair or replace. The Stabilitrack equipped models are pretty reliable as well.

Yeah, my grandfather picked up a 2002 Rendezvous back in 2004 actually. It had some brake issues, but the dealer fixed it at no cost to him. Its pretty solid vehicle and the stlying I think worked at a time when SUV's were all giant boxes. Its one of the few cars I have driven where you feel more like your commanding a ship than just driving a car.

Buying a Aztek is like marryen a ugly girl that can cook. It may do what you need it to do well but you still hate bein seen with it.

fail.

Posted by jeepdave Buying a Aztek is like marryen a ugly girl that can cook. It may do what you need it to do well but you still hate bein seen with it.

An ugly girl who can cook, but her intake gaskets leak and she has noisy wheel bearings. However, she does like to go camping and her moo moo doubles as a tent.

Posted by bandi An ugly girl who can cook, but her intake gaskets leak and she has noisy wheel bearings. However, she does like to go camping and her moo moo doubles as a tent.

Maze here on UER had a Aztek and she actually used the tent and everything.

Posted by bandi An ugly girl who can cook, but her intake gaskets leak and she has noisy wheel bearings. However, she does like to go camping and her moo moo doubles as a tent.

oh now now...

Heard the tent was originally a parachute. So when you got tired of lookin at it you could push it off a cliff and there would be no consequences. Then they realized it looked like it fell off a cliff already. Had to do something with all that extra fabric.

Posted by jeepdave Heard the tent was originally a parachute. So when you got tired of lookin at it you could push it off a cliff and there would be no consequences. Then they realized it looked like it fell off a cliff already. Had to do something with all that extra fabric.

my friend Willy had one right before he and his wife separated... as I said, once you got past the looks, the interior was really cool. It reminded me of something from Star Wars. All grab handles and oversize, burly switches... it was just that styling... damn.

the gas cap looks like an extra large tecumseh gas cap!

The A/C controls look like the ones in my Gran Prix, the duel controls on mine have failed and I no longer have heat. The local dealership wanted around $450 for the head unit. So consider the slider switches on the AC a weak point and an expensive repair.

Posted by buckybear The A/C controls look like the ones in my Gran Prix, the duel controls on mine have failed and I no longer have heat. The local dealership wanted around $450 for the head unit. So consider the slider switches on the AC a weak point and an expensive repair.

bucky, my grand prix didnt have the dual zone AC, but when i would put the AC on, i would get heat on one side cold on the other, discovered it was a vacuum leak. anyways, i replaced that panel with the dual zone one, would you believe i now have dual zone heat. they already had teh dual zone plenum... they charge for the panel dats it dats all

They have an issue with the BCM cooking itself as well, lights start flickering, the radio dies, the locks go haywire and it won't run. We've had a few come in doing that.

my grand prix radio fried, horn blows fuses and the airbags dont work lol, my sunfire, nor DRL or high beams

I thought gm built good cars?

I'm gonna stop participating in this thread now

Well, thats debatable on GM alone and we each have their own preferences.

However, the Aztek and the Rendezvous were both made at the infamous Mexico Plant which as I recall JD Power & Associates rated somewhere in the bottom in quality.

Posted by Professor Chaos I thought gm built good cars?

they do.