2001 pontiac aztek manual

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No reproductions in whole or in part without prior written approval. STEP 2: With the screw removed, you can use your non-marring pry tool to remove the trim. Disclaimer: Even though every attempt is made to ensure this information is complete and accurate, it is impossible to account for all possible circumstances or situations.

STEP 3: Using your non-marring pry tool, lift up the window switch. STEP 4: With the window switch removed, unplug the harness clips and set the switch aside. STEP 5: With your pick or pry tool, carefully remove the reflector on the rear of the door panel.

STEP 6: Using a 10mm socket, remove the bolt located behind the reflector and the bolt located under the arm rest. STEP 7: Using your non-marring pry tool, gently pry back on the door panel. Next, work your hand around the outer perimeter to loosen panel clips. With the bottom half of the panel loose, lift the door panel up to remove it from the door skin. STEP 8: When the door panel is removed, undo the harness clip for the window switch.

Then, remove the harness clip from the tweeter and set the door panel aside. STEP 9: With the door panel removed, peel back the vapor barrier, taking care to keep as much black adhesive as possible on the barrier. STEP When removing the vapor barrier, it may be necessary to undo some harness clips to feed the harness through the barrier.

STEP Raise or lower the regulator, so you can reach the two 2 10mm bolts that hold the glass to the regulator. Undo the 10mm bolts and secure the glass at the top of the track with a saddle cup assembly, painters tape, or wedge. STEP Remove the harness plug from the motor. STEP Remove the seven 7 10mm bolts that hold the regulator and motor assembly to the inner door skin.

Next, remove the regulator through the large hole in the door skin. Using a 10mm socket, install the bolts back into the regulator rails and attach the motor plate to the door skin using 10mm bolts.

Some people drive in spurts heavy acceleration followed by heavy braking rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is a mistake.

Your brakes may not have time to cool between hard stops. Your brakes will wear out much faster if you do a lot of heavy braking. Suddenly an animal jumps out in front of you. You slam on the brakes and continue braking. A computer senses that wheels are slowing down. If one of the wheels is about to stop rolling, the computer will separately work the brakes at each wheel. If the front drive wheels begin to slip, the rear wheels will automatically begin to drive the vehicle as required.

Page Steering In Emergencies What should you do if this ever happens? Ease up on the accelerator pedal, steer the vehicle the way you want it to go, and slow down. Speed limit signs near curves warn that you should adjust your speed. Of course, the posted speeds are based on good weather and road conditions. Page Off Road Recovery But you have to act fast, steer quickly, and just as quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object. The fact that such emergency situations are always possible is a good reason to practice defensive driving at all times and wear safety belts properly.

Page Watch for traffic signs, pavement markings and lines. If you can see a sign up ahead that might indicate a turn or an intersection, delay your pass. Never cross a solid line on your side of the lane or a double solid line, even if the road seems empty of approaching traffic. Keep trying to steer and constantly seek an escape route or area of less danger. One reason is that some drivers are likely to be impaired alcohol or drugs, with night vision problems, or by fatigue.

Here are some tips on night driving. Drive defensively. It can take a second or two, or even several seconds, for your eyes to readjust to the dark. Page The heavier the rain, the harder it is to see. Even if your windshield wiper blades are in good shape, a heavy rain can make it harder to see road signs and traffic signals, pavement markings, the edge of the road and even people walking.

But it can if your tires do not have much tread or if the pressure in one or more is low. It can happen if a lot of water is standing on the road. Page City Driving City Driving One of the biggest problems with city streets is the amount of traffic on them. Here are ways to increase your safety in city driving: Know the best way to get to where you are going.

Page Freeway Driving Freeway Driving Mile for mile, freeways also called thruways, parkways, expressways, turnpikes or superhighways are the safest of all roads. But they have their own special rules. The most important advice on freeway driving is: Keep up with traffic and keep to the right. Drive at the same speed most of the other drivers are driving.

Here are some things you can check before a trip Or is it just plain falling asleep at the wheel? Call it highway hypnosis, lack of awareness, or whatever. There is something about an easy stretch of road with the same scenery, along with the hum of the tires on the road, the drone of the engine, and the rush of the wind against the vehicle that can make you sleepy.

Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check all fluid levels and also the brakes, tires, cooling system and transaxle. Page Winter Driving Winter Driving Here are some tips for winter driving: Have your vehicle in good shape for winter. You may want to put winter emergency supplies in your vehicle. But wet ice can be even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket around you.

If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats anything you can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to keep warm. Page Loading Your Vehicle Then, shut the engine off and close the window almost all the way to preserve the heat. Start the engine again and repeat this only when you feel really uncomfortable from the cold.

But do it as little as possible. Preserve the fuel as long as you can. To find out the actual loads on your front and rear axles, you need to go to a weigh station and weigh your vehicle. Put things in the cargo area of your vehicle. Try to spread the weight evenly. Never stack heavier things, like suitcases, inside the vehicle so that some of them are above the tops of the seats. For example, if the trailer is too heavy, the brakes may not work well or even at all.

You and your passengers could be seriously injured. Page If You Do Decide To Pull A Trailer Load pulling components such as the engine, transaxle, wheel assemblies and tires are forced to work harder against the drag of the added weight. The engine is required to operate at relatively higher speeds and under greater loads, generating extra heat. Page Weight Of The Trailer Tongue And, it can also depend on any special equipment that you have on your vehicle.

Box Detroit, MI Page Making Turns Before you start, check the trailer hitch and platform and attachments , safety chains, electrical connector, lamps, tires and mirror adjustment. If the trailer has electric brakes, start your vehicle and trailer moving and then apply the trailer brake controller by hand to be sure the brakes are working. The arrows on your instrument panel will flash whenever you signal a turn or lane change.

Apply your regular brakes and hold the pedal down while you: Start your engine; Shift into a gear; and Release the parking brake. Let up on the brake pedal. They also let police know you have a problem. Your front and rear turn signal lamps will flash on and off. Your hazard warning flashers button is located on top of the steering column. Page Jump Starting Jump Starting If your battery has run down, you may want to use another vehicle and some jumper cables to start your vehicle. But please follow the steps in this part to do it safely.

They can be dangerous because: They contain acid that can burn you. Check the other vehicle. It must have a 12 battery with a negative ground system. Page 5. The terminal is under a tethered cap at the front of the underhood fuse and relay center. Keep your hands away from moving parts once the engine is running. If they do, you could get a shock and the vehicles could be damaged.

Page 9. The other end of the negative to the dead battery. It goes to a heavy, unpainted metal part on the engine of the vehicle with the dead battery. Good Battery C. Dead Battery To disconnect the jumper cables from both vehicles, do the following: 1. Disconnect the black negative heavy, unpainted metal engine part on the vehicle that had the dead battery.

You also have an engine coolant temperature warning message on your instrument panel. Stay away from the engine if you see or hear steam coming from it. Just turn it off and get everyone away from the vehicle until it cools down. The costly repairs would not be covered by your warranty. Radiator Pressure Cap B. Electric Engine Cooling Fans C. In addition, the engine coolant will require change sooner 30, miles 50 km or 24 months, whichever occurs first.

Use the recommended coolant and the proper coolant mixture. Coolant contains ethylene glycol and it will burn if the engine parts are hot enough. They are under pressure, and if you turn the radiator pressure cap even a little they can come out at high speed. Never turn the cap when the cooling system, including the radiator pressure cap, is hot. You can remove the radiator pressure cap when the cooling system, including the radiator pressure cap and upper radiator hose, is no longer hot.

Turn the pressure cap slowly counterclockwise until it first stops. If you hear a hiss, wait for that to stop. Page Bypass Tube 3. After the engine cools, open the coolant air bleed valves. There are two bleed valves. One is located on the thermostat housing. The other is located on the thermostat bypass tube.

Fill the radiator with the proper DEX coolant mixture, up to the base of the filler neck. Page 6. Start the engine and let it run until you can feel the upper radiator hose getting hot.

Watch out for the engine cooling fans. By this time, the coolant level inside the radiator filler neck may be lower. Put the cap back on the coolant recovery tank. Turn on your hazard warning flashers. The vehicle can slip off the jack and roll over you or other people. Remove the optional side convenience net. Open the jack storage compartment by lifting up the tab and pulling the cover off. Tilt the retainer at the end of the cable so it can be pulled up through the wheel opening.

Turn the wrench clockwise to raise the cable back up. Do not try to store the full size tire under the vehicle. Push the release lever located in front of the handle of the sliding rear tray to release the pin from the floor track assembly. Pull the sliding rear tray toward you without lifting it up. You will hear a click when the sliding rear tray is locked into the extended position. If there is a wheel cover, loosen the plastic nut caps with the wheel wrench.

Then, using the flat end of the wheel wrench, pry along the edge of the cover until it comes off. Page 3. Attach the folding wrench to the jack, and turn the wrench clockwise to raise the jack head a few inches. Raise the vehicle by turning the folding wrench clockwise in the jack.

Raise the vehicle far enough off the ground so there is enough room for the spare tire to fit under the wheel well. Page 8. Install the spare tire and put the wheel nuts back on with the rounded end of the nuts toward the wheel. Tighten each nut by hand until the wheel is held against the hub. Lower the vehicle by attaching the folding wheel wrench to the jack and turning the wrench counterclockwise. To avoid expensive brake repairs, evenly tighten the wheel nuts in the proper sequence and to the proper torque specification.

Tilt the retainer downward and slip it through the center hole of the spare tire. Make sure the retainer is fully seated across the underside of the wheel. Attach the folding wrench to the hoist shaft. Page Put back all tools as they were stored in the jack storage compartment and put the compartment cover back on.

To put the cover back on, slip the tabs on the bottom of the cover into the bottom of the cover opening. Push the cover in place and push down the tab on the top of the cover so that it rests in the groove.

Flip up the D Ring located in the rear cargo area. Lay the tire in the rear cargo area of the vehicle with the valve stem up with the center hole of the tire over the D ring.

For vehicles with aluminum wheels, remove the center trim cap by tapping the back of the cap with the folding wrench. D ring B. Wing Nut D.

J hook E. Full size Tire F. Storage Compartment Cap Hole 1. Push the sliding rear tray forward to the stored position. Page Compact Spare Tire Compact Spare Tire Although the compact spare tire was fully inflated when your vehicle was new, it can lose air after a time.

Check the inflation pressure regularly. It should be 60 psi kPa. After installing the compact spare on your vehicle, you should stop as soon as possible and make sure your spare tire is correctly inflated. This action will allow the vehicle to detect the compact spare tire and disable the wheel drive system. If you spin the wheels too fast while shifting your transaxle back and forth, you can destroy your transaxle.

Page Section 6 Service and Appearance Care Here you will find information about the care of your vehicle. This section begins with service and fuel information, and then it shows how to check important fluid and lubricant levels. There is also technical information about your vehicle, and a part devoted to its appearance care. Be sure you have sufficient knowledge, experience, the proper replacement parts and tools before you attempt any vehicle maintenance task.

If this occurs, return to your authorized Pontiac dealer for diagnosis to determine the cause of failure. In the event it is determined that the cause of the condition is the type of fuels used, repairs may not be covered by your warranty.

Page Fuels In Foreign Countries To provide cleaner air, all gasolines in the United States are now required to contain additives that will help prevent deposits from forming in your engine and fuel system, allowing your emission control system to function properly. Therefore, you should not have to add anything to the fuel.

It burns violently, and that can cause very bad injuries. Keep sparks, flames and smoking materials away from gasoline. Gasoline can spray out on you if you open the fuel filler cap too quickly. This spray can happen if your tank is nearly full, and is more likely in hot weather. Static electricity discharge from the container can ignite the gasoline vapor. You can be badly burned and your vehicle damaged if this occurs.

Go to the front of the vehicle and slide the secondary hood release handle from left to right. Underhood Fuse and Relay Center B. Power Steering Fluid Reservoir D.

Automatic Transaxle Fluid Dipstick E. Brake Master Cylinder F. Windshield Washer Fluid Reservoir G. You should check your engine oil level regularly; Pull out the dipstick and clean it with a paper towel or cloth, then push it back in all the way.

Do not use any oil which does not carry this starburst symbol. These numbers on an oil container show its viscosity, or thickness. With the ignition key in ON but the engine off, fully push and release the accelerator pedal slowly three times within five seconds.

And, dirt can easily get into your engine, which will damage it. Passenger Compartment Air Filter Replacement If Equipped Passenger compartment air, both outside and recirculated air, is routed through a passenger Then squeeze the tab on the left of the inner access panel to open the door.

The first air filter will pull straight out. To remove the second, reach in and slide it toward the opening. Pull the second filter out. Change both the fluid and filter every 50, miles 83 km if the vehicle is mainly driven under one or more of these conditions: In heavy city traffic where the outside temperature regularly reaches Page Wait at least 30 minutes before checking the transaxle fluid level if you have been driving: When outside temperatures are above 90 At high speed for quite a while.

In heavy traffic especially in hot weather. To get the right reading, the fluid should be at normal operating temperature, which is F to Page How To Add Fluid 2.

Push it back in all the way, wait three seconds and then pull it back out again. Check both sides of the dipstick, and read the lower level. The fluid level must be in the cross hatched area. Page Wheel Drive If Equipped If you have an all wheel drive vehicle, be sure to perform the lubricant checks described in this section. However, they have two additional systems that need lubrication.

Help keep the proper engine temperature. Let the warning lights and gages work as they should. Too much water in the mixture can freeze and crack the engine, radiator, heater core and other parts.

CAUTION: Turning the radiator pressure cap when the engine and radiator are hot can allow steam and scalding liquids to blow out and burn you badly. With the coolant recovery tank, you will almost never have to add coolant at the radiator.

Be sure the arrows on the cap line up with the overflow tube on the radiator filler neck. Page Windshield Washer Fluid How to Check Power Steering Fluid Turn the key off, let the engine compartment cool down, wipe the cap and the top of the reservoir clean, then unscrew the cap and wipe the dipstick with a clean rag. Replace the cap and completely tighten it. Then remove the cap again and look at the fluid level on the dipstick. Add washer fluid until the tank is full. Water can cause the solution to freeze and damage your washer fluid tank and other parts of the washer system.

Page Your brake master cylinder reservoir is filled with 3 brake fluid. There are only two reasons why the brake fluid level in the reservoir might go down.

The first is that the brake fluid goes down to an acceptable level during normal brake lining wear. Use new brake fluid from a sealed container only. Always clean the brake fluid reservoir cap and the area around the cap before removing it. If not, your vehicle has front disc brakes and rear drum brakes. Disc brake pads have built in wear indicators that make a high pitched warning sound when the brake pads are worn and new pads are needed.

Page Brake Adjustment Brake Adjustment Every time you apply the brakes, with or without the vehicle moving, your brakes adjust for wear. Replacing Brake System Parts The braking system on a vehicle is complex. Its many parts have to be of top quality and work well together if the vehicle is to have really good braking.

You or others could be injured. Remove the bulb access cover. Turn the bulb socket turn clockwise. Pull the bulb assembly out from the lamp housing. Unhook the electrical connector by lifting up the gray tabs and separate the connector from the bulb base. Open the hood. Using a 7 mm socket, remove the two inboard screws attaching the lamp to the fender bracket. Unsnap the parking lamp and turn signal lamp assembly by lifting straight up.

Replace the bulb by pulling the old one out and gently pushing the new one into the lamp socket. Line up the tabs on the socket with the gaps in the socket holes and screw the bulb socket back into the lamp housing until a click is heard the tab popping back out. Back 4. Unscrew the bulb socket from the lamp assembly by pressing the tab while turning the bulb socket counterclockwise. Replace the bulb by pulling the old one out and gently pushing the new one into the bulb socket.

While holding the wiper arm away from the glass, push the release clip from under the blade. Push the release clip, located at the connecting point 6. Push the new wiper blade securely on the wiper arm 7. Push the release clip, from Step 4, down to secure of the blade and the arm, in the up position. Page Your new vehicle comes with high a leading tire manufacturer. If you ever have questions about your tire warranty and where to obtain service, see your Pontiac Warranty booklet for details.

Any time you notice unusual wear, rotate your tires as soon as possible and check wheel alignment. Also check for damaged tires or wheels. The wheel could come off and cause an accident. When you change a wheel, remove any rust or dirt from places where the wheel attaches to the vehicle. When you get new tires, get ones with that same TPC Spec number. Page Uniform Tire Quality Grading Uniform Tire Quality Grading Quality grades can be found where applicable on the tire sidewall between tread shoulder and maximum section width.

Sustained high temperature can cause the material of the tire to degenerate and reduce tire life, and excessive temperature can lead to sudden tire failure.

Page If you need to replace any of your wheels, wheel bolts or wheel nuts, replace them only with new GM original equipment parts.

This way, you will be sure to have the right wheel, wheel bolts and wheel nuts for your vehicle. Use another type of traction device only if its manufacturer recommends it for use on your vehicle and tire size combination and road conditions. Some are toxic. Others can burst into flame if you strike a match or get them on a hot part of the vehicle.

Some are dangerous if you breathe their fumes in a closed space. Page Special Fabric Cleaning Problems Here are some cleaning tips: Always read the instructions on the cleaner label. Clean up stains as soon as you can Carefully scrape off any excess stain. Use a clean cloth or sponge, and change to a clean area often.

A soft brush may be used if stains are stubborn. Rub with a clean, damp cloth to remove dirt. You may have to do it more than once. GM Glass Cleaner or a liquid household glass cleaner will remove normal tobacco smoke and dust films on interior glass.

Use a car washing soap. Be sure to rinse the vehicle well, removing all soap residue completely. You can get approved cleaning products from your dealer. Rinse with clean water. After rinsing thoroughly, dry with a soft clean towel. A wax may then be applied.