One problem related to power train has been reported for the 2000 Toyota Celica. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Toyota Celica based on all problems reported for the 2000 Celica.
This vehicle has ( according to all sources available ) burned oil from the time it left the plant brand new,most 2000 to 2002 Toyota Celica gt's have this issue as the rings were bad. Toyota has never produced a recall for this issue and it has effected thousands of vehicles. Toyota did change the rings out for the 2003 models and newer, so they did know the problem existed. This has caused many Celica's to experience blown motors.