Toyota Celica owners have reported 6 problems related to engine (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Toyota Celica based on all problems reported for the Celica.
I have a 2000 gt. Bought it used, 3 weeks after owning it starts using about 1/2 - 1 qt. Of oil a week. So take it to a Toyota dealership and they say our best bet is to have the engine re-built which cost $1,500! so the engine is re-built everything is fine for about a month then it starts using oil again and by this time there's no warranty. So I continued to keep driving checking and adding oil. 5 months later I'm driving down the highway the temp. Gauge goes all the way to hot and drops right back down. A couple of days later the engine blows up. After having a new engine put in it, engine costing $2,000 for a used engine. The temp. Gauge does this again. . . Come to find out air is in the coolant system and Toyota never got it all out the first time and that's why it blew up.
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I was driving down the road about 55 mph when I heard a bang and smoke coming from the engine. Ihad it towed to the Toyota dealer in harrisnburg va . They told me my engine had blown . My warrenty refuses to pay the repairs. So now I have no car. And a bill for 4100 . That I cant pay . And now they are charging me 25 dollars a day to hold my car . I dont understand why I have a warrenty thats no use to me or my car .
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Consumer purchased vehicle in 04/01. While driving engine began making a "clicking" noise. Dealer diagnosed oil sludge in engine.
Driving for 10 minutes in the car threw a rod, cracked the block, sheards of metal thru oil pan & water coolant system. Also rod dented hood so body work being required. Over $5500 damage on a 4 year old car! mr.
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When driving vehicle would jerk. Engine would become noisy and shaky. Would fail to idle properly. Clutch pedal would go to floor and failed to return to original position. Not able to shift gears. Have taken vehicle to dealership. Was informed by mechanic that problem were the valves in engine.
Engine had to be replaced due to weak valves.