Toyota Celica by model year

450 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Toyota Celica across 16 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Toyota Celica

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	34
1991	35
1992	24
1993	18
1994	24
1995	25
1996	10
1997	10
1998	8
1999	11
2000	130
2001	55
2002	37
2003	21
2004	4
2005	4

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2005	4		1	24 to 28
2004	4			24 to 28
2003	21		1	23 to 28
2002	37	Air bags (35%)	1	23 to 28
2001	55	Engine (38%)	1	23 to 28
2000	130	Engine (35%)	2	23 to 27
1999	11		1	22 to 23
1998	8		1	22 to 23
1997	10			22 to 28
1996	10			21 to 27
1995	25	Air bags (32%)		22 to 27
1994	24			23 to 26
1993	18			19 to 25
1992	24			19 to 25
1991	35	Air bags (29%)		19 to 26
1990	34	Air bags (32%)	1	19 to 26