1990 Toyota Celica problems
The 1990 Toyota Celica has 34 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns air bags. Next are seat belts (15%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Celica with enough data (6 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was sitting at stop sign and another car crashed into it, hitting both sides and the airbag did not deploy. 2nd time involved in a crash and also no deployment of air bag.
While driving 45 MPH the vehicle was involved in an accident yet neither air bag deployed and the seat belts did not properly restrain the passengers. *nlm
My 1990 toyota celica has 'surged forward' frequently, always when using the brake. It caused me to rear end another vehicle in the early 90's, no people were hurt, but there was vehicle damage. The brake can be completly depresed, when the car will lurch forward and the brake tension will reduce.
Tl*the contact owns a 1990 toyota celica. While driving at any speed, the contact stated that the vehicle would stall. He was able to restart the vehicle and then it would perform as normal. The contact did not inform the dealer or manufacturer due to the age of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where they replaced the engine control module; however, the failure continued to occur. The current mileage was 140,000 and the failure mileage was 125,000.