1991 Toyota Celica problems
The 1991 Toyota Celica has 35 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (29%) concerns air bags. Next are seat belts (23%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 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: 9 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% 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 1991 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Celica with enough data (8 complaints in that window).
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.
Air bag, failure on the driver side air bag, consumer was involved in a head on collision and the driver side air bag did not deploy.
Vehicle traveling at approx. 40 m.p.h., rear ended stopped vehicle causing front end impact to celica, drivers side air bag failed to deploy, driver's head struck windshield causing injury.
Consumer was involved in a 35 MPH frontal crash on which the driver's side air bag failed to deploy. Consumer states that left sensor was destoyed. Please give further details.
Front stabilizer bar separated from the frame. Consumer stated that a 1990 toyota, celica experienced the same defect. Both vehicles had the front passenger side stabilizer bar bracket mount failed due to corrosion.