2000 Toyota Celica problems
The 2000 Toyota Celica has 130 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (35%) concerns engine. Next are transmission (13%) and cruise control (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 130 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 68,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 43 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 68,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 64,000 miles (23 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 80% 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 2000 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Celica with enough data (88 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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 went of shoulder, frontend sank and the car catapulted head over end1 and 1/2 times ending upside down....no airbags deployed at all...our daughter died instantly....no other contributing factors. Car was total loss
Vehicle was rear ended and forced into a guard rail. Upon impact, neither air bag deployed. Dealer has been notified.
Daughter lost control of vehicle and hit a tree at approximately 40 MPH, dead center in the front of the vehicle. Vehicle is totaled, but airbags never deployed. Insurance adjuster stated that the airbags should have deployed. Daughter has sore neck and is being treated by a physician.
My 2000 celica gt-s (bought new) has exhibited a squealing from the engine compartmrnt since about 12,000 miles. A pulley belt tensioner and the belt have been completey replaced at least 5 times (I lost count), as well as "repaired" by toyota at least 3 additonal times. In june 2003, at about 72,000 miles, 2 months afetr I had taken the car to the dealer for yet another repair of this item, the entire assembly failed when the connector colt sheared off at the engine block, requiring the engine to be removed to…
I noticed that after a few hundred miles of freeway driving, I was burning oil very fast, but it wasn't noticeably smoking, or leaking. I'd say I use about one quart of oil every 900 miles or so. I did an oil consumption test with a toyota dealership and they confirmed the problem. They refused to honor a recall in europe for this very problem because it was issued in europe and not the u.s.