2001 Toyota Celica problems
The 2001 Toyota Celica has 55 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (38%) concerns engine. Next are cruise control (13%) and body & structure (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 55 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 38% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 91,000 miles 36 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 36 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 90,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 97,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% 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 2001 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Celica with enough data (26 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.
As I was pulling into my parking spot in the ramp, my car 'unexpectedly' lurched forward into a concrete pillar on the left and a wire barrier and concrete wall ahead. Damage to the car was $5,647.92. My air bag did not deploy nor did my seat belt hold me. My head flew forward onto the steering wheel and I required 14 stitches below my mouth and chin on the outside and 12 on the inside.
I purchased a brand new toyota celica in 2001. In 2006 it began sounding strange when accelerating and also when I would back up and use the brakes. It would make a very strange sound and the brakes would not work the same as they used to. I reported this to mechanics at toyota but they said the car was fine mechanically. On december 24, 2008 when merging on to a exit san jose blvd from 295 in jacksonville florida my car would not slow down it actually accelerated.
The engine makes a horrible ticking sound and consumes almost 4 quarts of oil for every four hundred miles I drive, so basically every time I fill up with gas I'm also filling my car with oil. When I first noticed this in 2011 I took it to a mechanic and they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. They said I could pay them to take apart the entire engine, but there was no guarantee they would find the problem.