Toyota Tercel by model year

297 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Toyota Tercel across 10 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 Tercel

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	23
1991	18
1992	27
1993	50
1994	45
1995	58
1996	45
1997	25
1998	4
1999	1

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
1999	1			27 to 31
1998	4			27 to 30
1997	25	Air bags (36%)		27 to 31
1996	45	Air bags (16%)		29 to 32
1995	58	Air bags (35%)		29 to 31
1994	45	Air bags (42%)		24 to 29
1993	50	Air bags (50%)		24 to 29
1992	27	Seat belts (41%)		24 to 30
1991	18			24 to 31
1990	23		1	25 to 29