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Toyota Celica Transmission Problems

34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 5 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2004.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Transmission · 2000 4

REAR END LOCKED UP AND CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. *NM

Transmission · 2000 2

THIS VEHICLE HAS ( ACCORDING TO ALL SOURCES AVAILABLE ) BURNED OIL FROM THE TIME IT LEFT THE PLANT BRAND NEW,MOST 2000 TO 2002 TOYOTA CELICA GT'S HAVE THIS ISSUE AS THE RINGS WERE BAD. TOYOTA HAS NEVER PRODUCED A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE A...

Transmission · 2004 2

AT AROUND 70,000 MILES (AROUND JAN 2012), MY CELICA (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF 3RD GEAR, SPORADICALLY. I CONSULTED WITH A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF FIXING THE PROBLEM...

Transmission · 2003 2

I HAD TO HAVE CLUTCH REPLACED AT 25,77 MILES ON MY 2003 TOYOTA CELICA GT PURCHASED NEW APRIL 2003. AGAIN I HAD TO REPLACE CLUTCH @ 56,089. FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THIS CAR I HAD PROBLEMS WITH PUTTING CAR IN GEAR AND COMPLAINED TO DEALER...

Transmission · 2001 2

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, 1.5 QUART OF OIL EVERY 500 MILES, STARTED AT 96,000 MILES, AT 114,000 MILES NOW. *TR

Transmission · 2003 2

I HAVE A 2003 4RUNNER THAT HAS A HORRIBLE CLUNKING SOUND THAT HAPPENS AT RANDOM. THE TOYOTA DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT 3 TIMES. IT WILL HAPPEN WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR STARTING FROM A STOP. IT'S VERY ANNOYING AND NOT VERY COMFORTING....

Transmission · 2002 2

2002 TOYOTA CELICA GT SUDDEN STANDARD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *JB

Transmission · 2001 2

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Transmission · 2001 2

DRIVING HOME AT APPROX. 70 MPH THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS...CAUSING A LOSS IN RPMS AND A LOUD KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A HIGH PITCH SQUEALLING (ALMOST LIKE THE FAN BELT WAS GOING OUT)...AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND TUR...

Transmission · 2002 2

ONCE YOU COME TO A STOP DURING NORMAL BREAKING, AND TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BREAK PEDAL TO START MOVING FORWARD, THERE IS A ?THUMP? AS IF YOU ARE BEING HIT FROM THE REAR. THIS IS SIMILAR AS BEING REPORTED IN ODI?S 10089480 AND 10092834. D...

Transmission · 2003 2

2003 TOYOTA LIMITED 4-RUNNER V8- AWDFRONT-END VIBRATION PROBLEM. I FIRST PRESENTED THE VIBRATION PROBLEM TO MY DEALER THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST! THEY TRIED BALANCING THE WHEELS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. THEY AGREED THE PROBLEM WAS THERE AND N...

Transmission · 2002 2

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 TOYOTA CELICA AND I WENT TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND MISSED AND WENT INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE CAR ENGINE BLEW UP. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD BECAUSE THEIR WAS NO SAFTEY LOCK PREVENTING ME TO GO INTO FIRST GEAR I SIMPLY ...

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