2002 Toyota Celica Problems, complaints & recalls

Car was traveling @ 50 mph ( posted speed for the road). He sneezed, when he looked up the cars suddenly stopped in front of him. He rear ended the car in front of him going 50 mph. No airbags deployed. The entire front end was crushed. The engine was shoved in. The car is totaled. But not 1 airbag went off. Both are bruised from the seat belts & both driver and passenger have whiplash. I am thankful they were wearing seat belts but very concerned the airbags didn't perform as expected. Both the clean-up crew & officer at the seen were shocked that the airbags did not deploy....Updated 07/23/14 *bf

Daughter (17) lost control of car in a curve due to wet roads and speed. The car spun then struck a tree head on. The car was a total loss. The impact was great enough to bust the radiator and kill the motor but neither air bag deployed. My younger daughter (15) was in the passenger's seat. Both girls were wearing seatbelts. Luckily there were no major injuries. *Tr

2002 Toyota sienna minivan. When I try to open the driver side sliding door, I can hear it unlatch but remains shut. You have to push the rear part of the door back in until you hear a click, then you have to violently pull the handle and the door will open. *Tr

Twice when coming to a stop at a stop light, my toyota celica continued to idle at about 4000 rpm. I tried pulling the car mat toward the seat to be sure it wasn't interfering with the accelerator pedal. I also tried jiggling the accelerator pedal to be sure nothing was stuck. Neither of these stopped the high rpm idle. Each time the only thing that would reduce the rpm was to turn off the engine and restart it. The toyota has a manual transmission and the clutch was depressed each time during the high rpm idle. *Tr

Was turning out on a highway out of a side road. When struck on my front/driverside fender at a high speed approximate 60mph, my car is totaled, or will be totaled in the next few days, my airbag did not deploy making my injuries worse than they should be. Im trying to figure out why my airpad didn not deploy when the car was struck at those speeds. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota celica. Every time the contact finishes pumping fuel, the gas tank overflows. The previous owner of the vehicle had it repaired according to nhtsa campaign id number 03v074000 (fuel system :gasoline), but the failure still persists. The dealer would not repair the vehicle and it is currently at a repair shop. The failure and current mileages were 65,000. Updated 12-02-08 *bf updated 12/02/08. *Jb

We own 2002 celica gt-s. It has had to have 4 sets of tires in 85,000 miles. At the last alignment the technician could not get the 2 rear tires in alignment with the front 2 tires. The problem were the rear tie rods. He got a set of adjustable tie rods & replaced the factory tie rods and was able to get all 4 tires in proper alignment. My son had an accident previously where he lost traction and skidded off the road but with no injuries thank god. I took the tie rods to the anderson toyota dealer & they said they...

Air bags did not deploy. I hit a snow bank at 50mph and the air bags did not deploy, I needed to be towed/pulled out of the snow bank. Also engine light keeps coming on, with a catalytic converter code but cat is still good. *Tr

I have a 2002 toyota sequoia with 62,000 mi. I have been to two toyota dealers to figure out my problem. The vsc trac, vsc off, abs and brake lights are coming on. Finally after @$700 of my money, they figured out the problem to be the ecu. This will now cost me @1800 for parts, and who knows yet for labor. I have read online that many other toyota owners have the same problem. This is an expensive situation, unless you have the ext. Warranty. I feel that toyota needs to do something about this, maybe recall...

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota prius. Each time the vehicle is driving forward or in reverse at approximately 4 to 10 mph, it shakes violently. The failure occurs intermittently and usually in cold weather. The vehicle shakes roughly after it has been driven for a while. The vehicle was taken to a dealer on two occasions. Service bulletin number 20040604 was referenced. The dealer discovered that the steering rack and steering computer failed and needed to be replaced at the cost of $2,200. The current mileage was 50,000 and failure mileage was 40,000.

2002 Toyota celica gt sudden standard transmission failure. *Jb

I purchased a 2002 toyota sequoia in november 2002. When the vehicle was purchased the sales person told me that the heating/air conditioner system appeared to be a poorly designed, but I did not think that a big obstacle to my purchase. I had continual problems trying to regulate the temperature in the vehicle. It was either 65 degrees and the next level down was cold. I was always flipping the knob back and forth trying to regulate the temperature. This was not a big safety issue unless taking my...

One week ago I was running errands with the toyota sequoia, but the car refused to start once I completed my errands. Eventually, the car had to be towed and the repair shop reported that the gear shift bracket and lever were broken and therefore prevented the gear from properly going into park. The repair shop reported seeing several such cases recently but stated that toyota has informed him that the problem resulted from improper handling of the gear shift. I had thecar for more than 5 years and have always followed the proper procedure. Perhaps this needed further investigation. *Ak

1:40 Pm, jan 20, 2007, I was driving my sequoia n/b on sierra hwy in the city of santa clarita. I was traveling approx 40-45 mph. I noticed a slight stiffness in the steering. A short time later the left front of my vehicle violently fell to the ground. There were vehicles behind me and with difficulty I steered to the curb. When the vehicle fell to the ground, I heard a loud 'bang', and I felt that I lost some of my brakes. One of the drivers behind me told me she saw sparks coming from under my vehicle. I looked...

My car was making a noise. I took it to several mechanics and was told it was something with the transmission. I have a standard manual transmission and my car had 65,000 miles on it when the noise began. The last mechanic I took it to said that this problem should not be happening with a standard transmission at the mileage it's at. I opened a case with toyota and was told that I had to have it looked at by toyota mechanics. They opened up the transmission and told me that the bearings inside had gone bad. The work is going to cost at least $1,000. *Jb

Dt: 2002 toyota runner. The consumer received a recall letter for lower ball joint. The consumer stated the wheels were cutting the tires on front where lower ball joint was located. The consumer contacted toyota, who said it is not related to lower ball joint, and they could not do anything else for the consumer. This has being happening since the consumer bought vehicle. It has 30,000 miles , and needed new tires.*Ak

I purachase my toyota sequoia in august 2003 for the first several month the vehicle was not drive that much, because of my wife's illness. Within eight months the front door handle broke, it was underwarranty and I did not think much of it, in april of this year 2005, the rear passenger side door handle broke and again I did not think much of it. Three weeks ago on sunday one of the member from the church was attempting to retreive his bag and the handle broke. When I went to the dealer ship to ask about...

I bought a toyota saquoia limited 4x4 used in 2003. When I tookit to a friends house her husband siad I should get that ticking noise checked out. I told him that all of the suv's at the dealership made the ticking noise. Well, he was right. When I took it in to be inspected I was told that I had a cracked manifold. The mechanic said that all of the toyota suv's and trucks have problems with their manifolds. If this is true, why have they not done a recall to correct the problem? I manifold is not a cheap part to replace.

2002 TOYOTA CELICA STARTED TO BURN OIL.*MR

I am dealing with undersized brake caliper and associated rotor and brake pad quality problems. The cars shakes violently qwhen applying the brakes. They are causing the rotors to overheat causing the rotors to warp and excess wear. While toyota recognized that the calipers are too small for the 2002 sequoia, they would only replace them under warranty. Not sure why they are only too small under warranty. Do they grow after the warranty expires? This is bad policy. The dealer recommended I spend the $2000...

STRONG VIBRATIONS FROM FRONT BRAKES

Had an side impact accident while driving my 2002 toyota sequoia. Was hit by a truck traveling between 45-50 mph. Struck right in front of drivers door. Drivers head went through drivers window. Vehicle was equiped with side curtain airbags. None of the airbags deployed. Vehicle was damaged enough to be considered totaled. (Estimate was over $23,000) to fix. Want to know what went wrong? Paid extra for airbags that didn't work. Who's responsible?

Toyota 2002 mr2 spyder: sequential manual transmission (smt) creeping while in forward or reverse gear. This happen to the car in dec of 2004 but went away by itself after a week. I reported to fremont toyota dealership in ca but they said it was normal. Again on april 15th 2005, the smt creeping recurred. I brought the car back to the same dealership, they replaced the ecu but creep is still exist. Again, the dealer persists that this is normal. According the manual book, it states that unlike automatic transmission, smt does not creep. Please help. *Nm

,Front grill of my 2002 toyota celica gts fell off. Also the plastic that's on the bottom front was scraping on the floor. I ripped off the part of plastic that was dragging on the floor and I haven't replaced the grill. *Ak

I have a 2002 toyota sequoia limited. The brakes needed replacing at 21000 miles.This is concidered normal , for this heavy car. The dealer requested $330.00 To replace pads I shopped around got the job done for $250.00. But the brakes started vibrating whenever I applied them. Took it back to repair center they re-did the entire brake job with different factory pads (26000 mi) , same result. I then took it to the dealer I bought the car from (33000 mi) , they checked it out, problem not occuring at this time. No...