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2002 Toyota Celica Engine problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Celica's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 9% of all its complaints, most recently on July 19, 2005. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

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.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10129319
Engine & cooling

2002 TOYOTA CELICA STARTED TO BURN OIL.*MR

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10130199
Engine & cooling

Consumer complained about a timing belt problem. Dealer replaced the timing belt a year ago. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10063008
Engine & cooling

Consumer complained about engine check light coming on and staying on. Consumer had a diagnostic test done. Took vehicle back to dealership. They just looked at it and charged consumer $55.00. *Ak

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10053755
Engine & cooling

2002 Celica gt is consuming 3/4 of a quart of oil every 1000 miles. Toyota says that there is not a problem that it must consumer 1 quart every 1200 mile to ok a engine teardown for repair. My car is on track to use 2.63 Quarts of oil every oil change of 3500 miles. The recommended interval by the dealer. The car only holds 4.2 Quarts of oil. This is a loss of more than half of the engines oil. Toyota says that this engine will burn some oil. I have spoke with service center said that this is not normal but their...

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hands are tied, due to toyota's consumption policy. I have taken this to the regional zone manager with no success. I believe this to be a danger for myself and others if this engine was to freeze up due to lack of oil, it cause a serious accident. I was not informed when I bought the car that it would consume oil and that it need to be checked regularly. Dt

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 769077

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