Toyota Celica Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Toyota Celica years should you avoid?

Going by 365 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Toyota Celica years to avoid are 2000.

2000106 complaints, 3.7× a typical Celica year, most often about the engine.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2005	4	1	—	3	Tires › Sidewall	Routine
2004	4	0	—	—	Service Brakes, Hydraulic	Routine
2003	17	1	—	1	Fuel System, Gasoline	Routine
2002	29	1	—	13	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine
2001	47	1	—	7	Engine	Routine
2000Avoid	106	3	2	13	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
1999	10	1	—	—	Tires › Tread/Belt	Routine
1998	5	1	—	—	Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer	Routine
1997	8	0	1	1	Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear	Routine
1996	9	1	—	2	Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control	Routine
1995	22	0	—	7	Air Bags › Frontal	Fatalities reported
1994	14	0	—	6	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine
1993	13	1	1	—	Seat Belts › Front › Retractor	Routine
1992	21	1	2	11	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine
1991	27	1	2	8	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine
1990	29	2	2	9	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2005

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Tires › Sidewall

Routine