2001 TOYOTA CELICA Complaints

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 TURNING THE CAR OFF TO INSPECT THE NOISES...NO SIGNS WHERE SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON...ASSUMING THE PROBLEM HAD WORKED ITSELF OUT...WE CONTINUED TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY...IT STARTED AGAIN...THE RPMS DROPPED THROWING THE CAR OUT OF GEAR SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL WE COULD GET OFF THE ROAD AGAIN...THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER...THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRAMISSION WAS BLOWN CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO GO OUT AS WELL...HAS THIS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THIS CAR? THE WARRENTY IS REFUSING TO COVER THE TRANSMISSION...MAKING A TOTAL COST OF 3 GRAND (GIVE OR TAKE A FEW $)...

BELT TENSIONER SQUEALS AND MAKES NOISE AS EVIDENCED SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MILES AGO ( CURRENTLY 46K MILES), ESPECIALLY WHEN HUMID, AND WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN DEC. 2000. WHY IS THIS A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH CONTINUALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED??

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT AN IMPACT OF 30 MPH, AND NEITHER OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK

AFTER ONLY 32000 MILES, I HAD A SUDDEN AND SEVERE LOSS OF POWER IN ENGINE ALMOST LEADING TO STALLING. THE ENGINE WENT TO HIGH REVVING ABOUT 8K RPMS AND A BURNING OIL SMELL. WITH THIS, CLIMBING HILLS, EVASIVE MANUEVERS, AND OTHER ACCELERATION ISSUES ALMOST CAUSED CRASHES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SUYDDEN AND SEVERE. THE DEALER SIAD THE CLUTCH WAS BURNT, BUT IT WAS SO SUDDEN AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN I HEARD A BANG AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IHAD IT TOWED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER IN HARRISNBURG VA . THEY TOLD ME MY ENGINE HAD BLOWN .MY WARRENTY REFUSES TO PAY THE REPAIRS.SO NOW I HAVE NO CAR.AND A BILL FOR 4100 .THAT I CANT PAY .AND NOW THEY ARE CHARGING ME 25 DOLLARS A DAY TO HOLD MY CAR .I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE A WARRENTY THATS NO USE TO ME OR MY CAR .*AK

THE ACCESSORY BELT TENSIONER IN MY 2001 TOYOTA CELICA HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, CAUSING SQUEELING AND RATTLING NOISES AND A BOLT TO BREAK OFF INTO MY ENGINE.*AK

CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 04/01. WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A "CLICKING" NOISE. DEALER DIAGNOSED OIL SLUDGE IN ENGINE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE IN HOT OR INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THE MECHANIC OF THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T REPEAT THE PROBLEM. TS

THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AT APPROXIMATELY 8000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 14132 MILES.THE DEALER SAID HE SUSPECTS ABUSE BUT THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN IN A NORMAL MANNER.*AK

WHILE BRAKING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE TO LEFT, AND RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK