2000 Toyota Celica

TOYOTA DEALER DIAGNOSED AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM AND SMOKE BELLOWING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THEY FOUND OIL GELLING IN THE VALVE COVER AND SPARK PLUGS CONTAMINATED. WE RECEIVED A PRINTED DOCUMENT FROM TOYOTA STATING REPAIRS NEEDED AND SENT THE CAR OUT FOR REPAIRS. WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE WHOLE PROCEDURE AND HAVE RECEIPTS/DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE. WE REPLACED EVERYTHING THAT TOYOTA RECOMMENDED. WE DROVE THE CAR AND TWO DAYS LATER SMOKE BEGAN BELLOWING OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND THE SPARK PLUGS WERE BECOMING SOOTY. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DEFECTIVE 1ZZ-FED ENGINE THAT HAS PLAGUED TOYOTA WITH OIL CONSUMPTION AND SLUDGE ISSUES. WE HAVE A TOYOTA WARRANTY THAT ENDS JULY OF 2007 AND TOYOTA WILL NOT WARRANTY THE ISSUE. *JB

THIS IS FOR A AUTOMATIC GTS MODEL. WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED SAY 40 MPH TO A REDLIGHT STOP, THE ENGINE RPM GETS REALLY UNSTABLE AND THEN SHORTLY STALLS, MEANING HAVE TO PARK THE CAR AND RESTART THE ENGINE ON AN AUTOMATIC CAR. ENGINE LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT LIT UP/ STORE A CODE AFTER RESTARTING ENGINE. DIAGNOSIS FROM DEALERSHIP IS NO PROBLEM MOST OF THE TIME, EXCEPT RECENTLY HAVING A DETECTION OF PROBLEM WITH THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE SAME PROBLEM REMAINS. THE CAR HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT, AND THE STALLING OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE PAST 7 YEARS CONSISTENTLY. DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE STALLING OCCURANCES COULDN'T BE DUPLICATED. I HAVE TRIED BRINGING THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION ABOUT 6 TIMES, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO RESOLUTION.*AK

BAD CAR SERVICES REPAIR HAD 2000 CELICA TOYOTA SERVICE NUMEROUS TIMES FOR ENGINE AND BRAKES PROBLEMS, STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. TOYOTA SERVICES WANT TO TEAR DOWN ENGINE FOR FURTHER CHECK NOISE. IN WHICH I HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HEARING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, THEY STATED COULD NOT HEAR ANY NOISE. I HAD THE CAR SERVICE 04/09/2005 FOR ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THEY FIX THE GASKET, BUT CONT TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE AUTO. I THINK I HAVE BAD LEMON CAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVE A MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN INSURANCE WARRANTY BUMPER TO BUMPER SUPREME 72 100.000 MILES THEY WILL INSPECTED THE ENGINE. *NM

I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT A SPEED OF 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HEARD A SOUND AS IF A CHAIN WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. I THEN REALIZED THAT MY CAR HAD SHUTDOWN, I PUSHED THE CAR OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE SHOULDER AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE A HOLE IN MY ENGINE AND BROKEN PARTS AND OIL STREWN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE MOTOR FAILED AT 60489 MILES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I CALLED THE DEALER FROM WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND THEY WERE UNWILLING TO SERVICE THE CAR. I THEN FOUND ANOTHER DEALER TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AFTER HAVING THE CAR IN THEIR SHOP FOR FOUR DAYS THEY CALL ME TO COME AND PICK UP THE CAR WITHOUT COMPLETING THE NEEDED REPAIRS.

MY YEARMODEL 2000 TOYOTA CELICA HAS CONSISTENTLY AND REPEATEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVE BELT TENSIONER MECHANISM. ON OR ABOUT EVERY 30,000 MILES, THE BELT TENSIONER FAILS AT WHICH TIME RATTLING AND SQUEAKING NOISES EMINATE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS DESCRIBED IN TSB #EG01401. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE TENSIONER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE. THE NEXT TIME IT WAS REPLACED OUT OF WARRANTY AT ABOUT 60 - 70,000 MILES. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 90,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS PART HAS FAILED AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE REPEATED AND CONSISTENT FAILURE OF THIS PART IS PUTTING MY LIFE AND MY PASSENGERS LIFE AT RISK.