2001 Toyota Celica: excessive oil consumption

Filed Oct 15, 2019 · Engine · 85,000 miles · CA

This engine has a known oil consumption issue. It can cause engine failure at any given time. I have had a motor completely fail while on the freeway with a total loss of power due to oil levels running dry. I have contacted toyotas recall department ant they said unless the federal safety agency makes this a recall there is nothing they can do for owners of these cars. It is only a matter of time until this happens to someone and they lose their life over a poorly designed motor. Please help with this issue before it does lead to loss of life.

Filed Dec 9, 2014 · Engine · 150,000 miles · IA

Just another burning oil complaint here. I bought this car as an alternative to my tahoe for when I drive 1.5 hour away for work. I wasn't expecting to have to put in nearly a quart of oil with every trip. Seems to me like this piston issue is well known, well documented, heavily complained about, and that toyota should do something about this. They have a reputation for producing engines that go 300,000 miles easily and ours are dying out at 150,000. Turns out one of my friends had the same year celica and their engine gave out on them while driving in rush hour traffic in des moines. This could be fatal. How many hundreds or thousands of these cars out there that could just stop working at any moment, in any traffic condition, because of a known defect no one is doing anything about?

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Engine · 98,000 miles · WI

The engine makes a horrible ticking sound and consumes almost 4 quarts of oil for every four hundred miles I drive, so basically every time I fill up with gas I'm also filling my car with oil. When I first noticed this in 2011 I took it to a mechanic and they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. They said I could pay them to take apart the entire engine, but there was no guarantee they would find the problem. At first I would add an extra quart of oil every time I filled up with gas, but now this has progressively gotten worse - to four quarts for every four hundred miles. The engine light stays on all the time and just today it started flashing. There is absolutely no reason I should have to add this much oil every single time and just imagine all of the pollution going into the environment! This is definitely a quality related issue for toyota. After doing some research about this car I have discovered that the 2000-2002 celica gt's engines were made incorrectly and that its a manufactures defect. So because toyota decided to skimp on making quality engines pretty much anyone who has one of these has to buy oil and gas and drives with the fear that the engine could possibly stop at any point and cause an accident.

Filed May 24, 2014 · Engine · 167 miles · NY

1zz fe engine oil consumption issue burning 1l per full tank weekly depending on how I drive failure to top up weekly would result in massive engine malfunction and seize or blow can cause serious accident may not last on hwy at 100km/hr for more than 2-3 hours straight without stopping oil is expensive.

Filed Mar 9, 2009 · Engine · 64,000 miles · OH

I purchased my 2001 toyota celica in september 2009 with only 62,000 miles on the vehicle and engine. After purchasing the vehicle, I started to notice that it was burning a quart of oil about every 800 miles. I continued to add oil and keep regular oil changes. I took it to the dealership where I was told this was "normal" oil consumption by toyota and it repair would not be covered under warranty. My warranty has since expired and I now have around 72,000 miles on the vehicle. It is now burning oil at around 1 quart per 500 miles. This is not an acceptable level of oil burning for any vehicle. After researching the problem on the internet, I have found out that there are many owners of toyota's with the same engine and they are having the same issues with their vehicles. I have also found out that toyota of great britain has already issued a tsb regarding this issue and will replace the entire engine block due to this issue. No such tsb from toyota exist in the u.s.a however. Apparently the problem is caused by inadequate piston ring and engine block design. This should have been a recall since such a high amount of vehicles are affected by this problem and toyota has already acknowledged this as a tsb in great britain. The issue affects the 2000-2001 models with the 1zzfe engine. I would like toyota to address this issue.

Filed Nov 12, 2008 · Transmission · 96,000 miles · CA

Excessive oil consumption, 1.5 quart of oil every 500 miles, started at 96,000 miles, at 114,000 miles now.

Filed Feb 17, 2008 · Engine · 121,500 miles · VA

I notice something wrong when I had to change the oil twice in one month, I checked the oil level and noticed that it was burning oil. I have always followed the maintenance schedule as shown. I took it to a shop and had the engine checked, and the technician told me that it had "weak valves" after a compression check was done. I have a neighbor with the same vehicle who came back from europe from an assignment and he told me that toyota has a recall over there for the weak valves. He told me that toyota is replacing the engines as a solution to that problem. He said that the toyota dealership had told him that it was the only solution they had for the problem.

Filed Aug 7, 2004 · Acceleration · 32,330 miles · CT

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.