Toyota has failed to notify me of the faulty airbag recall and has failed to fix the faulty airbag and in addition, my car is stalling without cause.
Toyota Celica stalling problems
14 of the 364 owner complaints about the Toyota Celica describe engine stalls while driving, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 2000
- typical mileage
- 92,772
By model year
- 20031
- 20011
- 20007
- 19981
- 19961
- 19951
- 19902
Often reported together
Oil consumption 2Engine failure 2Check engine light 2Won't start 1Pulling 1Slipping 1Loss of power 1Fuel leak 1
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 1990 toyota celica. While driving at any speed, the contact stated that the vehicle would stall. He was able to restart the vehicle and then it would perform as normal. The contact did not inform the dealer or manufacturer due to the age of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where they replaced the engine control module; however, the failure continued to occur. The current mileage was 140,000 and the failure mileage was 125,000.
Problem: my engine is burning excessive amounts of oil. Eventually I will have to replace the engine. On october 2007 I bought a used 2000 toyota celica gt. In december 27, 2007 the check oil light went on. In november 2008, engine would not start in the morning. I had just had an oil change about 1,000 miles before this day. This morning I found out all the oil burned out and there was no oil in the car, so I added oil. I visited the dealer and they explained away the problem, stating they suspect the guy who changed my oil simply forgot to add oil. Come on - how could I drive 2,000 miles with no oil into he engine? In december the car stalled an engine light came on. I pulled over and checked the oil level to find there was no oil in the pan and when I added oil it leaked out. I towed the car to the dealer. They said they found a hole in the oil pan, so they replaced the oil pan. In january, I had the dealer do an oil consumption test. They apparently marked the oil pan and I came in again and they checked the oil level. They said I am only burning 1/2 quart oil per 1,000 miles. They are lying! I checked my oil level after 1,200 miles and found the oil burned 1 quart of oil. The dealer does not want to replace my engine but I am covered by an extended warranty. Please help. I want to be able to return this used car back to the dealer who sold it to me.
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.
While consumer was driving vehicle stalled. Consumer was unable to restart vehicle. Consumer noticed that the gas was leaking from underneath the vehicle. Had the vehicle towed to dealer, who informed consumer that the valve clamp had to be replaced. Consumer told dealer that this problem occurred more than once and had not been resolved. *ak the consumer stated that the gas tank had not been put in properly.
While driving 45 MPH consumer heard a loud knocking noise coming from the front of the vehicle. Suddenly the vehicle stalled. Consumer was not able to restart vehicle, and it was towed to a garage for inspection. Mechanic determined that the engine needed to be replaced.
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.
The engine will nearly stall intermittently after cold start of the vehicle when leaving driveway and entering traffic. The engine will bog with no power feeling like a stall is imminent (usually after sitting overnight). This happens 3 or so times per week and has been happening for 3 months. It did not occur in the previous 8.5 months of ownership.. Reapplying the clutch and revving the engine and slipping the clutch helps however the engine is slow to recover (~2 seconds). A similar start (same RPM and clutch action) after the engine has warmed up does not exhibit the action. This happens with ambient temperatures of 60-80 degrees.
Vehicle stalls when starting out in first gear, consumer has to rev up the engine when starting out from a complete start at least 2 or 3 times a week.
While driving about 65 MPH and getting off highway vehicle started vibrating and jumping withou prior warning and stalled. Also, consumer had other problems with vehicle.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Toyota Celica stalling
Which Toyota Celica years have engine stalls while driving problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (7 complaints), 1990 (2 complaints) and 1995 (1 complaints).
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