| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003265855 | Incident Date: Jun, 02 2003 |
| Consumer's City: RICHMOND | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CELICA | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTDDY38TXY0 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 18 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 27 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 2000 celica gt-s (bought new) has exhibited a squealing from the engine compartmrnt since about 12,000 miles. a pulley belt tensioner and the belt have been completey replaced at least 5 times (i lost count), as well as "repaired" by toyota at least 3 additonal times. in june 2003, at about 72,000 miles, 2 months afetr i had taken the car to the dealer for yet another repair of this item, the entire assembly failed when the connector colt sheared off at the engine block, requiring the engine to be removed to drill out the bolt and remount the assembly. this was fixed, luckily, under my extended warranty, althought the bill was listed as $1271. the entire unit was replaced again yesterday, march 18, 2004 only 9 months since the last rebuild. the assembly has yet to last more than 9 months without breaking, so is always fixed under the repair's 1-year warranty. still when the assembly broke off the engine block, among other things, the power steering pump failed. had i been going 65 mph, it could have been catastrophic. keep in mind it had been "repaired" only 2 months prior. the delaer offers no sysmpathy for the continued fixes, nor a reason why it continues to fail. this thing has never worked right, and apparently never will.*ak |
