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Engine And Engine Cooling
11/27/2007
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...
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Engine And Engine Cooling
04/14/2007
I HAVE A 2000 GT. BOUGHT IT USED, 3 WEEKS AFTER OWNING IT STARTS USING ABOUT 1/2 - 1 QT. OF OIL A WEEK. SO TAKE IT TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY OUR BEST BET IS TO HAVE THE ENGINE RE-BUILT WHICH COST $1,500! SO THE ENGINE IS RE-BUILT EVERYTHING IS FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH THEN IT STARTS USING OIL AGAIN AND BY THIS TIME THERE'S NO WARRANTY. SO I CONTINUED TO KEEP DRIVING CHECKING AND ADDING OIL. 5 MONTHS LATER I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE TEMP. GAUGE GOES ALL THE WAY TO HOT AND DROPS RIGHT BACK DOWN. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE ENGINE BLOWS UP. AFTER HAVING A NEW ENGINE PUT IN IT, ENGINE COSTING $2,000 FOR A USED ENGINE. THE TEMP. GAUGE DOES THIS AGAIN... COME TO FIND OUT AIR IS IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND TOYOTA NEVER GOT IT ALL OUT THE FIRST TIME AND THAT'S WHY IT BLEW UP. *TR
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Seat Belts
01/29/2009
THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES DEFECTIVE SEATBELTS IN VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT, THE SEATBELTS WOULD OFFER NO PROTECTION. EVEN THE REAR BELTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED ARE DETERIORERATING. *TR
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Engine And Engine Cooling
08/20/2004
MY 2000 CELICA SUFFERS FROM EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING. NOR DO THAT LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHTS FLASH TO WARN. MY CAR AROUND 4 YEARS AGO HAD A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE OIL BURNING AND NO WARNING LIGHTS. MY CAR GOT TO LOW ON OIL AND SPUN A ROD BEARING, WHICH CAUSED THE PISTON TO LOOSEN AND BEAT THE CYLINDER HEAD UP. MY CAR WAS 2000 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO WORK WITH ME. IT COST ME WELL OVER $1,500 DOLLAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CYLINDER HAD TO BE TURNED TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE, HAD TO REPLACE THE PISTON AND RING ON THE AFFECTED CYLINDER. I WAS NEVER GIVEN ANY KIND OF LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHTS AND HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. I HAVE A 1ZZ-FE ENGINE, I REPORTED TO MY LOCAL DEALER THAT I WAS HAVING ISSUE WITH RUNNING OUT OF OIL MAYBE A MONTH AFTER OIL CHANGES. THE DEALER DID TEST AND SAID COULD NOT FIND ANY LEAKS, BUT DID NOT TEST FOR EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING. SO THIS ERROR ON TOYOTAS PART COST ME QUITE A CHUNK OF MONEY. *TR
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Engine And Engine Cooling
10/29/2008
2000-02 TOYOTA CELICA 1ZZ-FE ENGINE SUFFERS FROM EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING WHICH CAN CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHICH CAN LEAN DO ACCIDENT. I OWN A 2000 CELICA AND MY CAR BURNS A LOT OF OIL, I HAVE TO ADD OIL EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY CAR, ITS NOT GOOD FOR THE ENGINE, MY WALLET AND THE ENVIRONMENT TOYOTA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN EUROPE BUT DOES NOT WANT TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEMS IN USA. PLEASE, WE NEED YOU HELP VERY MUCH. HERE IS SOME INFO ON THE PROBLEM: TOYOTA OF EUROPE SERVE BULLETIN ON 1ZZ-FE ENGINE (SAME ENGINE AS IN USA CELICA AND COROLLA) 1) HTTP://TOYOTA-CLUB.NET/FILES/07-01-10/EG6020-TOY.PDF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM 2)HTTP://WWW.AUTOEXPRESS.CO.UK/NEWS/AUTOEXPRESSNEWS/214788/TOYOTA_ENGINE_WOES.HTML THANK YOU VERY MUCH *TR
