What's Wrong with the 5th Generation Celica?

Front 3/4 view of a Toyota Celica

The 5th generation Celica spans the 1990 to 1993 model years.

It has accumulated 6 owner complaints over those year and ranks 9th in reliability out of 81 eligible Toyota generations.

Our reliability rank is based on our PainRank™ system. A higher number means you can expect more significant problems. The average Toyota score is 6.36 while this generation comes in at 0.35.

Compare With Other Celica Generations

What Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

What Breaks

Years to Avoid

5th Generation Celica Key Numbers

  1. 3 model years

    Grouping all models by their year can reveal some baddies.

  2. 6 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  3. 9th in reliability

    Overall reliability rank out of 81 eligible generations.