What's Wrong with the 5th Generation Celica?

Front 3/4 view of a Toyota Celica

The 5th generation Celica started in 1990 and runs to 1993.

Its PainRank™ score of 0.35 ranks 9th out of 81 eligible generations in reliability. Although more complaint data is needed to make this score more accurate. If you have a story to share you can add your complaint here.

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

Worst Topics

Worst Years

By the 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.