Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 Toyota Celica

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
11
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
19
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

11 filed
0
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    2
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    1
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
10E002000·SUSPENSION2010-02-11

RIDE CONTROL IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT STRUT MOUNTS BRANDED AS GABRIEL RIDE CONTROL OR ARVINMERITOR, P/NOS. 142435, 142193, 142305, 142303, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE AFFECTED FRONT STRUT MOUNTS DID NOT CONTAIN A WELD JOINT BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE RATE PLATE.

RiskTHE ABSENCE OF THE WELD CAN ALLOW THE STRUT TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION UNDER CERTAIN EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING VEHICLE COMPONENTS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixRIDE CONTROL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RIDE CONTROL AT 1-248-458-1396.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA92044·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-12-18 → 1994-01-31

THROTTLE STICKING

PE92065·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-07-16 → 1992-12-18

THROTTLE STICKING

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