Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong since ownership. It does however suffer from some faults common to older Celicas. 1: Replaced one broken trunk hinge. This is a common problem with the coupes. 2: The door windows rattle when partially open. 3: The car had/has multiple oil leaks. One was a bad power steering hose. Leak #2 was coming from the distributor. Another common problem of the 5SFE. Toyota would like for you to buy another distributor, but one can rebuild the distributor as I did for under $10.00. Info on this rebuild can be found on the web. My distributor still leaks, but not NEARLY as bad. 3: My last leak appears to be coming from the transmission where the left half shaft goes in the tranny. I have yet to tackle this leak. 4: Replaced the alternator around the 100K mark. $168.00 plus tax. 5: The air condtioner still doesn't work.

General Comments:

This review is a follow up to my original review now that I have my car almost 2 years. The convertible top has given me no problems although the windows must be kept up when raining otherwise water will fall on your leg. I enjoy my Celica a lot and plan to keep it for quite a while longer. I find replacement parts (e.g. front/rear brakes $12.99 a set) to be quite cheap. The 5SFE engine delivers adequate peformance, but definitely no powerhouse. My gas mileage is 29 to 30 mpg around town if I baby it. With gas at $2.12 a gallon in Hampton, Va., I baby it a lot.

Faults:

Both front CV joint boots had to be replaced, but not a big deal. My husband was able to do that himself.

Transmission fluid is currently leaking.

Small oil leak somewhere in the engine.

General Comments:

This car has over 175,000 miles on it and has had no major problems.

Very dependable and great looking.

Paint still looks like a new car, no one believes it is almost 15 years old.

Would like the car to be a little faster.

One disadvantage to any small 2-door car is it's not baby car seat friendly, it's almost impossible to hold baby in one arm while pushing the front seat forward and squeeze in a rear facing infant seat.

Faults:

In the whole time I have had my car the only thing I have had to do was put a timing belt on it. This was just recently. I spent $15.00 on fixing it.

General Comments:

My car couldn't be a better car. I have been hard on it since I was 11. I had my hardship license since then. It has traveled from T.N. to Texas over 20 times. It's an awesome car.

Faults:

When I received my car when I turned 16 most of the problems were superficial.

It does have an oil leak in which I am in the process of fixing.

I have also had problems with the power steering.

Most of the problems were cause by the past owners not servicing the car and because it was almost ten years old.

General Comments:

This car is still a beauty, it handles like a dream and has a very powerful take off.

I still love this car and even thought I'm going to have to put some serious money into it to get the look and performance I'm going for.