1989 Toyota Tercel Base from North America - Comments

27th Sep 2003, 11:07

"This is a good little car with high repair costs and high insurance rates"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Since I have had it I have had to replace the brake pads and rotors, an inner coil blew and prevented the car from starting, the shifter sometimes doesn't pop into gear, the brakes slide and don't stop very great if you need to in an emergency, the shocks have never been replaced and just started going bad. The car also does not come standard with a a passenger side mirror and I cannot find one that will fit the car.

General comments?

It is a pretty fast little car and has bad gas mileage for its size. It doesn't fit bigger people in it well.


1st Oct 2003, 15:39

Bad gas mileage?

I was told by toyota dealer, my tercel 151000 miles needs a new carb. old carb was set/sealed manf. and can't be adjusted,

need new carb $1800 to pass emissions.


23rd Sep 2004, 07:35

1989 Toyta Tercel 2 dr...137000 miles.. great car, BUT now everyting is going and is very expensive to replace.


23rd Nov 2007, 04:23

My car needs to be fixed, because it's starting to get bad. And, the part alone feel expensive for me. So, I do know what I am going to do.

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