Overview & Reviews

No changes this year to the 2001 Toyota Celica.

• Radical styling, rev-happy GT-S engine, outstanding steering/braking/handling.

• Lousy power point location, tight GT-S manual gearbox, GT-S engine more noisy than powerful at low revs.

User Reviews:

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  2001 Toyota Celica GT-S - 2001 Toyota Celica
  By matt - July 15 - 11:53 am

  Since I have had this car it has been nothing but problems. It has been in the shop for about half the time that I owned it but with the time that it has been out of the shop it has been great. This car has out performed all the cars that I have had in the past with great gas economy.

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  Great in the beginning - 2001 Toyota Celica
  By Kurtis Rich - July 24 - 7:43 pm

  I bought this car brand new in 2001. I loved it when I first bought it but after a while the car started acting up. One problem after another and theres a long list of problems but some of them are: trunk started rattling, the brake caliper on the rear driver side kept putting too much pressure on the pads and it would wear out more than the others. The DRL sensor also messed up. They also had a recall on the headlights. Im not an aggressive driver or anything but Ive put about 86,000 miles on it and the engine block cracked. I quickly trashed this car after that because I really hated it. So much for Toyotas reliability

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  OIL ISSUES ON THIS CAR - 2001 Toyota Celica
  By kimgtk - September 13 - 12:08 pm

  I bought this car off a used car dealer. I had it 30 days. NO engine light ever came on, but the oil was dry and the engine is blown because of it. I checked on recalls and even though this seems to be a common problem (on the boards) there are not any recalls. I checked with the seller and they said I bought it as is, which I did. I am stuck with a loan for this car and the engine is blown. Im very dissapointed and upset. I would never buy this car .....ever!

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  Oh what a feeling! (NOT) - 2001 Toyota Celica
  By California07 - June 15 - 3:26 pm

  Bought an 01 GT as a Toyota Certified Vehicle. Three weeks out, found that it burns oil at about 1600 mile to a quart - complained to Toyota and went to arbitration, but they wont warranty until its burning a quart every 1200. Last month the catalytic converter died (warrantied by Toyota) and last week the manual transmission died at 82K miles - just had it repaired for $3500, since Toyota would not cover it, though it was a Certified Vehicle and used carefully. Think twice about buying a Toyota Certified Vehicle - worst car Ive EVER owned, and Ive bought 8 Toyotas since a 1971 Crown, and several that I drove 200+K miles.

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  My Third Celica - 2001 Toyota Celica
  By KudosKim - January 4 - 2:00 am

  The vehicle has been problematic. The tension belt was replaced at 23,000 miles-now at 38,000 miles it is again necessary to replace the tension belt. The brakes have clicked the entire time Ive owned the vehicle, and the air conditioning has never functioned at a cold level. I purchased the vehicle new, and intend to sell shortly..