1994 Toyota Celica

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1994 Toyota Celica, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Air bags7
• Service brakes, hydraulic3
• Tires2
• Suspension2
• Seat belts2
• Power train2
• Engine and engine cooling1
• Vehicle speed control1
• Steering1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 5 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 5 1994 Celica vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 5 people died inside them, and 1 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1994 Toyota Celica failed the safety check 1.21% of the time — 8% less often than the average 1994 passenger car (1.33%). Median odometer at inspection: 163,313 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Engines

The most common engines in 1994 Toyota Celica cars on Dutch roads are the 1.8 petrol (85 kW, 114 hp) and 2.0 petrol (129 kW, 173 hp).

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

211 first registered in 1994 are on Dutch roads; 30% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €39,253.

Most common APK defects

• Overmatige vloeistoflekkage overige vloeistoffen48
• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde45
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld27
• Stofhoes aandrijfas beschadigd en dicht niet af23
• Uitlaatsysteem niet gasdicht / onveilige afvoer uitlaatgasse23
• Band onvoldoende profiel22
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm22
• Stadslicht werkt niet (goed)16

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

263 cars built in 1994 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 921 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 110 of these cars first registered in 1994 took their annual MOT test. 68% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 1994 the figure was 66%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

48 of these cars first registered in 1994 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 299,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

266 1994 cars are on the New Zealand register; 78% arrived as used imports, 18% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Recalls

No recall campaigns cover the 1994 Toyota Celica.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Toyota told its dealers about the 1994 Toyota Celica: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)