NHTSA Complaint #10515868 — 2001 TOYOTA CELICA

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA CELICA GT, ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY SAID THAT MY OIL WAS A QT LOW. SO I TOOK NOTE. THE OTHER DAY MY ENGINE SOUNDED DIFFERENT, SO I PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND CHECKED THE OIL. THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIP STICK. I BOUGHT A QT, PUT IT IN AND DROVE TO WORK. WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN, I WAS STILL UNABLE TO SEE OIL ON THE DIP STICK, I PUT ANOTHER QT IN. I DOVE HOME AND CHECKED AGAIN, I COULD JUST SEE THE OIL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DIP STICK, I PUT ANOTHER QT IN. THIS BROUGHT IT ALMOST TO THE FULL LINE. I CHECKED FOR OIL LEAKS UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND NO VISIBLE AREA THAT THE MASS AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKED OUT, I BURNED IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT 00-02 TOYOTA CELICA GTS HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND THAT ITS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. IT WAS ADDRESSED AND FIXED IN 2003. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT IN EUROPE, ALL OF THE 00-02 TOYOTA CELICA GTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID NO. I THEN ASKED WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, TOYOTA SAID THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY ENGINE OUT OF POCKET. I ASKED ABOUT THE RECALL IN EUROPE, THE TECH SAID HE KNEW ABOUT IT. I ALSO CALLED THE USA TOYOTA HEAD QUARTERS AND MADE A COMPLAINT, THEY SAID MY CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO THEY WOULDN'T HELP ME IN ANYWAY. I ESTIMATE THAT MY 2001 TOYOTA CELICA GT BURNED A QT OF OIL EVERY 800 MILES. WHEN I FOUND THAT MY OIL WAS THAT LOW, I FEARED NOT ONLY FOR MY SAFETY BUT FOR MY PASSENGERS AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. WHAT IF I HAD BURNED ALL OF MY OIL AND MY ENGINE FROZE UP. I COULD CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT? MY ENGINE HAS TREMENDOUS LOSS OF POWER BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I COULD BOG OUT CROSSING A HIGHWAY AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE WORSE PART IS MY CAR IS POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT WITH HYDRO CARBONS. I AM STUCK WITH IT, IT WONT PASS EMISSIONS. *TR