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Guys, my sun roof and rear window are making SO MUCH NOISE! i can understand if it was a used car with 65k miles on it but my car has 7000 miles on it and the moonroof rattles and clicks like mad at all speeds on any kind of road that's not perfectly flat and smooth, Perfectly. and the rear window creaks along with the moonroof. it's very loud and unless i am driving with my windows open and radio loud i can constantly hear it above and behind me clicking, clacking and creaking. the mechanics said they could not hear anything wrong with it when i brought my car in for a squeaky belt, which i find hard to beleive. it's incessant.
MY QUESTION:
What do i tell the dealer/mechanic in order to get them to fix this? What are the exact words you would use to convince them to fix this problem? The sunroof works, and so does the rear window obviously, but they are so loud and loose. will the dealer ever fix a problem like this even though no warranty part is actual broken? i cannott live with a brand new toyota that makes more noise than my mothers '92 subaru loyale - you can understand that right? please help me out. thanks
Basically I just stuck to my guns and threatened to call the regional service manager, pretty much made such a pain in the butt out of myself that they took care of me just to shut me up.
Also, I had to talk to the owner before I got anywhere.
Don't know if that will help or not, but good luck.
I heard no such story when I went to a different dealer who had mostly GT-S's in his lot.
Seems to me that dealers will say whatever they need to to make excuses for problems or shortcomings.
Does the noise seem to come from the glass itself or is the whole rear hatch rattling?
i got a question for you celica owners.
how many times a day do you redline your engines? how hard can they be driven and still age gracefully?
Part of how Toyota builds reliability into their engines is by over-engineering them. For example, they build an engine that can handle 250 HP at an engine speed of 9500 RPM consistently. Then they make the engine produce 180 HP with a redline of 8500 RPM. Since the engine's operating range is much lower than it is capable of handling, the engine lasts forever. Therefore, accelerating to redline shouldn't hurt the engine. Running the engine at revs that are too low can be almost as damaging as running revs too high.
Go ahead and enjoy your car. Breaking in your engine properly probably has more to do with its longevity than taking the engine to its redline.
By the way, wait until the engine warms up before taking the engine to redline. When you first start you car is when most of the engine wear occurs.
Tom
P.S. If you want proof to back this up, look elsewhere. I am only here to provide unsubstantiated rumors, not proven facts.
Tom
Just because I don't hit the redline, doesn't mean everyone's passing me.
Why the Celica?? 28 mpg and the reliable Toyota rep are two pretty good reasons. And it's nice to look at, no doubt about that. It's my 3rd Toyota.
Tom
P.S. Don't take me seriously, I'm just giving you a hard time. Most Mustang owners haven't taken their car to redline, and Mustangs don't get 28 mph or have high reliability. If fast acceleration was the only reason for buying a car, we would all be driving Camaro Z28s.
Amazing, redline in this car IS perfectly smooth. Remarkable. This car is just pleasure.
Last time I started to switch to neutral as I noticed that Toyota's engine switches to braking whenever you release the accelerator. This way I was able to get 30 mpg with careful driving (no redlining for one tank, usually <3000 rpm, and switching to neutral whenever there is a slightest slope).
This tank I decided to do fun driving - i.e. accelerate as I wish, but as soon as I get to normal speed and there is a slight downhill - switch to neutral as long as it does not decelerate. Hey, I still got 29.3 mpg! And I redlined it a lot!
I'm getting around 27 with my 6-speed, no matter how I'm driving. I have 2000 miles on the car. Being laid-off, haven't put too much on since I got the car in December. I hope for slightly better mileage once she breaks in a little longer. Since I didn't rev her at all during the first 1500 miles, I suspect the engine could loosen up a little with some spirited driving.
I love this car soo much, and Toyota is just the best...my last car was a Toyota Tacoma TRD 4WD that I spiffied up with about 3 Grand in Rollbars, Brush guards, lights tires...etc!! YEE HAW...oh yeah...Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of Red on your Tac every now and then!!
(So much for being careful on the road. And I've had my 2001 Celica GT less than 2 weeks.)
Any ideas on the best way to repair the rims?
Thanks!
I think this engine is high compression, and those types normally take advantage of the octane. Well, someone will sooner or later post results!
I am not sure what you mean. I assume that you are insinuating that I wouldn't be passing Celicas with my Saab. Whether you are passing other cars or not depends much more on the driver than the car. I have seen a Geo Metro that was passing just about anyone on the road. I was referring to someone posting about not taking the engine to redline, which I assume that you do regularly (since your handle is "badtoy").
By the way, I pass just about everyone in my Saab. You are talking to someone who has gotten a 93 mph ticket (and I sped up after he clocked me) in a full-sized Ford conversion van (a looooong time ago). That vehicle had the aerodynamics of a brick.
Tom
So now I have a question:
Has anyone seen a 0-60 acceleration time for the GT? I looked everywhere, and all I can find are times for the GTS. It seems that that's all anyone bothers testing.
I haven't seen anything, but I'd guess 8-8.5 maybe???
Reliability is the most important thing here (safety is a close second). Performance is nice, but not a real consideration (I can't go 1/4 mile without hitting at least 2 lights and 5 stop signs where I live).
The car MUST be able to handle the kind of stop and go traffic that I mostly drive in.
If anyone has any thoughts on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
jusdreamin. test drive them... they are totally different cars for different types driving. almost the only thing that makes them comparable is their price.
where are the grease fittings on the celica? how often d you need to lube them?
When I went shopping - I wanted to get Cougar or Mustang. After driving both Mustang was a definite loser. Then I got to Celica GT - it was slightly better than Cougar in handling and mpg, and my wife liked the style more (I noticed that women in general do't like cars with fat rear ends).
Once again, both the GT and GTS are DOHC (dual overhead cam) designs.
I'm seriously considering getting a 2001 Celica GT in about a month (as soon as I get my first paycheck from the State of California). Here are my questions:
Headroom: Has anyone had problems with their head/hair touching the ceiling? Also, from what I gather there is more headroom in Celica's w/out the sunroof, is this correct? And if so is the difference really noticable?
Blind spot: I recently went in to test drive and when I wanted to change lanes I noticed I couldn't do the head turn thing and see out of the side/rear window to check for cars because of the high driver seat. Is this something I will get used to, or is it a constant problem people are having? Also my girlfriend suggested I put one of those little circular mirrors on the side mirror so I had a better field of view. Do you think that would be effective?
Soundsystem: Two questions. Firstly, is it worth the extra cash to upgrade the soundsystem to the 8 speaker setup, or would a separately purchased soundsystem be better? Also, if I put in a new soundsystem with a loud subwoofer, does the car tend to rattle because of the bass? A kickass subwoofer is useless to me if you can hear the car shaking louder than the music.
I think that's about it. I appreciate any answers you can give me.
The lack of visibility out the back is something you just have to get used to. Not having a spoiler helps a little.
Brenda
I just got back from a grueling drive in awful traffic and one of the worst thunderstorms I've ever been in. This was one of those flash storms that sends massive sheets of water pounding down.
With the rain compounding problems, I had really poor visibility to my blind spots through the teeny, rear, side windows. Changing lanes was a nightmare, and I'm lucky I didn't get into an accident.
I have my side mirrors adjusted to view my blindspots (rather than setting them to view down the side of the car). Still, the rain made it difficult to see the mirrors through the windows, and the mirrors themselves were covered with drops too. Once the rain let up a little, I opened my windows completely so I could see. (I had the same blind-spot problem when I test-drove a Focus ZX3, which has very similar rear side windows)
I don't mind the spoiler blocking my 6 so much. You can still see, but often the face/head of the driver behind you is blocked. Sometimes the spoiler actually comes in helpful in blocking the headlights of a tailgating SUV.
Still, the car has great handling. During my drive, I had to make some fast, last-minute swerves and turns. The Celica didn't let me down here.