Recall Register

1990 Toyota Celica: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1990 Toyota Celica. The campaign is 90V078000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Apr 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal / Driver Side / Inflator Module. NHTSA has 29 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

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Remedy of campaign 90V078000, in the NHTSA record

Replace air bag inflator unit.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 2,543 units in total.

  1. 90V078000Received . 2,543 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal / Driver Side / Inflator Module

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Air bag inflator case was incorrectly machined.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In an accident, the air bag may not deploy, which could result in increased injury to the driver.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace air bag inflator unit.

    Report filed by TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

29 complaints, 34 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1990 Toyota Celica: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Air Bags11
Seat Belts5
Electrical System3
Visibility2
Equipment2
Vehicle Speed Control2
Structure2
Engine and Engine Cooling2
Fuel System, Gasoline1
Unknown or Other1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 13.

Complaints that report a crash
9
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
8
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
10 Jan 2016

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1990 Toyota Celica, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 6 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19721
  2. 19731
  3. 19740
  4. 19770
  5. 19780
  6. 19790
  7. 19801
  8. 19821
  9. 19830
  10. 19840
  11. 19850
  12. 19860
  13. 19870
  14. 19880
  15. 19890
  16. 19901
  17. 19910
  18. 19920
  19. 19930
  20. 19940
  21. 19950
  22. 19960
  23. 19970
  24. 19981
  25. 19991
  26. 20002
  27. 20011
  28. 20021
  29. 20031
  30. 20040
  31. 20051

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1990 Toyota Celica: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/celica/1990/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1990 Toyota Celica?
2,543 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Toyota Celica have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Toyota Celica, model years 1972 to 2005. 1 of them names the 1990 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1990 Toyota Celica name most often?
Air Bags: 11 of 34 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1990 Toyota Celica open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.