# 1999 Toyota Camry CE sluggish acceleration

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 13, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818 "2009-06-13T09:31:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sarani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Sarani](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarani)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818/1 "2009-06-13T09:31:11Z")

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I have 1999 Toyota Camry CE with 4 cyl engine and auto trans. Recently it’s been idling rough and acceleration has been very sluggish. I changed the spark plugs and wires today and it seemed to fix the problem but after driving 30 miles it came back. What else could be the problem? Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![americar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/americar/32/42_2.png) [@americar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/americar)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818/2 "2009-06-13T09:54:38Z")

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Is the Check engine light on?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818/3 "2009-06-13T13:40:43Z")

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Go here: [http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?fromSearchPage=true&pageId=0900c152801a8f28&partName=Removal%26Installation&partId=0900c152801a8f28](http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?fromSearchPage=true&pageId=0900c152801a8f28&partName=Removal%26Installation&partId=0900c152801a8f28) , register, follow the instructions for changing the fuel filter. The fuel filter is under the hood, below the brake master cylinder.

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**Author:** ![Sarani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Sarani](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarani)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818/4 "2009-06-14T09:19:07Z")

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Check engine light is not on, the acceleration sometimes is good and sometimes is very slow.

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**Author:** ![Sarani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Sarani](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarani)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-ce-sluggish-acceleration/31818/5 "2009-06-14T20:38:10Z")

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Today I took out the fuel filter and when I disconnected the inline (from fuel tank) I was expecting fuel to burst out since I was told it’s under pressure even when the car is off, but there was no pressure at all. Could I have a bad fuel pump?