# 2004 Toyota Avalon misses badly

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** avalon, toyota\
**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828 "2019-02-17T18:11:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Davis51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Davis51](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Davis51)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828/1 "2019-02-17T18:11:53Z")

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Misses bad for a few seconds at about 50 miles and up.  
126000 miles on car change spark plugs, Air filter, oil has always been change at $5000 miles or lower. Change fuel filter. No check engine light on.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828/2 "2019-02-18T00:11:15Z")

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When was the last time the spark plug wires were changed?

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828/3 "2019-02-19T02:16:03Z")

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I’m pretty sure this 2004 Avalon has coil-on-plug ignition

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-toyota-avalon-misses-badly/134828/4 "2019-02-19T02:26:04Z")

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If there’s no Check Engine light, then what you feel might not be a miss, but instead torque converter clutch shudder.

When was the last time the transmission fluid/filter was serviced?

Tester