Car Fix DIY Videos

Our 2011 Nissan Rogue rogue randomly started having major power loss and heavy vibration. It started without warning one day.

Our 2012 Ford Escape had a similar problem earlier this year. Our assumption was that the car needed a tune up with new spark plugs and ignition coils.

This video shows the initial symptoms of an ignition system issue in a car followed by a typical solution for fixing the problem. Symptoms include power loss, random cylinder misfire, vibration, engine light on, and a P0300 ODBII engine code. The problem is common in aging cars where the spark plugs and coil packs haven’t been replaced in a long time. We show how we pulled and replaced the ignition coil/coil packs and the spark plugs to solve the problem. We were lucky since this issue can also be caused by a bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter, clogged air filter, dirty throttle body, vacuum line cracks, and some other less common problems that can be more difficult to track down. If you are having this issue you can verify the air filter is clear and then replace the spark plugs to start. That could clear the issue. However, since coil packs are like $10 a pop on Amazon and plugs are like $5, and time is money, you may just want to consider doing the air filter, coils, and spark plugs as a first step!

Sorry about the camera movement… it was a very windy day when we did this job.