Two days ago my 03 TL felt as if it jumped time. It misses a bit now. The engine light and TCS light comes on. I haven't driven the car since this occurred. Was waiting on payday. Dose anyone know what the issue is?

 

First things first. Since the CEL is on. Run a scan to find out the codes and go from there. Post is a little vague to give you better insight.

 

Thanks man. Wish I could explain it better. AutoZone too far away and the mechanic right next door charges $85. To scan. The car recently had a timing belt, water pump change and tune up. It feels like it miss fires when I first give it gas but, it evens out once it revs over 3000 RPM while sitting in park. I haven't driven it since it develop this issue.

 

If you jump timing it's likely your valves are destroyed. So if your car is running at all then I'll bet that's not the case. Just a guess though.

When you had your tune up did they do your valves? They could've adjusted them too loose/tight.

But of course all this is guessing until we know what your DTC are. I've had JiffyLube give me DTC for free before, screw your mechanic next door.

EDIT: You can also try unplugging your coil packs one at a time to see if your engine RPMs change (of course plug it back in before unplugging the next). If you unplug one and no change - you have a bad coil pack or plug.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Scan, scan, scan, scan. You're wasting time the longer you don't scan. Amazon sells scanners for dirt cheap, around 20$. It will pay for itself in beer the first time you help someone scan codes.

 

Yes get a scanner asap. Takes a minute to set it up on your smartphone if you go with Torque.