Driving with wife and a friend and 04 Highlander started skipping badly and 3 dash lights came on. 165000 miles on it. zero repairs since new except one brake light switch. . Have done maintenance like brakes and timing belt.. Was in town, turned around went back near my neighborhood, at about 4:10 on a hot summer afternoon, went in the indie Toyota (only) shop , "can I come in tomorrow morning? We are booked up all day tomorrow Friday they said , but lets see what it is- they close at 5:00. Mechanic with laptop or a scanner came out to car , passengers still in my car, upped hood, said front middle coil was bad, went inside, said we do not have one tho it is supposed to be a stock item for us, will order one, maybe be here in morning, I said what do I do?, they said , Oh we have a used loaner one, they installed that , check engine lights were gone, back on road at about 4:45! will get new (Toyota oem) one when it comes in.
They said aftermarket coils were in price close to Toyota/denso ( Toy denso at $100 each etc) but poor quality (is that true? They ordered OEM.
Years ago on a Nissan the Napa chinese replacement coil would stop the skip but would turn on the check engine light a day later, they replaced the napa one with a nissan oem to stop that.
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They said aftermarket coils were in price close to Toyota/denso ( Toy denso at $100 each etc) but poor quality (is that true? They ordered OEM.
Years ago on a Nissan the Napa chinese replacement coil would stop the skip but would turn on the check engine light a day later, they replaced the napa one with a nissan oem to stop that.
great service
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