Q: misfire on cylinder 4

asked by on April 28, 2016

I replaced the coilpack, plugs, wires, o2 sensor, map sensor, egr valve, had compression test Done getting same in all getting spark car starts up fine on first try no problem starting just runs a little rough from the misfire and hesitates on acceleration on hill I've had diagnostics done 3 times no one can figure it out I'm tired of keep paying for no reason and still got same problem service engine light on and rough idle

My car has 168770 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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