When I am driving at a constant speed in 2nd or 3rd I can hear a slight popping from the exhaust. Also when I try to aggressively accelerate I get a lot of hesitation. I'm thinking it could be the fuel filter. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

 

Fuel filter, spark plugs, air filter, MAF sensor.....but to be 100% get it checked out at ya local auto zone they will plug in diagnostic code reader to see what's goin on