# '93 Subaru Legacy - Check engine light, hard starting, & trouble codes, **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** legacy, starting, lights, subaru, engines\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-subaru-legacy-check-engine-light-hard-starting-trouble-codes/23243 "2008-12-10T19:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Herb\_Subaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Herb\_Subaru](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Herb_Subaru)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-subaru-legacy-check-engine-light-hard-starting-trouble-codes/23243/21 "2009-12-14T19:18:02Z")
I"ve owned a few Subaru Legacys of the 1990’s. A common problem is intermittant camshaft and crankshaft sensors, particularly “cold”. Symptoms: engine turns over but no ignition; then a few cylinders fire. Over several minutes, three cylinders (which runs but poorly); then all four. With warm engine, no problem. Usually happens after 150Kmiles with me. A misfiring engine might generate odd error codes - don’t know if bad cam/crank sensors produce codes as well. But you might get some old sensors and carry them around, in case they DO fail. ---
**Author:** ![johnsonbpme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@johnsonbpme](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johnsonbpme)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-subaru-legacy-check-engine-light-hard-starting-trouble-codes/23243/22 "2010-01-21T17:10:41Z")
I just wanted to say a big “THANK YOU”. I came across this set of posts while researching the same basic problem w/ our '93 Subaru and it solved our problem. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-subaru-legacy-check-engine-light-hard-starting-trouble-codes/23243.md?page=1)