# Subaru Legacy - races at start up

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-legacy-races-at-start-up/6885>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** legacy, subaru\
**Created:** [November 5, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-legacy-races-at-start-up/6885 "2007-11-05T18:05:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@rknight](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rknight)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-legacy-races-at-start-up/6885/1 "2007-11-05T18:05:54Z")

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My 1999 Subary Legacy 2.2 5 speed manual will race to about 2500 rpms at start-up. This is far too fast. I have no check engine lights appearing. What might be causing this problem?