Yes but more likely..
Start with your fan belt pulley and belt, if the bearings are gone it will stick and release cause the cam to jerk a bit tricking the sensor into thinking it was a miss fire.
You locate the cause of the random misfire and take corrective actions against that; be it a coil, plug, wire, coil boot or crank sensor. A random misfire is as it states - a misfire that happens randomly in possibly a random cylinder as well. They can be hard to diagnose, as well and it is recommended that you take vehicle to a qualified, ASE certified shop for diagnostics.
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P1300 is Random Misfire or Random Misfire likely due to low fuel The rest relate to Bank 1 oxygen sensor failure and disconnection. I would guess you have a disconnected or damaged Oxygen sensor wiring harness causing a lean miss on several cylinders.
PO300 is random misfire. Can be bad plugs, plug wires, or other problem. PO335 means something is effecting the Crankshaft Position Sensor. The sensor can be bad or it can be something else altogether.
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this has been answered in 2000 kia sportage.
An intermittent crankshaft sensor will not let the engine fire the correct times. This can definitely cause a misfire for the engine.
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No
NO They are not the same.
My book shows P0300=Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected. P0342=Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Low Input. Hopefully this helps you out.
P0030 - HO2S heater control circuit (bank 1 , sensor 1) P0300 - Random/ multiple cylinder misfire detetected