Acceleration sensor fault

[SaucyBoy]

Hi every one,

Had a friend plug my car (Fabia VRS) in due to a recent fault upon where there would be a loss of power and the traction control light would come on. This would then disappear upon lifting off and re applying. Anyway it comes up with 18039 Acceleration Position Sensor -Signal Too High Intermittent.

So, what part do i need and how much will it be?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Jim

[neiljohnson]

SaucyBoy said:

Hi every one,

Had a friend plug my car (Fabia VRS) in due to a recent fault upon where there would be a loss of power and the traction control light would come on. This would then disappear upon lifting off and re applying. Anyway it comes up with 18039 Acceleration Position Sensor -Signal Too High Intermittent.

So, what part do i need and how much will it be?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Jim

I would think the throttle position sensor would be the likely culprit but it needs to be tested. The fault code might give you an idea of where to start looking but it mat not be a sensor fault.

To many people just change the bit the code relates to rather than actually 'diagnosing' the fault

[SaucyBoy]

Hi mate, thanks for the reply. The car is still under it's warranty so i just wanted to find out what the possible problem was, the part needed and the cost before calling to see if it's covered (Don't want to take it some where pay to have it plugged in again, tested and then be told it's not covered when they ring the warranty people). If it isn't it will be going to my mate to fix. unfortunately he's not VAT registered so I can't use him, doh!!

Cheers

Jim