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Old Feb 13th, 2019, 22:17   #1
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Driving home last night I got "Reduced Engine Performance" message pop up on my 58 plate C30 1.6 petrol.

Got codes read this morning at a specialist garage and it came back with throttle position sensor.
The garage said they will look for a new part and booked in next Thursday.

Since being read the fault has not returned.
Is it possible that the fault flagged up as the car was having a funny do and being ready by the DICE has cleared this "fault"?

I've driven over 30 miles since and it has not come back yet.
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Old Feb 13th, 2019, 22:31   #2
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before you spend some crazy money on new part, do this trick:
clean the insides of throttle body
literally, take hose off of it (the one coming from turbo), get a wipe (lint free) and wipe all the crud that you see off.

some would use spray
i used cloth
you do as you please

an example here:

https://youtu.be/41yFXjibtLY

is the fault persists after this, THEN take it to garage egain
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Old Feb 14th, 2019, 07:24   #3
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When it happened to my tdi v70 it needed a new throttle pedal.
The joys of fly by wire.

Paul.
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Old Feb 14th, 2019, 10:33   #4
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When it happened to my tdi v70 it needed a new throttle pedal.
The joys of fly by wire.

Paul.
The guy mentioned a new pedal as well. Guess it's something they've had to deal with before.
If that's the case then I will have to make sure that they either get a matching one or remove the metal pad from the existing one and fit it to the new one.
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