hi i have a Passat tdi 115bhp 2000 model with about 142k miles, Its just developed a nice fault ,on the motorway it suddenly lost the throttle and the rev counter sat at about 1200 revs.I managed to get home by turning the car off, then starting back up again. When i got home i put the car on my fault scanner and it came back with 18047 fault code, i read this to be accelerator pedal position sensor. So i took pedal off and unplugged the connector and sprayed a liberal amount of contact cleaner into the plug and socket. Today it started back again so my question is? Is it defo the accelerator pedal sensor or is it something that occurs on the Passat after high mileage if anyone has any answers as i need my car back on the road asap. cheers.