Long time reader, first time poster. 04 Euro Manual.

Have a problem with either APP Sensor or DBW Unit.

During drive the 2 VSA lights illuminate and engine light comes on. accelerator then becomes rather unresponsive (as part of VSA i guess). If i turn the car off and on it goes away but its still annoying.

I took it to Honda dealer approx. 9 months ago, hooked it up to Honda computer and it returned fault codes related to to APP sensor. then they cleared the codes, took it for a spin and wasted half a tank and $220 for the diagnosis and told me its all good and if it happens again i need to replace the sensor at $400 and if that doesnt work the DBW unit at $650.

9 months went and no problems, no all of a sudden, 3 weeks after i had the clutch replaced its come back, worse than ever. It would be happening on a daily basis. Has anyone seen this before? is this something that can only be done by a Honda dealer?

Cheers