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P0121 and Limp mode

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Old Jan 15, 2025 | 11:33 PM
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My XJR 2000 with 155,000 km on it is my daily driver always stored in a garage.

Yesterday morning all of a sudden the car goes into limp mode.
I stopped by the roadside and turned off the engine. Started it and drove for a bit and it happened again. I repeated the restart and somehow got to my destination.
Took it for a 40 minute spin last night and nothing happened.
Again this morning the limp mode and error happened. My OBD reader states a trouble code P0121.

Looking through the forums I see it's the incorrect signal from throttle position sensor.
Some forums mention cleaning the TPS connectors. Any other things I should look at?

 
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Old Jan 16, 2025 | 09:13 AM
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Info from Jaguar decades ago.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2025 | 10:57 AM
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Yep...dissimilar metals can cause all kinds of corrosion issues which
in turn, yields poor connectivity. Any engineer worth his salt should
have caught that while it was being designed.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2025 | 09:01 PM
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Thanks very much for that.
Is there anything I should do myself?
The car has been running fine now for a couple of days.
 
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