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Hi All, Has anyone had the following fault code before? 18112/P1704 (Relates to kickdown switch) Any further advise/experience to repair the fault would be appreciated. Car drives great as normal, however engine management light is on. A4 B9 3.0 V6 TDI Quattro (Auto)

As a newbie to the wonderful world of Audi, I'm a little baffled by the service intervals. So if I do lots of miles on a motorway ( usual stuck in miles of stop start traffic ) I can leave the service for anything up to 19k or two yrs, but obviously it will only be two yrs if your doing 10k. and if that was the case I would need to be on the fixed service( great for driving around empty town centres) So realistically with high mileage and on flexible service plan I will still have to visit Audi every 12 to 18 months. But if its the time and Inconvenience of visiting the garage that's tempting me into a flexible service there is one thing I don't quite understand, say I get to 17000 miles and have the car serviced which obviously when translated from German to English is just a bog standard oil change. I then drive away happy thinking I can stay away for almost (2yrs not) so imagine the joy when 2K later the car will tell me it needs another trip back to Audi for another wallet lobotomising Inspection. Which as I understand it is the actual proper service with Audi mechanics donning their medical gloves and almost getting dirty. So apart from pushing the oil and engine to its full extend is there any point to the flexible service ? surely I'm better to visit Audi 10k 20k 30k etc. as apposed to long-life which could be 17k 20k 27k 30k (Notice the extra visit with the long life service) I've recently purchased the car and its on a flexible service plan just had its first service , I intent to keep it for a good few years so regardless of my mileage perhaps I should change it to the fixed plan and maybe this is actually the best option. What's your thoughts? I cover about 13000 to 14000 miles a yr Sorry if this has been mentioned before but I couldn't find it anywhere.