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NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor

NTK AD0044 Accelerator Pedal Sensor

Brand NTK AD0044
Terminal Type Blade
Mounting Hardware Included No
Connector Shape Rectangular
Terminal Quantity 6
Connector Gender Female
Mounting Bracket Included No
Product line NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
Fits Audi and Volkswagen · 125 vehicles

OE-level replacement. Built to meet or exceed original equipment specifications for technical sensor applications.

OE-tested design. Thermal shock, vibration, and OBD verification testing support consistent sensor performance.

Direct-fit connector. Rectangular female connector with blade terminals and 6-terminal layout.

Cross-references Standard Ignition APS222, Standard Ignition APS411 and Standard Ignition APS412 for the same application. See all 26.

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Accelerator Pedal Sensor Overview

NTK AD0044 is an accelerator pedal sensor built for direct replacement applications across select Audi and Volkswagen models. It uses a rectangular female connector with blade terminals and is engineered to meet OE-level specifications for signal accuracy and reliability.

Compatible With Audi R8, Audi A3, Audi A3 Quattro, Audi Q3, Audi Q3 Quattro, Audi TT, Audi TT Quattro, Audi TT RS Quattro, Volkswagen CC, Volkswagen Eos, Volkswagen GTI, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Passat CC, and Volkswagen Rabbit applications. This part number, AD0044, is backed by NTK’s technical sensor expertise and OE application knowledge.

Key Features

  • Rectangular female connector for a secure electrical interface
  • Blade terminal design with 6 terminals
  • Built to meet or exceed OE specifications
  • Tested under thermal shock, vibration, and OBD verification conditions
  • Part number AD0044 for streamlined identification

Detailed Description

NTK AD0044 is part of the NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor line, a product family focused on technical sensor coverage for import and domestic vehicles. NTK draws on OE experience and extensive automotive engineering to produce sensors that support precise pedal input signal transfer. For buyers searching for an accelerator pedal sensor for Audi R8 or Volkswagen Jetta applications, AD0044 provides a direct-fit replacement option with the connector and terminal configuration specified for the listed vehicles.

NTK’s sensor program is supported by testing that includes thermal shock, vibration, and OBD verification, helping ensure consistent performance under demanding operating conditions. The AD0044 part number is also cross-referenced to Monroe Shocks & Struts 172286 and 182286 for the same application.

What It Is Used For

  • Restoring accelerator pedal position signal output
  • Addressing throttle response irregularities caused by sensor wear
  • Replacing a damaged or failing pedal sensor connector assembly
  • Correcting electronic input issues that can trigger drivability concerns
  • Supporting proper pedal-to-engine communication in drive-by-wire systems

Installation Notes and Tips

Verify the connector shape, terminal count, and vehicle notes before installation. Some listed applications require the black pedal configuration, and certain Volkswagen CC and Passat CC applications are limited by production date. Mounting hardware and mounting bracket are not included.

Quality Assurance

NTK states that its technical sensors are manufactured to meet or exceed OE specifications. The brand also subjects sensors to thermal shock, vibration, and OBD verification testing as part of its OE-focused quality process.

This part fits 125 vehicles
Always verify fitment with your vehicle's VIN if unsure. Submodel & trim restrictions may apply.
YearMakeModelSubmodelTransmissionLitersCylindersNotes
2021AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2020AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2018AudiR8——5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2017AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2017VolkswagenCC——2.0LL4NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016AudiQ3—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016AudiQ3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016AudiTT Quattro————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016VolkswagenEos————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2016VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiQ3—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiQ3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiR8—Manual5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiR8—Automatic Dual Clutch5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiR8—Manual4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiR8—Automatic Dual Clutch4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015AudiTT Quattro————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015VolkswagenCC—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015VolkswagenEos————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2015VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014AudiR8—Manual5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014AudiR8—Automatic Dual Clutch5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014AudiR8—Manual4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014AudiR8—Automatic Dual Clutch4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014AudiTT Quattro—Automatic Dual Clutch2.0LL4with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenCCSportAutomatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenCCR-LineAutomatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenCCExecutiveAutomatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenEos————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2014VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013AudiA3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013AudiTT Quattro—Automatic Dual Clutch2.0LL4with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013AudiTT RS Quattro——2.5LL5with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013VolkswagenEos————with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2013VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiA3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiR8—Manual5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiR8—Manual4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiTT Quattro—Automatic Dual Clutch2.0LL4with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012AudiTT RS Quattro——2.5LL5with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenCC—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenEos—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenEos—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2012VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011AudiA3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011AudiR8—Manual5.2LV10with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011AudiR8—Manual4.2LV8with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011AudiTT Quattro—Automatic Dual Clutch2.0LL4with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenCC—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenEos—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenEos—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2011VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch2.0LL4NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010AudiA3 Quattro————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenCC—Manual——To 3/5/2010; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenCC—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenPassat—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenPassat CC—Manual——To 3/5/2010; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2010VolkswagenPassat CC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009AudiA3 Quattro—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009AudiTT—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009AudiTT Quattro—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenCC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenGTI—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenPassat————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenPassat CC—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenRabbit—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2009VolkswagenRabbit—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008AudiA3—Automatic Dual Clutch——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008AudiA3 Quattro—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008AudiR8————NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008AudiTT—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008AudiTT Quattro—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenGTI—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenPassat—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenRabbit—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2008VolkswagenRabbit—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007AudiA3—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007AudiA3 Quattro——3.2LV6NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenGTI—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenPassat—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenRabbit—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2007VolkswagenRabbit—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006AudiA3—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006AudiA3 Quattro——3.2LV6NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenGTI—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenGTI—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenJetta—Automatic——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenJetta—Automatic Dual Clutch——with Black Pedal; with OE # 1K1723503L,1K1723503AA; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenPassat—Automatic——NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenRabbit—Manual——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
2006VolkswagenRabbit—Automatic——with Black Pedal; NTK Accelerator Pedal Sensor
Directly replaces or cross-references 26 part numbers
Cross-reference numbers are provided for identification purposes only. Always confirm fitment before ordering.
Standard Ignition — APS222Standard Ignition — APS411Standard Ignition — APS4121K1 721 503AB1K1 721 503AL1K1 721 503AS1K1 721 503L1K1 723 503AA1K1 723 503AH1K1 723 503AJ1K1 723 503AP1K1 723 503AQ1K1 723 503L1K1 723 503S1K1 723 503T1L1 723 503S1Q1 721 5031Q1 721 503A1Q1 723 5031Q1 723 503A2-801212-803112-80312PPS1121PPS1311PPS1312