what type of controller is fitted? very few controllers will have high speed as the 'open circuit failure' of the pedal position pot.
I think it is more likely the linkage to the pot slips, I have seen some that have a piece of hose to connect the pot shaft to the linkage, and the hose slip, but even that will eventually show a code in an ev100 (or newer) system.
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