David,
I just took my kickdown switch off- it was just squeeze clips and came off in 10 seconds. Then the connector was another 10 - what was the difficulty? You do have to have the seats all the way out but otherwise it was cake. Now I tested the two pairs off pins with an ohmeter. One pair was constant on and the other was constant off. I don't think this is documented in the manual but I think it is probably working. The receptacle seemed intact and it clicked right back in. I'm wondering though if the plug was stuck in wrong. Time for a test drive...