does your vehicle possibly have a stuck kickdown switch?

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

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what is a kick down switch?

and how do i determine if i have a stuck kickdown switch?

thanks

a kickdown switch is a small switch that when you floor the throttle pedal, the switch is activated, and kicks the transmission down a gear from it would normally be, for sudden accelleration, to determine if its stuck, you could test the wires with a multitester, or drive the car, and "activate the switch" and see if the tranny shifts down a gear.

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1982 300D (w123, "Grey Car")
1982 300D (w123, "Blue Car")
2001 Ford F150 "Clifford" (The Big Red Truck)
1997 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
Previous Vehicles:
1995 E300D, 1980 300SD, 1992 Buick Century, 2005 Saturn Ion

ok i have felt that switch.

so if i step on the gas all the way down my transmission should drop a gear from the gear it is currently in?

if i wanted to test the wires were would i start. do you know how i can visually locate those wires?

im going out to test drive this right now

thanks

so i took the car on a test drive and before i took off, i was pressing that button with my hand and it goes in fine and comes out.

i drove the car around and form start i slammed on the pedal and the rpm level went up to 5000 so i let go of the gas, i dont know if thats normal for fast acceleration.

but while i was driving in second gear i slammed it again and to me it didnt feel as if the transmission droped a gear.

when i do slam the pedal all the way down it dosent feel to me as if im hitting that button. so i was just driving at a constint speed and i put my foot under the pedal and steped on that button alone and i could hear it click, but when i step on the pedal all the way down i dont hear that same click as when i step on the button alone. i dont know if the click noise is even suppose to be heard when you fully step on the pedal??

so im gussesing this aint the problem

let me know if i can try some other way to test this

i apprecaite all replies

thanks

any other thoughts

thanks

I had a 92 300E and did a similiar thing. In my case, the tranny filter was coming apart and was clogging one of the lines.