We just purchased a 95 300D -- we have a very steep hill that leads to our house. We've always put all our cars in 1/L just prior to hitting the steep section.

In the 300D, pedal all the way to the floor...no kick down. Reach behind the throttle pedal (car off, in park, keys out...) and I can depress the switch and it clicks. It seems to be exaclty as described above...any "normal" use whereby the pedal is pushed to the floor simply does not activate the switch. I ordered the CD too...it's on the way.

There has to be an adjustment for this...