kickdown

I have a problem on one of the E36's. Bare in mind the engine is very similar to the e320 so any help would be much appriciated. When driving at around 80mph, if you give it full throttle and kickdown, the car will go down the 3rd. The revs rise from 3000 to 3700rpm, when the gear is engaged...

Hello, just learned yesterday that there is a kickdown switck ant the end of the pedal. I am pretty sure I have never use it as when I floor the pedal I just floor it, not stamp it. What is the kickdown for? What does it do? Thank you. Olivier

Hi all, I seem to have lost kickdown at speeds above> 50mph at lower speeds its fine? CLK 320 / 1998 / 47,400 miles

Hi all, Thought I'd bring a problem to the panel: Intermittently, I have noticed that kick-down is not working correctly. Instead of dropping down a few gears and galloping away, I hear the engine doing this but do not feel anything happen! Its almost like there's a limiter on - checked...

my kickdown switch has popped out of its housing - the fuel pump is working but the engine will not rotate / start. Is this due to broken switch thanks

my W163 at times will not kick down whilst going up hill Very weird as soon as you get on the level it works fine slightly concerning if you seek to overtake and notjhing there when you go for the loud button any ideas????

While driving back from seeing a customer today, I decided rather than take the motorway, I would take the scenic route home. While I was happy to pootle along and enjoy the scenery when I wanted to accelerate the car wouldn't accelerate fast enough nor would it go into kickdown when I...

Over the last couple of weeks my car seems to have developed a longer delay from flooring it to kicking down. Also feels slower from a standstill. Moving acceleration stills feels ok though. Any ideas??

Noticed recently that the kickdown is becomming tempramental on my 2002 W163 320 Is this a known fault and what can be done to solve it...is it a case of having the logic reset via Star..... also does the W163 have such a thing as a throttle body reset...my old TT used to suffer alot and...

The kickdown......just love it.. Pedal to the metal, then another flick of the toe and you press the little kickdown switch.. Just brilliant.. Do any other cars have this?

My '03 ML Cdi has been playing up by not revving past 3000rpm and no kickdown etc (only intermittently). I have been in and out of the car quite a bit today, and it has without fail started to work properly about 1 or 2 mins after i start it. Once it clears and starts working, it does not fail...

After my car has just had its "secondary air injection valve" changed the car doesnt seem quite as nippy as it did before it all started going wrong? When the car was working as well as it ever had i could floor it at 5mph when the lights changed etc and the car would drop down to 1st and feel...

Hi My ml is losing kickdown a lot of the time. I have replaced the transmission fluid and the spacer on the plug socket into the gearbox although there was no sign of leakage. Its made no difference. The gears go up and down fine manually with the tiptronic. Sometimes the kickdown works...

Done a little reading up and learn't a little about setting off, W/S and throttle control. However I believe after some reading that there may be something wrong with the kick down. If I was rolling onto a 70 road at 30 Waited until the car was straight And pressed the pedal down. Past the...

Hi All, Just got my 2001 C-Class auto 220CDI (W203) back from the body shop, they've put a new bonnet, bumper, air con etc after a small shunt. On the drive back it seemed fine, although I had no opportunity to give it any kind of welly. Just drove it agian and it struggled up hill at 20...

coming home from work this evening was putting foot to floor but nothing happened just moved through gears but no kickdown or acceleration, stopped on side, switched off engine then restarted and everything fine any ideas, could my box be on the way out, was planning on taking car to indy to...

Hi, At present i am selling a 2001 clk cabriolet auto & a potential buyer tried her out.He said that there was a lack of power on kickdown.I was not sure what he was on about to be honest.I thought that the tiptronic gearbox was to give you that bit extra power when you need it.It just changes...

HI, I have 1998 s c200 auto, and i find te kick down a bit slow and weak and not as agressive.. Does the fluid need doing. I got a quote at wdm perr bar he goes 90+vat... what you guys reckon? thanks

I've got a problem with my '97 W210. If i'm driving at about half throttle, when i give it a bit more accelaration i get a backfire inside the cat and a hesitation before the car will pick up. I've also noticed that the car is very sluggish when cold. I've also noticed that the autobox seems...

I've been thinking somethings up for a while... Took it out for a drive tonight on quiet roads. Anyway, it looks like the auto box is refusing to kick down whatever... Never really noticed it too much before but if I remember it changes down if you ram your foot down. At the moment, its...