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Kickdown comes on 200

posted by  someone claiming to be fiddler on  Thu Oct 14 05:48 CST 2004 [RELATED]

I have an '89 240 sedan, automatic (unfortunately). Occasionally the transmission kickdown arrow comes on and makes a weird buzzing noise sometimes when I am pulling out. Pushing the side button only changes the noise slightly. It usually goes off in a minute or two.

This is an annoyance and I don't really see the kickdown's value anyway. Is there an EASY (operative word, along with SIMPLE) way of just disconnecting the kickdown.

Gracias, Mike








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Kickdown comes on 200

posted by  someone claiming to be nkfro on  Thu Oct 14 06:31 CST 2004 [RELATED]

That's not a 'kickdown' indicator - the arrow lights up when overdrive is disengaged. The buzzing is the OD relay, which is failing. The repair might be as simple as reflowing the solder on the relay. The FAQ's on this site address this sort of problem.








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Kickdown comes on 200

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posted by  Sven's Maintainer on  Thu Oct 14 07:08 CST 2004
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The FAQ's are under "Features".
The FAQ you need is
Automatic AW 70 & ZF Series








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Thanks! 200

posted by  nkfro on  Thu Oct 14 09:11 CST 2004
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Couldn't remember exactly where the FAQ's were.......







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