What is that button on behind the accelerator pedal?
06-03-2002, 04:38 PM
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What is that button on behind the accelerator pedal?
What is that metal button behind the accelerator? I stepped all the way down on it while driving on the free way and i then hear a click...then my engine starts reving like crazy. What does that thing do?
06-03-2002, 05:20 PM
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ummm, a little more detail?
a little more detail would help me. How does that make the car go faster?
06-03-2002, 07:02 PM
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Re: ummm, a little more detail?
Originally posted by Goldeni245
a little more detail would help me. How does that make the car go faster?
a little more detail would help me. How does that make the car go faster?
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The kickdown switch is used by the transmission control unit as it manages shifting.
Hit the throttle hard & fast, to the point of engaging the kickdown switch, and you'll get a down shift more quickly than if you hit the throttle hard & fast but let up before you hit the kickdown switch.
Hit the throttle hard & fast, to the point of engaging the kickdown switch, and you'll get a down shift more quickly than if you hit the throttle hard & fast but let up before you hit the kickdown switch.
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