c200 no kickdown

[hawkins]

hi im new on here and have just sold my 190d and brought a c200 elegance auto but it will not kickdown when i put my foot down it will just hold the gear its in. its a 1995 on a n reg. just wondered is there are any common thing i should check?

thanks nick

 

[television]

Hi Nick and welcome to the forum.

No kick down means that if you are driving along say at 40 mph and you floor the throttle it should change down and hold that gear up to the max speed for that gear,then go into the next gear.

If you push the throttle and nothing happens the most common fault is that the track on the fuel pump relay is open circuit

 

[hawkins]

If you push the throttle and nothing happens the most common fault is that the track on the fuel pump relay is open circuit

so is it just a case of changing the relay?

thanks nick

 

[television]

If you push the throttle and nothing happens the most common fault is that the track on the fuel pump relay is open circuit

so is it just a case of changing the relay?

thanks nick

It cheaper to open it and bridge the gap with a piece of copper wire soldered over the break

 

[hawkins]

ok mate thanks for the help i will have a look and see if i can sort it thanks again nick

 

[television]

ok mate thanks for the help i will have a look and see if i can sort it thanks again nick

The fault on the board affects most MBs with that fault, I would much rather that you opened it to check,just in case I am wrong, as I would not sleep if you bought something that you did not need.

 

[hawkins]

do u know what the red cable on the throttle assembly does as my dad seems to think it is to do with the kickdown

thanks nick

 

[hawkins]

also could you tell me were the relay is to be found thanks nick

 

[television]

also could you tell me were the relay is to be found thanks nick

I need the first 6 numbers of the VIN WDB202---

 

[hawkins]

hi mate just to say i sorted the kickdown and it works ok now thanks for help nick

 

[BarryG]

hi mate just to say i sorted the kickdown and it works ok now thanks for help nick

HOW?
Just in case another forum member has the same problem
(Probably me )

 

[Hibbo]

HOW?

Because it was having a negative effect on his car's performance, that's how

 

[BarryG]

Because it was having a negative effect on his car's performance, that's how

Pity theres a no swearing rule on here

 

[television]

Because it was having a negative effect on his car's performance, that's how

Me thinks that he has adjusted the cable.

 

[Hibbo]

Because it was having a negative effect on his car's performance, that's how

Pity theres a no swearing rule on here

It's one of my favourite Jockisms; How? = Why?

Example:
"Are you coming to drink 15 pints of Tennent's?"
"No."
"How?"
"Because I've spent all my money on heroin."



I'd also go for a kickdown cable adjustment

 

[db69]

hi television got the same problem on my 98 c200 vin no. is wbd202020 is that any help to locate the relay
regards db

 

[db69]

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