87S4 TRANNY QUESTION
11-15-2006, 10:16 PM
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Look for the switch - it could be in the ashtray, on the center console or the kick panels.
IIRC the switch will be wired to the kickdown switch behind the accelerator peddle.
Look for the wires and trace them to the extra switch.
Good Luck.
IIRC the switch will be wired to the kickdown switch behind the accelerator peddle.
Look for the wires and trace them to the extra switch.
Good Luck.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
11-18-2006, 07:27 PM
#24
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it is possible that the kick down switch itself is faulty, look at the gas pedal and you may need to pull the carpet back to locate the two wires which plug into the kick down switch, just unplug the switch if it still happens then you know that there is either 1 a switch you are not finding, the relay is buggered and left in the powerized mode, or the soliniod in the tranny is kaput,
if you disconnect it and the same things happens then I would climb under the car and unplug the solinoid this will probably require the use of needle nose pliers.
You need to jack up the car alittle and slide under the back end
when you are looking at the pan on the tranny look between the pan and the rear crossmember which supports the tranny, on the passenger side just above the pan you will see a black plastic plug with a brown wire cover, this is what you need to unplug, it slides straight out, there IS enough room to get it out without pulling the tranny. If you disconnect this and the problem is still there then that means you have a defective solinoid, if you disconnect it and it behaves normally, then it means you have a wiring issue.
I hope that helps
if you disconnect it and the same things happens then I would climb under the car and unplug the solinoid this will probably require the use of needle nose pliers.
You need to jack up the car alittle and slide under the back end
when you are looking at the pan on the tranny look between the pan and the rear crossmember which supports the tranny, on the passenger side just above the pan you will see a black plastic plug with a brown wire cover, this is what you need to unplug, it slides straight out, there IS enough room to get it out without pulling the tranny. If you disconnect this and the problem is still there then that means you have a defective solinoid, if you disconnect it and it behaves normally, then it means you have a wiring issue.
I hope that helps