The automatic transmission in a car is one wonderful piece of mechanical contraption, systematically assembled to perform optimally even in the worst conditions.
OD knob
Its no longer news now that 80% of the cars on our roads are all driven with the automatic transmission raising eyebrows about the continual existence of the classic manual transmission, the question remains despite the simplicity of this so called automatic
transmission its still misunderstood by a section of users, what would you be your reaction when you have an OD OFF LIGHT signal on your dash board.
Without going too technical here OD in an automatic transmission simply means OVER DRIVE, the overdrive system in the automatic transmission when left to stay on allows your car to select till the last gear when driving, if your cars is a 5 speed gear when the over drive stays on the car can would be able to attain the 5th gear thereby improving fuel economy, but if the the overdrive stays off this would prevent the car from reaching the 5th gear at most it gets to the 4th gear, its most advisable that the car attains its last gear in order to have a smooth drivabilty experience.
over drive switch
Most times this OD LIGHTS are ignorantly turned on by the drivers by mistakenly toggling the overdrive button beside the gear lever (in most Toyota models) or around the steering wheel ( in some other car brands) alternatively the OD OFF LIGHTS can also come on as a fault sigh.
Buttomline is whatever makes the OVER DRIVE go off should be fixed or corrected to enable your car run smoothly and also help you save some fuel.
OD knob
Its no longer news now that 80% of the cars on our roads are all driven with the automatic transmission raising eyebrows about the continual existence of the classic manual transmission, the question remains despite the simplicity of this so called automatic
transmission its still misunderstood by a section of users, what would you be your reaction when you have an OD OFF LIGHT signal on your dash board.
Without going too technical here OD in an automatic transmission simply means OVER DRIVE, the overdrive system in the automatic transmission when left to stay on allows your car to select till the last gear when driving, if your cars is a 5 speed gear when the over drive stays on the car can would be able to attain the 5th gear thereby improving fuel economy, but if the the overdrive stays off this would prevent the car from reaching the 5th gear at most it gets to the 4th gear, its most advisable that the car attains its last gear in order to have a smooth drivabilty experience.
over drive switch
Most times this OD LIGHTS are ignorantly turned on by the drivers by mistakenly toggling the overdrive button beside the gear lever (in most Toyota models) or around the steering wheel ( in some other car brands) alternatively the OD OFF LIGHTS can also come on as a fault sigh.
Buttomline is whatever makes the OVER DRIVE go off should be fixed or corrected to enable your car run smoothly and also help you save some fuel.
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