https://autojosh.com/overdrive-button-use-cars/



Most people really get confused with the term overdrive. Some don’t know of it should be left on or off. There are still some people that will mistakenly press the button and then don’t know what to do afterwards.

First of all, let’s know the meaning of the overdrive in cars.

According to your mechanic, overdrive and OD for short is the highest gear in the transmission in an automatic car. It brings the RPM of the engine down at a given road speed to facilitate better speed and fuel efficiency. It also helps your car to provide the best performance in higher speed cruising.

For your normal driving, you should leave the OD switch on at all times. This will put your car in a mode that it will be able to automatically shift into top gear if necessary regardless of your selection. Leaving it on means that the ‘OD off’ light should not be on your dashboard.

Leaving the overdrive on will aid your car in utilizing its full range of transmission. It also helps your car with fuel efficiency and improved life span of your transmission.

Source: https://autojosh.com/overdrive-button-use-cars/

Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Ishilove
Marpol
Semid4lyfe
Obinoscopy
Seun

Informative as usual thanks for sharing. ..

Thanks for the info

Funny the way everyone copys and plagiarizes an article and claim authorship.

But how come every mechanic claims d OD should always b off as it would make d car feel "heavy"

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https://autojosh.com/overdrive-button-use-cars/



Most people really get confused with the term overdrive. Some don’t know of it should be left on or off. There are still some people that will mistakenly press the button and then don’t know what to do afterwards.

First of all, let’s know the meaning of the overdrive in cars.

According to your mechanic, overdrive and OD for short is the highest gear in the transmission in an automatic car. It brings the RPM of the engine down at a given road speed to facilitate better speed and fuel efficiency. It also helps your car to provide the best performance in higher speed cruising.

For your normal driving, you should leave the OD switch on at all times. This will put your car in a mode that it will be able to automatically shift into top gear if necessary regardless of your selection. Leaving it on means that the ‘OD off’ light should not be on your dashboard.

Leaving the overdrive on will aid your car in utilizing its full range of transmission. It also helps your car with fuel efficiency and improved life span of your transmission.

Source: https://autojosh.com/overdrive-button-use-cars/

Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Ishilove
Marpol
Semid4lyfe
Obinoscopy
Seun

You should have given us the pros and cons of leaving it on or off.

Surely there is a reason the manufacturer put the switch for turning it on and off.

Give us the reasons and situations that necessitates turning it on or off.

Regards.

For me oh....
It's like gear 5 for me.
Having mastered manual transmission I use the overdrive as such.
I leave it at off then when I hit gear 4 and want to OVERDRIVE I switch it ON.
I use it like I am changing gear in manual moto.
Indomie drivers will not understand..
If u know you know.

MODIFIED
Here
If the overdrive is ON, ur gear selects from gear 3 to 5 whereas if it's OFF it goes from 3 to 4 and stops there. If u need more speed then u switch it ON it then enters 5 chikina

ikdaddy01:
For me oh....
It's like gear 5 for me.
Having mastered manual transmission I use the overdrive as such.
I leave it at off then when I hit gear 4 and want to OVERDRIVE I switch it ON.
I use it like I am changing gear in manual moto.
Indomie drivers will not understand..
If u know you know.

MODIFIED
Here
If the overdrive is ON, ur gear selects from gear 3 to 5 whereas if it's OFF it goes from 3 to 4 and stops there. If u need more speed then u switch it ON it then enters 5 chikina

Is it necessary to be used in this Lagos bad roads and traffic every where? When I can't even reach 100km/hr for or 30sec