Hi all. I'm after some knowledge!
I come out from a night shift this morning and as I useally do hop into my car and take a steady 10mile drive home, but this morning after approx half a mile driving my overdrive light started to flash every second(ish) and also I have no Speedo which I'm assuming are both linked because all was fine on the way to work. I pulled over and turned the engine off and re-started it and again after about 30 seconds it starts flashing again. I've done a search here and have read speedo problems seem to be linked to a sensor in the gearbox, but find none which mentions a flashing overdrive light.
I have a 92k G-Limited 2.0i T-Bar import Auto which has done 77,000 miles.
Typical when the advertised car is for sale too!
Anyway any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Nick.
Full Version: Flashing Overdrive Light?
[quote name='n1ck' post='777397' date='Jul 24 2008, 01:35 PM']Hi all. I'm after some knowledge!
I come out from a night shift this morning and as I useally do hop into my car and take a steady 10mile drive home, but this morning after approx half a mile driving my overdrive light started to flash every second(ish) and also I have no Speedo which I'm assuming are both linked because all was fine on the way to work. I pulled over and turned the engine off and re-started it and again after about 30 seconds it starts flashing again. I've done a search here and have read speedo problems seem to be linked to a sensor in the gearbox, but find none which mentions a flashing overdrive light.
I have a 92k G-Limited 2.0i T-Bar import Auto which has done 77,000 miles.
Typical when the advertised car is for sale too!
Anyway any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Nick.[/quote]
Do you have any pictures mate ? ive never seen overdrive before
I come out from a night shift this morning and as I useally do hop into my car and take a steady 10mile drive home, but this morning after approx half a mile driving my overdrive light started to flash every second(ish) and also I have no Speedo which I'm assuming are both linked because all was fine on the way to work. I pulled over and turned the engine off and re-started it and again after about 30 seconds it starts flashing again. I've done a search here and have read speedo problems seem to be linked to a sensor in the gearbox, but find none which mentions a flashing overdrive light.
I have a 92k G-Limited 2.0i T-Bar import Auto which has done 77,000 miles.
Typical when the advertised car is for sale too!
Anyway any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Nick.[/quote]
Do you have any pictures mate ? ive never seen overdrive before
get your cable done, i think thats probably going to resolve the issue. I think the car has to know how fast its going before overdrive will work correctly, or even just to say your moving?
but im not 100%
but im not 100%
Thanks for the replies. 
I have posted a picture of the light as requested.
Someone at work seems to think I need to check my gearbox oil level as its an automatic and the overdrive light could be a warning light for low oil level and this also could electronically be in connection with my speedometer not working.??
I'm not to sure on this theory but its probably an easy check so worth a try.
Just for reference the overdrive function works fine when enabled.
Once again thanks for the replies.
Nick.
I have posted a picture of the light as requested.
Someone at work seems to think I need to check my gearbox oil level as its an automatic and the overdrive light could be a warning light for low oil level and this also could electronically be in connection with my speedometer not working.??
I'm not to sure on this theory but its probably an easy check so worth a try.
Just for reference the overdrive function works fine when enabled.
Once again thanks for the replies.
Nick.
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