Overdrive Light Flashing!!! HELP!!!

[rus01]

Driving down the road then my overdrive light on the dash came on!!! no idea wat that means because i dont have a owners manual PLEASE PLEASE some one help!!! or tell me what it means! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!






Liam

[sbrummer]

I'm in the same boat, did a search and found your thread. My overdrive light just started flashing and I also don't have the owner's manual. My Explorer is sluggish when accellerating after a stop, but fine after the initial. This started at the same time as the light. Any ideas, anyone???

[VTXRetroman]

The overdrive light flashing is either the detection of a shorted EPC (Electronic Pressure Controller) or a defective sensor. Bad shifts are a sign of the EPC, while good perfrormance would suggest a bad sensor. Also a quick check is the wiring conections being dirty/comtaninated. Cleaning and di-electric grease could fix your connections, that being the case.

Keep the Shiny side up!

[goon]

It means the trans. has seen a fault and there will be a code set for the fault. get a code reader and post the code. It can reset its self every time you turn the veh. off but it will not fix the problem....

[medicbearusaf]

i get the same thing goin on i get an obd code of PO708 - Transmission Range Sensor Circuit High any ideas? i noticed its shifting hard into the 1st 2 gears also

[nate_the_great8605]

[quote=rus01]Driving down the road then my overdrive light on the dash came on!!! no idea wat that means because i dont have a owners manual PLEASE PLEASE some one help!!! or tell me what it means! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!


i know this sucks.im finding a way to pay for whats wrong wit my car befor i go so id have he money if its needed right then and there but im not 100% sure but thats crazy because i have a 95 ford probe and my o/d light flashes.havnt been able to get it looked at yet but i checked out this site and it was saying to check your transmission fluid and check for a burnt smell or flakes in transmission fluid.and if anyway of that occurs.,your transmission is on the verge of dying.whtever you do,if u c ths dont get a transmission flush.u'll be screwed 4 good..it'll give out right then and there.best thing to do is get someone to check it out dude

[nate_the_great8605]

Originally Posted by rus01

Driving down the road then my overdrive light on the dash came on!!! no idea wat that means because i dont have a owners manual PLEASE PLEASE some one help!!! or tell me what it means! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!






Liam

know this sucks.im finding a way to pay for whats wrong wit my car befor i go so id have he money if its needed right then and there but im not 100% sure but thats crazy because i have a 95 ford probe and my o/d light flashes.havnt been able to get it looked at yet but i checked out this site and it was saying to check your transmission fluid and check for a burnt smell or flakes in transmission fluid.and if anyway of that occurs.,your transmission is on the verge of dying.whtever you do,if u c ths dont get a transmission flush.u'll be screwed 4 good..it'll give out right then and there.best thing to do is get someone to check it out dude

[Aceshadow01]

Hello, I am going through this right now with my 2004 Sport Trac. It is in the shop right now and they are replacing a shift solenoid. Just 700 miles out of warranty and it is costing me $603.00 from the Ford dealer. If you look on other fourms there is a lot of problems with this especially the explorer series. There is also a TSB out covering this problem so Ford knows they a selling deffective product. Between this and the terrible service from the local dealership I am thinking about trading my sport trac in.

[okst8]

You might actually find some useful information in the Explorer forums. This forum is for the two-seat Escort derived hatchback built in the 80's.

[luckybear1980]

I just got done going through the same problems. I had my transmission rebuilt, but it did not solve the problem. No one could tell me a exactly what to fix. Anyway I was told that it could be the valve body of the transmission. We replaced the valve body and so far everything is working great.