for economy and reduced noise and engine wear, use overdrive when road conditions permit as it is a high gear it is unsuitable for lower speeds or where you may need sudden power or accelaration
The car needs to go into overdrive unless you are towing something heavy which makes it shift between overdrive and non overdrive. It is better to allow the car to shift into overdrive.
If it has overdrive use it! it is a "highway gear" it will make no difference what so ever until you get up to speed then it will shift into overdrive and save you gas!
It is not recommended to use overdrive in snowy or slippery conditions as it can cause the vehicle's wheels to slip and lose traction. In such conditions, it is best to drive in a lower gear to maintain control and stability.
Overdrive use depends on speed, not weather. Can you drive at overdrive speeds, use overdrive. If you can't, don't. Often it's sensible to reduce speed in poor driving conditions.
Over drive is always to reduce engine RPM at Med to high speed cruise thus saving fuel. If this is an Automatic car just ignore the Overdrive and let it work. If this is a manual car use over Drive when maintaining a steady speed and the car will not "Labour" to do so.
That means you are either in overdrive or you have a defect in the dash lights that is turning on your overdrive light. Wiki can explain what overdrive is better than I can, but it's not a bad thing. You should probably just leave your vehicle in overdrive for better fuel economy.
why does the 1991 Lincoln towncars transmission not have overdrive?Instead of going into overdrive it seems to go into neutral.But if you take it out of overdrive and leave it in drive it never goes into neutral while I'm driving.
Overdrive is the normally allowed position ( in overdrive the engine doesn't rev as high , the gas mileage is better , the transmission will run cooler etc. when you drive at higher speeds )
yes it is, unless your in the mountains, going up a steep hill, or towing.
I believe overdrive should automatically be enabled on any car. Overdrive allows a car to drive at fast speeds with low engine input (low revs) resulting in better gas mileage. The downside is that you lose torque. You should be able to turn it off for things like climbing mountains and using engine breaking to go down them. Unless you turn it off, it's already on.
The overdrive is before the drive because as you ordinarly drive down the road your car automaticaly goes into overdive when you reach a certain speed. You use drive only when you are pulling a trailer or going up a large hill so it won't go into overdrive and put undo work on the transmission or motor. It is also a gas saving factor.
Yes. Overdrive is best used with longer trips at relatively constant high speed. City driving, with lots of stops, starts, and slow speeds is not what the overdrive is intended for.