I've read the manual, but it doesn't completely make sense.
If the O/D is OFF or ON when I'm driving, how will it affect things?
If the O/D is off, does this give me more power when going up hills?
If so, will it help give me more power when I'm driving up snow-covered hills in four-wheel-drive mode?
2007-02-12 08:30:13 · 11 answers · asked by italianarmenian 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mazda
I'm assuming the O/D button being off will help give me more power to go up hills in the snow?
2007-02-12 08:53:00 · update #1
Also used if pulling a heavy load.
2007-02-12 08:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have the same one sitting in the driveway. The O/D on/off button is exactly that. Turning off the O/D will keep it from going into overdrive. This is important if you are going to be towing or in severe mountain conditions. If you are not towing and not going mountain climbing then all you are doing is wasting gas money. Even in O/D if you hit a steeper incline the car will automatically drop the O/D and go into 3rd gear. Where you gain in the mountains if there are a lot of transitions from up to down is that it reduces the number of times your transmission has to shift gears thereby reducing wear and tear on the tranny.
Never tow in O/D
If you are in a situation that requires the traction control (4wd) then you should also turn off O/D in order to give more power to all four wheels.
Irregardless of what the book says you should not drive over 40 if the traction control is engaged on asphalt. You can go a little higher if in sand or slippery conditions.
And one learned the hard way. If you have the V6 engine and cylinder 1 develops a persistant missfire get pin 26 on the main computer checked to see if it is broken. There is a Tech Notice out on this problem but the dealer does not have to tell you about it since it is not safety related.
2007-02-12 10:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jan C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The overdrive button on any vehicle is to "Override" that is to turn OFF your overdrive on an automatic transmission. The reason for doing this is to keep the vehicle from mistakenly trying to go into the overdrive gear when, a load, either weight or hill or high acceleration.
During "normal" driving with low load the overdrive gear usually kicks in when you are trying to pass in a highway or other passing situation. What it essentially does is to lower the tourque on your engine to briefly by lowering the gear ratio in order to increase the RPMs that is the "Revolutions per Minute" in your engine allowing the extra RPMs to be converted to a much higher speed, once the overdrive goes back into the normal "high gear" which it uses most of the time at highway speeds.
2007-02-12 08:44:56 · answer #3 · answered by tkandaris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 07:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O/D or overdrive, may be turned on at any time but is only actually used when in your highest gear the reason for the O/D is to improve gas mileage. What it does is change the gear ratio inside your transmission. Say the car has four gears when overdrive is activated it for all intents and purposes has a fifth foreward gear.
The only time I would recomend turning it off is if you are pulling a trailer or traveling up and down long steep grades.
I hope this is what you were looking for.
2007-02-12 09:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by txhilander4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overdrive comes into affect only when your car shifts from 4th gear into 5th gear (or in newer cars 5th to 6th gear). For example, if you're at a stop light and you go (normal), with or without overdrive, the acceleration will be the same.
However, if you're traveling at high way speeds with overdrive on, then the car will shift into 5th (or 6th) gear and you will notice your RPM's go down. This conserves power and fuel. When you need that burst of speed, turn off the overdrive which shifts your car back to 4th (or 5th) gear and the RPM's shoot up and you get a burst of power.
2007-02-12 08:38:47 · answer #6 · answered by Scott D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O/D is overdrive gear. Having overdrive turned on allows for better fuel economy because it lowers the vehicle's engine speed so it uses less fuel. If you are towing, in mountainous terrain, or in the city, you should turn off the overdrive because having it on will overheat your transmission because it will be shifting into and out of overdrive too often.
If you place your vehicle in 4WD then Overdrive should be locked out, for one why would you be doing faster than 35MPH on snow covered ground anyways. At speeds over 35MPH is when Overdrive gear is engaged automatically anyways, so if its snowy or icy you shouldn't be driving that fast in the first place so lock the transmission out of overdrive.
2007-02-15 13:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your overdrive is basicly another gear , like a manual trans mission the 5 gear is overdrive, it provides a higher gear,so that u can drive at a higher mph, at lower rpm, saving gas and ur motor. but in 4wheel drive or when u need pulling power turn it off, for normal everday driving turn it on.
2007-02-12 08:37:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-06 07:04:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the overdrive button turns the overdrive on your
car goes into overdrive at about 40 mph your engine turns less revs therefore saving you fuel,and taxes your engine less,on the highway the
computer will shift it according to grade.
2007-02-12 08:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by ANDREW C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O/D is for the snow only and you need to put the drive into speed 2 and it also causes your gas to be used up faster.
2007-02-12 08:33:55 · answer #11 · answered by j13 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋