Do you use the "Over Drive" often?

[theteng]

Hi, Just got my ride yesterday and was reading thru the manual on the Over Dirve - "OD". The SE advised me to turn off the OD to save on fuel, however the Latio is programmed to reset to ON everytime i start the engine. Do you off the OD everytime you drive? or should just leave it as ON.

thanks.

[alangohek]

Hi, Just got my ride yesterday and was reading thru the manual on the Over Dirve - "OD". The SE advised me to turn off the OD to save on fuel, however the Latio is programmed to reset to ON everytime i start the engine. Do you off the OD everytime you drive? or should just leave it as ON.

thanks.

Correct me if I am wrong guys .. overdrive force the car to be on 3rd gear. Technically, that will increase RPM when driving above 80 kmh leading to higher FC.

[robtan99]

Hi, Just got my ride yesterday and was reading thru the manual on the Over Dirve - "OD". The SE advised me to turn off the OD to save on fuel, however the Latio is programmed to reset to ON everytime i start the engine. Do you off the OD everytime you drive? or should just leave it as ON.

thanks.

You should leave the "OD' as default. 

Normally i turn OD off when travelling in NSH for speeding up and overtaking.  A faster way to get power but also burn more fuel.

[CustomGolf]

You sure about default OD on everytime you start your ride, mine is off everytime I start it but I have never tried to leave it on when I park my ride in the night so I don't know if it will stay on if I leave it on when I kill the engine at night.

(Think I got Mixed up,the light is off everytime I start the engine which means the OD is on.)

[Jazz]

Funny, cannot be default off and it not programmed to, it just a button. 

[arias48]

Hi, Just got my ride yesterday and was reading thru the manual on the Over Dirve - "OD". The SE advised me to turn off the OD to save on fuel, however the Latio is programmed to reset to ON everytime i start the engine. Do you off the OD everytime you drive? or should just leave it as ON.

thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrive_(mechanics)

Your SE was wrong, turn off OD drink more fuel as OD off means lower gear with more power. You should always turn on OD unless you r at mountainous area.

[HumbleCar]

I think this "On" or "Off" thingy is confusing as the OD works the reverse if you On/Off it.  To put it simply, in normal daily driving, the word OD light should be off.

[burnolise]

I think this "On" or "Off" thingy is confusing as the OD works the reverse if you On/Off it.  To put it simply, in normal daily driving, the word OD light should be off.

Correct me if I am wrong.
When you press the OD button and there will be light on the panel comes on with "OD OFF"....this means that your OD is ON and the system is "reminding" you consistently to turn it off.

Driving with OD on will consume more fuel...the same logic applies when u drive a manual car....when you want to overtake, u down shift ur gear and step on the accelerator to give u the sudden boast of power to lurch forward...but this consume more fuel...the same logic as dragging gear....so with OD ON...it means u r constantly dragging ur gear....

Was scolded by my driving instructor for dragging every gear when i was a student....tat is why when u see those zheng car....they sound like zooooooommmm........zoooooooommmmm......zoooommmmm......

[sparkbt]

To simpify things,
1. When you engage OD button, OD light appear on your panel with label "OD OFF"
2. This is to remind you to turn it OFF
3. Press OD button again, OD light will disappear on your panel
4. This tell you that you car is back to nromal driving mode.

Hope this help. 

[arias48]

"Generally speaking, overdrive (OD) is the highest gear in the transmission. For normal driving conditions, operation of the overdrive should be enabled only if the average speed is above 70 km/h. It may be necessary to switch it off if the vehicle is being operated in a mountainous area."

So if your panel shows "OD OFF" light up, that mean the OD is OFF or ON?

[burnolise]

"Generally speaking, overdrive (OD) is the highest gear in the transmission. For normal driving conditions, operation of the overdrive should be enabled only if the average speed is above 70 km/h. It may be necessary to switch it off if the vehicle is being operated in a mountainous area."

So if your panel shows "OD OFF" light up, that mean the OD is OFF or ON?

Yo bro....read the last 2 post....

[alangohek]

To simpify things,
1. When you engage OD button, OD light appear on your panel with label "OD OFF"
2. This is to remind you to turn it OFF
3. Press OD button again, OD light will disappear on your panel
4. This tell you that you car is back to nromal driving mode.

Hope this help. 

Hi sparkbt

Dun seem logical leh. If what you say is true then OD is by default turned off .. that means the fouth gear on 4AT is not availiable by default.

I think you Point 2 should read "2. This is to remind you to turn it ON"

Rgds
Alan

[Jazz]

Correct me if I am wrong.
When you press the OD button and there will be light on the panel comes on with "OD OFF"....this means that your OD is ON and the system is "reminding" you consistently to turn it off.

Driving with OD on will consume more fuel...the same logic applies when u drive a manual car....when you want to overtake, u down shift ur gear and step on the accelerator to give u the sudden boast of power to lurch forward...but this consume more fuel...the same logic as dragging gear....so with OD ON...it means u r constantly dragging ur gear....

Was scolded by my driving instructor for dragging every gear when i was a student....tat is why when u see those zheng car....they sound like zooooooommmm........zoooooooommmmm......zoooommmmm......

Your OD is OFF not on, meaning you are on 3rd gear. 

[Jazz]

"Generally speaking, overdrive (OD) is the highest gear in the transmission. For normal driving conditions, operation of the overdrive should be enabled only if the average speed is above 70 km/h. It may be necessary to switch it off if the vehicle is being operated in a mountainous area."

So if your panel shows "OD OFF" light up, that mean the OD is OFF or ON?

OD is not the highest gear. It represent 3rd gear. 

[arias48]

I just read the owner manual,

"Each time the engine is started, the transmission is automatically reset to OD "ON"."

"Push the OD switch to turn the OD "ON". The OD off indicator light will turn off.

In short, when OD is ON, the OD off indicator light should be off; when OD is OFF, the OD off indicator light should light up.

[HumbleCar]

As shared in my previous post further up, the ON/OFF thingy is confusing to some extent.  To put this in simple term, during normal driving, make sure that the light is off.  Won't go wrong one.

[SoL]

OD is like the fourth gear. When you start the engine, the light is off, meaning OD is on. Lets you save fuel mah.

Then if you want to press the button, the OD OFF button lights up, meaning now OD is OFF, and you can get up to third gear only. So to save fuel, don't touch the button at all. If you want more speed, can always step harder on the accelerator mah! 

[eclaire]

i'm so  whenever i start my latio, there's no OD light indicator.... so this is normal driving mode?

[sparkbt]

To simpify things,
1. When you engage OD button, OD light appear on your panel with label "OD OFF"
2. This is to remind you to turn it OFF
3. Press OD button again, OD light will disappear on your panel
4. This tell you that you car is back to nromal driving mode.

Hope this help. 

Some changes :
1. When you engage OD button, OD light appear on your panel with label "OD OFF"
   - This is to tell you that the gear ratio is lock to highest Gear 3 (Gear 1 =>2=>3).
2. Press OD button again, OD light will disappear on your panel
   - This tell you that you car is back to normal driving mode (Gear 1 =>2=>3=>4)

Something extra ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrive_(mechanics) ):
Overdrive can refer to two different things. An overdrive is a device which was commonly used in automobiles to allow the choice of an extra-high overall gear ratio for high speed cruising, thus saving fuel, at the cost of less torque.

It also refers to a combination of gearing inside a transmission or transaxle which results in the output speed being greater than the input speed. In the latter case, "overdrive" does not refer to a physically separate identifiable part/assembly.

[CustomGolf]

I just read the owner manual,

"Each time the engine is started, the transmission is automatically reset to OD "ON"."

"Push the OD switch to turn the OD "ON". The OD off indicator light will turn off.

In short, when OD is ON, the OD off indicator light should be off; when OD is OFF, the OD off indicator light should light up.

OK,it means that when you start the car, there is no orange colour light in the meter cluster once your engine is started, which is the normal way to drive the car, with the OD on which will give you the final drive which is the 4th gear, and even in 4th gear,you'll notice that there is a drop in rpm once you're crusing, believe is due to the torque converter in the AT box. You'll only need to hit the OD button to drop gear to overtake or to accelerate, and when you hit that button, the OD off light comes on in the meter cluster.