overdrive button on gear shift

Asked by zaqwsxcderfv May 11, 2019 at 10:41 AM about the 2004 Ford Focus SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

while i am driving my ford focus 2004 the button on the gearshift will flash on
my dash that says o/d off causeing the transmission to bog down or car
stream for a higher gear i can push it back in sometimes fixing the problem but
more often than not it require alot of attention while driving down the road

5 Answers

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Did you get an answer for this, my daughter just called and hers is doing same thing

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Yes I did get an answer it showed an apparatus that looked like something I had to plug in somewhere, o nly if the light keeps coming on. But you shouldntn drive it in o/D

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I have a Ford Focus 2005 over drive off button light came on and I keep trying to press the button to turn it of and it doesn’t allow me

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I have a 2005 Ford Focus ZX5 and, the green button is the o/d ( overdrive). It saves gas mileage apparently but it makes the car perform faster and light weight. Don’t use it on the highway or above 50 mph

3 people found this helpful.

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