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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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i have an 03 ford f250 with the 5.4 and the overdrive light started flashing at me last week and one day overheated and everyone told me that it needed to be serviced so yesterday i changed the the filter and fluid and its still flashing but not overheating please help my daily driver and got to get it fixed asap thanks for the help
 
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 10:14 AM
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Everybody was wrong. That's not what the light means.

The flashing light means something is wrong with the transmission. You need someone to read the codes so we can start to diagnose what's wrong. The places that read codes free won't be able to read these codes. You'll have to pay someone.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 11:22 AM
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ok i got a buddy of mine thats bringing home a compter tonight so i guess we will see what it says is bad to drive right now i mean its not over heating or anything but i dont wanna risk frying my tranny
 
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