Blinking Overdrive Off Light
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Blinking Overdrive Off Light
I have a 1994 F150 with the 5.0 engine. While driving in San Diego the overdrive button and indicator function normally. I have taken the truck to Las Vegas two time and at some point the overdrive off indicator will start to flash. The overdrive button still seems to operate correctly. Upon returning to San Diego and driving for a couple of days the indicator stops blinking. I was wondering if this is heat related since it never happens during milder temps, only in the desert.
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You mean its not normal????
Before I got my first F150 I used to drive ambulances and
they were all Fords. About 75% (maybe more) of the rigs I drove
had the flashing OD light. The tranny worked fine. I never payed
any attention to it. As did every other driver.... Now that I have a 92 F150 I see the same thing. I thought this was a normal thing for Fords when they were getting old....WEIRD
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Before I got my first F150 I used to drive ambulances and
they were all Fords. About 75% (maybe more) of the rigs I drove
had the flashing OD light. The tranny worked fine. I never payed
any attention to it. As did every other driver.... Now that I have a 92 F150 I see the same thing. I thought this was a normal thing for Fords when they were getting old
....WEIRD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Quantico USA
Blinking Overdrive Off Light
my friend had the same problem on his 95 f150 with the E4AOD tranny. the problem on his truck was the wires going to the tranny were shot and shorting out. check your wires if you can..
85 f150 2wd
had inline 6
now has 351m
and no gas mileage
but it's got the power i need to play in the mud
85 f150 2wd
had inline 6
now has 351m
and no gas mileage
but it's got the power i need to play in the mud
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Blinking Overdrive Off Light
The OD light blinking is an error code.
Since it stopped after three heat cycles that means it was a soft code (less major). If it stayed on that would be a hard code.
Either way the cause should be looked into. At a minimum pull the codes and see which ones they are.
Since it stopped after three heat cycles that means it was a soft code (less major). If it stayed on that would be a hard code.
Either way the cause should be looked into. At a minimum pull the codes and see which ones they are.
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Blinking Overdrive Off Light
I would like to thank everyone who replied to my problem. I appreciate your help. The OD light has not flashed since I first posted the problem. Again thank you.
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My 93 150 over drive light flashed when i had the button pushed so it was out of overdrive. Even sitting in the garage parked you could push the button to take it out of over drive and it would act like it was flashing a code. I took it to a dealer and he pulled the codes and there were none. He then put in a new overdrive button and light assembly switch, about $16, and the problem went away. There was a broken filiment in the bulb making it glow then not glow acting like it was flashing a code.
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From: Madison USA
Blinking Overdrive Off Light
This happened to mine once upon and a time. yes, replacing the switch at the end of the stalk fixed the problem. Nothing major, no transmission codes, just a stupid switch. it just blinked randomly, and sometimes the button didn't work, and after that it's been great, for about 3 years now.