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Old October 6th 04, 03:28 PM
DB
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Default 1993 Dodge Colt

I am new to this group so be gentle with my first time posting on usenet.

My mother recently passed away and left me her car in her will.It is a 1993
Dodge Colt with the mitsubishi 1.8L engine, front wheel drive, auto
transmission. She bought it new in 1993 and put about 30K miles on it.

It turns out she has been driving for years with the overdrive switch in
the off position. Overdrive appears not to work. I can drive the car
through all ranges of the gears, but the minute I press the overdrive
button to engage, it acts like I disconnected the transmission. I have
electrically tested the switch and wiring harness and they test good from
the switch to the plug that goes into the transmission. The switch
activates or de-activates the overdrive lamp on the dash.

I am a loss as what can cause the transmission to work with the overdrive
switch off, but acts like the transmission is disconnected (like pushing in
the clutch on a manual tranny) when the overdrive button is pushed.

Any suggestions? Anybody else experience this problem before?

Thanks

Dennis
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Old October 13th 04, 10:19 AM
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Check the Fuses in the Fuse box - one may have blown...Also look at the
transmission on top and on the botton a wire that controls the overdrive
may have come undone.... Thats a Good Car Keep it ... It gets great gas
milage.
Brian - Las Vegas , NV

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Old October 13th 04, 10:19 AM
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Check the Fuses in the Fuse box - one may have blown...Also look at the
transmission on top and on the botton a wire that controls the overdrive
may have come undone.... Thats a Good Car Keep it ... It gets great gas
milage.
Brian - Las Vegas , NV

 




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