OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHING???? WTF!!!!

[kefferjoe]

So upon me pulling out of 4low and out of a mud puddle I noticed no power and when I turned my car off and then back on the overdrive light began flashing the low power issue stopped upon me driving backwards...I was wondering what this could have meant...

[QX4ME]

Could it be the fail-safe mode described in users manual?

Fail-safeWhen the Fail-safe operation occurs, the nexttime the key is turned to the ON position, theO/D OFF light will blink for approximately 8seconds after coming on for 2 seconds. Whilethe vehicle can be driven under these circumstancesplease note that the gears in theautomatic transmission will be locked in thirdgear.

[Pwnin O'Brien]

Yeah, that is the transmission fail safe mode. It's nothing to really worry about, it just prevents damage to the transmission. If the vehicle detects erratic driving (fast acceleration/braking) it will activate the fail safe mode and prevent the engine from going above 2500RPM's (or 3000 maybe).

[pathfinder97]

Mine does that all the time. Its very annoying when i am just having fun in snow or spinning alot. Is there a fuse i can pull? anything i can do to make it not be lame at the peak of the fun?

[pathfinder97]

Anybody? Nobody else has this issue?