Hi everybody.

I just bought a Pajero IO (Shogun Pinin) 1.8 GDI Autom, year 2000. Unfortunately, I do not understant the feature of OD (overdrive) ON or OFF, what is the difference?

Also, is this car with SS4-i, so 4WD? What happens when GDI Eco led goes off, this means that the car is on 4WD ???

looking forward for your reply.

Probably, there are not too many Shogun Pinin owner's on this site, as nobody replied so fa.

I am still hoping that somebody will reply to my inquiries... :D

I am just curious to know if my Sh. Pinin 1.8 GDi is or not a 4WD? If yes, in what conditions?

I have a 1991 pajero, when the overdrive is on the car wll perform well, when the overdrive is off the car will only go to the 2nd gear. In auto with over drive "on" this means 2nd + third gear + overdrive (I think)

to know weather your car s in 4x4 or not, find some slippery mud and look out the window to see if your wheels are spinning or not....

trev, thanks for your reply.

makes sense, I will try off-road to see if my car is or not a 4x4 !

Hi Dage,

I also bought a PININ 18GDI from 2000, but with a manual gearbox. I'm 100% sure the automatic gearbox is capable of running 4WD, but how to set it ON, I don't know.
With the manual gearbox, my PININ drives on the backwheels. I have a seperate gearselector, where I can set the gearbox to drive in 4WD... That is SS4WD, Super Select 4Wheel Drive, which means, it still drives on the backwheels, but when these start spinning, the front wheels are driven automatically.

Furhtermore I can slide that gear-selector 2 positions more:
1 more position (4HI) is to lock the front and rear axes, this means permanent 4x4 (only to be used in mud, sand, snow). another position is 4LO, meaning, still the front and rear axes are locked and so permanent 4x4, but it is a sort of field gear, to drive on steep hills, get more power etc.. (also only to be used on slippery roads/mud/snow/sand)
I think the overdrive ON or OFF with your autom.gearbox means the same as my 4LO setting... but am not sure..

When the GDIeco light is ON, the engine is running economically, versus when the light turns off, the engine consumes more fuel (i.e. when accelerating)... If you can drive 90% with the GDIeco light ON, my pinin only consumes 9.5 liter/100km, else the average fuel consumption is about 11 liter/100km

Best regards
Jeepees (from Belgium)

I was reading back the user manual yesterday, when I read about the Overdrive ON/OFF feature on automatic gearboxes: it states as follows in the manual:
When you drive normally, the OD button must be pressed IN and the light on the dashboard must be OFF. When your Automatic gearbox is in position D (drive), the car will shift automatically from 1st till 4th gear.

If you need to accelerate quickly, or need more engine breaking power when descending a hill, or driving up a long lasting hill you can set the OD switch to OFF (press OFF) and the OD light on the dashboard will light up. In this situation, and when the gearbox selector is in D (drive) position, the car will automatically shift from 1st up to 3rd gear.

So the Overdrive button & light don't directly relate to driving 4wd or not.. the other gear selector is the one you manipulate to get the car running in 2WD (2H), 4WD (4H), permanent 4WD (4HLc) or permanent 4WD with extra power (4LLc).

Best regards
JeePeeS

Hi mate ,

Keep the o/d button in for normal driving. if you tow or come to a steep incline release the o/d button this will give you more power as the box will drop down to a lower gear to give you more torque. Keeping the o/d button in also saves the gas as they are not the most econmical of trucks!

Hope this helps :D

Mark