Automatic transmissions are highly complex automotive components. They're significantly more complicated and challenging to work on than manual transmissions, which means expensive repairs and ...

The automatic transmission is an amazing yet terribly complex engineering feat. It works by using clutch packs, torque converters, gear sets, solenoids, gaskets, valve bodies, hydraulic parts, and ...

Approaching four decades ago, automakers were scrambling for solutions to fuel economy woes, and GM was no exception. Computer-controlled carburetors and the birth of electronic throttle body fuel ...

There’s no bones about it: slipping transmissions cost big money, whether you’re a humble owner or a giant car company. Perhaps the best recent example is the PowerShift transmission, which in recent ...

Here’s the bad news: If you need to replace your transmission, it’s not going to be cheap. The average transmission replacement costs between $5,787 and $6,297. For many cars, the parts are priced ...

A vehicle's transmission is pretty robust, and when properly maintained, it can last more than 300,000 miles — which is longer than the car or truck itself will last in many cases. However, despite ...

As reliable and consistent as automatic transmissions are, the novelty of selecting gears on your own is one of the reasons manual transmissions remain in vogue with hobbyists. Units from Muncie and ...

Automatic transmissions are mysterious things, aren't they? They somehow take mechanical power from the engine, multiply it via a fluid coupling and a series of gears, and transfer it onto the drive ...

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Approaching four decades ago, automakers were scrambling for solutions to fuel economy woes, and GM was no exception. Computer-controlled carburetors and the birth of electronic throttle body fuel ...