Although it is called for at intervals of 20,000 to 50,000 k miles by most manufacturers, automatic transmission fluid and filter replacement is usually overlooked or ignored by most car owners, ...

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Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...

Over the years, the trucks have certainly become more sophisticated. Take transmissions for example. At one time the only choices were "three-on-the-tree" or "four-on-the-floor" manual boxes. When ...

Unless you've got a lemon, most vehicles can continue to run well past 100,000 miles if they are well maintained. That means changing the oil at recommended intervals and making sure your transmission ...

The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...

One of the most fulfilling parts of driving a car is shifting gears. Enthusiasts like us yearn for open, twisty roads, going through the gears and surfing a wave of torque. Yet, most of us are stuck ...