Automatic gearboxes offer comfort and convenience, but the myth that they’re maintenance-free can lead to serious and ...

It may not look it, but the D3 function found on your gear shift serves a surprisngly useful purpose separate from that of ...

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 ...

Automatic transmissions are a wonder of planetary gears, torque converters, and fluid. Here's how it all works to get you the speed you need when you need it.

It may not look like it, but cars actually function thanks to a variety of fluids. One of the most, if not the most, important is the automatic transmission fluid (ATF) for automatic cars. It plays a ...

Just like a quick stroll through the cruise night parking lot will confirm the dominance of GM overdrive automatics on the street, walking down the staging lanes of any dragstrip will reveal an ...

The AOD was not a clean-sheet-of-paper design from Ford-it was based off the venerable three-speed C4 automatic. Now that Ford's automatic overdrive transmission has been around for so long, we ...

Once upon a time, manual transmissions were standard in virtually every American passenger car. Rowing through the gears of a "standard shift" transmission was a way of life. Every man, woman, and ...

When you think of the parts of your car that have a finite lifespan, you probably think of the usual suspects like your tires or windshield wipers. In actuality, though, every single part of your car ...