If you’ve ever driven a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, chances are good you’ve been in command of a torque converter. At the risk of oversimplification, a torque converter transfers ...

A lot of bad things can happen to your car when the torque converter starts failing. Keep reading to find out these common torque converter problems and how to fix them. Almost no one thinks of it, ...

As most of this column’s avid readers should know by now, the vehicle is essentially broken down to four major systemic areas: body, chassis, powertrain and communication. Our topic today, ...

QUESTION: I have an inquiry about a longtime problem with the Powerglide transmission dumping fluid from the torque converter into the pan after sitting for a few weeks. No one seems to have a ...

As we’ve covered several times in the past, General Motors is facing several lawsuits over alleged defects in its eight-speed automatic transmission, which has been known to exhibit various ...

Incontinent Coupe Q. I have a '40 Ford coupe 350/350 SBC/Turbo. In the November SRM there was a question from the person with the '49 Merc and C6 with shifting and leaking problems. I have a similar ...

The General Motors 8L family of transmissions has been in service since 2014, gradually replacing older 6L six-speed units across much of the company's lineup. The bigger 8L90 was the first GM 8-speed ...

The 2011–2016 Ford Fiesta and the 2012–2016 Focus have a dual-clutch automatic transmission that is the subject of a class-action lawsuit and many individual lawsuits. Nearly two million people who ...

The jerk when you select reverse sometimes is definitely worth having diagnosed properly as it shouldn’t be that way. Scanning the car (which I’ll presume the dealership did to arrive at its answer) ...

Incontinent Coupe Q. I have a '40 Ford coupe 350/350 SBC/Turbo. In the November SRM there was a question from the person with the '49 Merc and C6 with shifting and leaking problems. I have a similar ...