How Does a Neutral Safety Switch Work?
The neutral safety switch is responsible for preventing your car from starting up in gear. Here’s how it works.
3 Overlooked Car Maintenance Items
Overlooked car maintenance should be at the forefront of your mind. Check out these tips for dealing with the most commonly forgotten issues.
Preventing Hose Failure, and 4 Other Overlooked Car Maintenance Tasks
You change your car’s oil, replace the wiper blades, inspect the brake system and rotate your tires with near-religious zeal. As important as each of these tasks is, there may be a few overlooked maintenance items that you aren’t giving the care they’re due, which could possibly lead to hose failure…
What Happened to the Transmission Dipstick?
Many new vehicles are not equipped with an automatic transmission dipstick. Why not? Here’s the real scoop.
How to Use Sea Foam Hydra Trans Tune In Your Automatic Transmission
Automatic transmissions are complicated components; in fact they are one of the most complicated devices in your car. Before computer-controls, automatic transmissions were even more complicated…
Tiptronic Transmission: Manumatic by Another Name
A tiptronic transmission is an automatic transmission with manual shifting capabilities. These so-called manumatics provide a happy medium for some drivers
Powertrain Transmission Types and Operation
Knowing how each powertrain transmission works can help you make a good choice regarding performance, drive quality and fuel economy.
Paddle Shifters: How They Work and Benefit You
Paddle shifters allow for manual control over automatic transmission gear changes. Here’s how they can benefit you.
How To Downshift An Automatic Transmission: When, Where and Why?
Learning how to downshift an automatic transmission might seem like a strange skill to acquire. After all, isn’t the entire point of an automatic to not…
Ask an Expert: How to Maintain Your Transmission
Some parts of a vehicle get all the attention. Drivers know oil changes and tire rotations are important to the safety and longevity of a vehicle, so they diligently perform … Continue Reading Ask an Expert: How to Maintain Your Transmission