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 ...

Almost no one thinks of it, but when you drive your automatic transmission car, you’re master over your car’s torque converter. That’s because torque converters transfer the power your car engine ...

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 transmission in a vehicle must be able to function in challenging circumstances without fail. Arguably the hardest working part of the engine, the transmission doesn't get nearly the recognition ...

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 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, ...

Sometimes the cars we buy come from manufacturers with known problems right off the showroom floor. In those cases, it may seem as though there was no research and development that went into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flushing a transmission is a practice that mechanics around the world just can't agree on in terms of its benefits. Either way, it would be pretty dangerous to do it with something as flammable as ...

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, ...