Automatic and manual transmissions are built to survive years of abuse, yet the same internal parts tend to fail first when fluid breaks down, heat builds up, or drivers ignore early warning signs.

Automatic transmissions are highly complex automotive components. They're significantly more complicated and challenging to work on than manual transmissions, which means expensive repairs and ...

One of the greatest innovations of the '80s was the incorporation of overdrive into manual and automatic transmissions. Overdrive has been a terrific means to reduced wear, tear, and fuel consumption ...

What are the differences between an automatic and a manual transmission? I'll explain the difference between cars that have ...

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 ...

Few of us understand how automatic transmissions work nor do we know what it means when they suddenly don't. We slip the selector into Drive, feel the tug of torque, press the accelerator, and get on ...

It’s been two years since we first reported on a drive of an early Allison TC10 automatic transmission. Since then, the innovative product has undergone more testing and development and has entered ...

Your car's transmission is one of its most important components, which means you'll want to take good care of it. Like most of your vehicle’s mechanical systems, a transmission requires quality, ...

CARS.COM — Manual transmissions are usually cheaper to maintain and repair than automatics because the latter are far more complex and have more parts and functions that can fail, but it may depend on ...

Discover which SUVs have notoriously bad transmission problems. We list the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Nissan Pathfinder, Ford ...