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Modern cars and trucks are incredibly durable and with the right care and maintenance can provide many years of dependable service. Yet, like all of us, they eventually start needing some major repairs as they age. Most of the time it’s easy to know when you need some repair or replacements. Your transmission is one of the most important components of your vehicle, yet many car owners are uncertain of how to tell when their [...]

A car's powertrain includes everything involved in making a vehicle move - including the engine. A subpart of the powertrain is another collection of components that is referred to as the drivetrain system. The role of the drivetrain is to move the wheels of your car by coupling together many mechanical parts such as the driveshaft, wheels, and axle to efficiently use the power supplied by the engine. The car's transmission is a major part of [...]

If your transmission unexpected pops into neutral or sometimes slips in and out of gear while you're driving, you may have a serious risk of getting into an accident. Imagine this happening at the exact moment you accelerate to pass another car. The engine revs, but no power is being delivered to the wheels. This is a classic case of transmission slipping - when power from your car's engine is not directly transmitted into power at the [...]

A transmission is built to last about 100,000 miles with just a minimum of care. But, if you're an average driver that puts 15,000 miles per year on the odometer, that's only 7 years. It's with regularly scheduled maintenance and good driving practices that can extend the life of a transmission to twice this number. 3 Signs of a Bad Transmission When a transmission begins to fail, it's pretty easy to notice the telltale signs that you [...]

Are automatic transmissions the way of the future? With more and more carmakers dropping manual transmissions, and more and more customers opting not to purchase models with a one, it could be that manuals will soon be few and far between. In 2018, manual transmissions made up only 2% of all car sales in the U.S. And only 20% of all 2018 models offered a manual transmission option. While automatic transmissions are generally thought to [...]

Toyota recently announced a recall of about 3,400 of the recently-released 2019 Corolla hatchbacks due to a faulty component in these hatchbacks’ continuously variable transmission (CVT). If this CVT component fails while the Corolla is moving, the vehicle could lose power, increasing the risk of a crash. This risk is heightened even further if the failure occurs when the car is traveling quickly, as drivers may not have enough time (or room) to maneuver the [...]