Unless you've got a lemon, most vehicles can continue to run well past 100,000 miles if they are well maintained. That means changing the oil at recommended intervals and making sure your transmission ...

Ford's Automatic Overdrive (AOD) transmission arrived in 1980 in full-size Fords, Mercurys, and the Lincoln Continental. As the AOD became available in more applications during the 1980s, including ...

It was a good run. How long did your Ford C6 automatic transmission live? Ten years? Fifteen? After 20 years and 250,000 miles, ours finally slipped (pun intended) into mechanical unconsciousness.We ...

An automatic transmission is kinda like a parent of a three-year-old child; it does everything for the driver. Want to reverse? Just move the shift lever to R. Want to drive? Put the lever in D, and ...

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, ...

The Floor Check™ is a subtle art known and executed by nearly every home mechanic around the globe. What was once a clean garage floor, driveway, or parking spot has now been Jackson Pollacked by a ...

Engineers are just wizards with college degrees. No, I take that back, they're powers are stronger than mere magic. I don't care what spells Harry Potter knows; nothing in his wizarding world is as ...

Modern automobiles are equipped with a myriad of early warning signs designed to alert drivers of potential issues. Despite the fact that said warnings are meant to alert drivers to problems before ...

Auto repairs can be expensive, unpredictable, and complicated, especially when it comes to newer cars. Even the best independent mechanics sometimes struggle to get certain jobs done, and not for lack ...

Ever wonder how your transmission knows to shift gears? Why is it that when you stop, the engine doesn't die? We're here to show you how cars work. We recently looked at manual transmissions. This ...