Used-car shoppers searching for a reliable daily driver face a persistent risk that rarely shows up in a test drive: ...

A transmission is a crucial part in a car functioning like it's supposed to. If the transmission is bad or on its way out, ...

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, ...

If you're concerned your transmission fluid might be due for replacement, it might be worth having a look at it. But what ...

Automatic transmission fluid color can reveal wear, contamination, or coolant leaks before costly gearbox damage starts in your car.

Throughout the 1900s, cars with manual transmissions slowly gave way to those with the ability to shift between gears automatically. Early automatic transmissions with names like Hydra-Matic, Dynaflow ...

GM has a long history of class-action lawsuits filed over its 8L45 and 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions. Customers have complained a lot about the “violent shakes, jerks, and hard shifts” but ...

A contributor to CarBuzz since April 2025, Ben also was a finalist in The Intercooler Young Writer Compition in 2021, has done a placement with AutoCar, and runs his own independant automotive blog.

Toyota made a name for itself over the years through reliability. In the past, if you bought a car with a triple-oval badge on the steering wheel, you knew it would outlast a lot of things, including ...

Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...