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 ...

The problem: A squeaking noise while starting the engine may be due to a faulty ring gear on the torque converter. Vehicles affected by service bulletin: See More Service Bulletins Corrective action: ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Toyota's Tundra pickup was hit with a double whammy last week. Angry consumers are peppering the Internet with complaints that the torque converter in the 2007 Tundra's six-speed ...

Q: I have a 2002 Buick LeSabre 3800 V-6 with about 126,000 miles. Sometimes when stopped — at a stop sign, for example — it will die (the issue’s been infrequent so far). It starts up immediately and ...

Call back and ask what was done to ensure nothing else was affected. I would want them to tear the gearbox down, flush everything out, and check the internals before putting it back together and ...