You’re taking a leisurely Sunday drive, cruising down the open road. Suddenly, you feel a slight jerk, and your car struggles to accelerate. What just happened? It’s time we demystify an ...
MUNICH-- A debate is underway: Does the future belong to the automatic or to the dual clutch transmission? "The conventional stepped automatic transmission with a planetary design is absolutely ...
Automatic transmissions have evolved so dramatically over the past decades that today the same term covers fundamentally different mechanisms. A classical hydromechanical automatic transmission, a ...
Each letter or number listed on the transmission gear shift represents a unique setting or task for the transmission. Here is what each letter or number means. Virtually all passenger cars nowadays ...
One of the most common components in today's classic trucks is an overdrive automatic transmission, and one of the most popular of the breed is the General Motors 700-R4. Although the 700-R4 is a good ...
Richmond Gear developed its 2-Speed transmission after seeing a need for a quality piece that the Saturday-night racer could afford. The 2-Speed uses a Borg Warner Super T-10 aluminum case, reducing ...
After using manual shifting for decades, motorcyclists now have to start getting used to the idea that the future lies in the automatic shifting technologies. So far, this system has only made its way ...
The TorqueFlite 999 is a Chrysler three-speed automatic transmission with an aluminum case and 23-spline output shaft. Various versions of this transmission have been around since the TorqueFlite's ...
If you want to experience one of the oddest gear changes ever, get into a Jeep with a 545RFE five-speed automatic transmission. Put it in manual mode, AutoStick, electronic range selection, whichever ...
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What does S mean on a gear shift?

Every automatic gear shift has a D for Drive. Most also have an S sitting right below it, and a large number of drivers ...
A Kentucky 2025 Toyota Tacoma owner reports persistent transmission slipping and jerking from 1st to 3rd gear. Despite 10,000 ...
Porsche has filed a patent in German for a new shift-by-wire system that would allow for both automatic and manual gear ...