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For us, there really isn't a maintenance job we like doing less than changing the fluid and filter in an automatic transmission. Even if you're blessed with an automatic that has a transmission pan ...

For all of its complexity, the automatic transmission has been almost forgotten in the oil filtration department. For many of its 70-plus years, minimal filtration was considered "good enough." No ...

If someone asked you to list a few car maintenance tasks you could do yourself, tire and oil changes may come to mind first (unless you're a project car person, in which case you'd respond with ...

There's a common misconception about the "lifetime transmission fluid" or "sealed-for-life transmission" of mainstream automakers like Audi, Toyota, BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar, Dodge, Jeep, etc. The ...

You drive the same route to work every day—same open stretches, same intersections, same stop-and-go. But today there's a subtle discord in the usual harmony, a blip on your vehicular radar, a bad ...

As with most automotive maintenance questions, following the factory-recommended intervals for changing your transmission fluid is generally your best bet. But in the case of automatic transmissions, ...

If you haven’t been recommended some type of fluid flush, there just may be a reason to get your hearing checked. Almost every stripe of garage, from the smallest indies to the largest dealership ...

It may not look like it, but cars actually function thanks to a variety of fluids. One of the most, if not the most, important is the automatic transmission fluid (ATF) for automatic cars. It plays a ...