So, let’s talk about performance and what it means. First, what’s your objective? Are you racing the quarter mile? Or are you looking at something for the...
Heavy Metal!
Today we will talk about the Park Assist System, found on many of today’s vehicles. The Park Assist System is a safety feature in a communications problem...
When a vehicle comes into your shop with multiple codes, it is usually tricky to figure out where to begin. Sometimes electrical and mechanical faults are so...
The RAM ProMaster is a light to medium duty van used for everything from local delivery to short-haul transport. RAM produces the 1500, 2500, and 3500 versions...
Recently I was at an AAMCO shop in Hialeah, Florida. My friend Roger asked me to stop by and have a look at a 2016 Honda Accord he was having trouble with. It...
Anytime a leak comes with a noise, you can bet they are one and the same. Simply put, find the noise and you’ll find the leak, or find the leak, and you’ll...
When they work properly, the 4R70W and 4R75W is a reliable transmission. Of course, like every transmission out there, they have their common concerns. For...
It never fails; no matter how long you have been in the business, you’ll always run into that one vehicle that will leave you standing there scratching your...
So here we go again. Today we will look at Kia/Hyundai vehicles. To be more specific, this is a Genesis A8LR1 Transmission. If it wasn’t bad enough to deal...
Let’s talk about the AS69RC, which is in the family of the AS68RC. There are many existing differences among the two transmissions. The AS68RC has a totally...
The Mitsubishi DSG (often referred to as the Duonic) is the first fully automated transmission from Mitsubishi for medium-sized trucks (20,000 lbs and up) and...
The Fiat 500 and 500 L are beginning to use a transmission that’s taking repairs to a different level. When this unit starts to break or act up, information...
This is for the guys who work on the big boys: trucks of course. But you can apply this technique to any vehicle; this one is just a big truck. So we’re...
So here we go again with a Honda with noises and weird shifting. In most cases, we tend to think that we’ve pretty much seen it all by now, but oh boy how...
Well here we go again, I feel like Steve Harvey from the Family Feud show: “Hello folks, boy do we have a good one for you today.” The only difference is...
It seems every other transmission problem that comes into the shop today has its roots in another part of the vehicle. Sometimes it’s the engine; other times...
In the October 2016 issue, we touched upon Mazda’s AAS system. We compared it to other systems, seeing differences and similarities. One of the things we...
Virtually every manufacturer is offering its own version of an automatic/manual gearshift system, and Mazda is no exception. The Mazda system is called the...
When dealing with electrical problems, it’s always important to remember that a single fault can create multiple problems in seemingly unrelated systems. But...
