Modern vehicles with automatic transmissions typically have a 'shift lock' feature to prevent unintentionally moving the gearshift lever from park (P) to reverse (R). The shift lock is a small button ...

If you've ever looked at floor-mounted automatic transmission shift levers, with either disdain or genuine gratitude, you've probably noticed that they tend to fall into two main categories: the ones ...

There was a time when automatic transmissions had all kinds of unique names-Cruise-O-Matic, Hydra-Matic, Ultramatic, and the list goes on. But while the names were different, the basic operation was ...

The owner of a 2007-09 Dodge Dakota with a 3.7-liter engine and 42RLE automatic may come into your store with a complaint that the transmission won't shift out of second gear after an engine start.

Forget things like nuclear power, lasers, and freeze-dried ice cream. When it comes to back-engineered alien technology, the automatic transmission is a marvel of seemingly otherworldly intelligence.

In the Jesko, you select the LST's gear ratios via paddles. The new iteration in the CC850 has no paddles. Instead, It's controlled via a shifter that sprouts from a classic slotted metal gate, and ...