AAMCO Diagnostics Center, Blog, Colorado Automotive Advice, Maintenance, Transmission, Transmissions
You want to wear out your transmission as soon as possible, right? Nope, it’s just opposite day. But let’s take a look at what can cause extra wear on your transmission, meaning more frequent transmission service appointments and potentially costly repairs. If you...
Blog, Brakes, Brakes, Tires, & Suspension, Maintenance, Total Car Care
What Can Cause My Parking Brake to Get Stuck? A number of things can cause your parking to get stuck, including the environment, corrosion, and how or how long it’s been engaged. Cold Weather Can Freeze Your Parking Brake Your Parking Brake is Rusted or Corroded...
Blog, Maintenance, Total Car Care, Transmissions
Have you ever heard of a transaxle? Probably not if you are not too keen about automotive literature. The transaxle is a smaller version of the transmission and is commonly found in FWD vehicles that come with automatic car transmission systems. Unlike your standard...
Blog, Maintenance, Total Car Care, Transmissions
Transmission systems are complex, and most drivers only know about the two basic types. That’s the manual transmission; that requires the driver to change gears by pressing the clutch and using a stick shift and the automatic transmissions that does all the shifting...
Blog, Services, Transmission
How Do You Know Your Transmission is Failing? Simply put, your car’s transmission transfers power from the engine to the wheels and adjusts power to control speed. This involves shifting up or down in gears as necessary to improve fuel efficiency and keep the engine...
