If you’ve ever driven a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, chances are good you’ve been in command of a torque converter. At the risk of oversimplification, a torque converter transfers ...

A lot of bad things can happen to your car when the torque converter starts failing. Keep reading to find out these common torque converter problems and how to fix them. Almost no one thinks of it, ...

Question: I have a 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier with a four-cylinder engine and an automatic transmission. The car has 195,500 miles on it. Sometimes, when I’m coming to a stop, the car starts to buck, as ...

Q: I have a 2002 Buick LeSabre 3800 V-6 with about 126,000 miles. Sometimes when stopped — at a stop sign, for example — it will die (the issue’s been infrequent so far). It starts up immediately and ...

Q:I've been searching the Internet to diagnose an issue I have with my 2003 Chevrolet Express van with the 6.0-liter engine. I was driving on the expressway, and suddenly the truck started to behave ...

Yes, your issue does sound like it was caused by the torque converter locking up too early. The converter is locked to eliminate the slippage that you normally get when the convertor is not locked, ...

A lot of bad things can happen to your car when the torque converter starts failing. Keep reading to find out these common torque converter problems and how to fix them. Almost no one thinks of it, ...