QUESTION:I own a C5 Corvette and I need some help. I just became a victim of the dreaded broken shift cable. I actually had to manually shift the transmission linkage into Drive the other day just to ...

When a gear lever suddenly feels stiff or refuses to move out of park, it is more than an annoyance, it is a warning that something in the driveline or its controls is not working as designed. I look ...

In July last year, American carmaker Ford announced a massive recall involving 550,000 Fusion and Escape vehicles. The cause of the recall was a shifter cable bushing that could have caused the cars ...

The Dodge Dart—dead since 2016—is again being recalled for an issue with its transmission shifter cable. The shifter cable can become disconnected, preventing the transmission from going into park and ...

The automatic transmission in a typical car or truck handles multiple driving modes, like D for Drive, R for Reverse, or N for Neutral. The system also includes a parking mechanism, often marked P, ...

Driving a supercar with plenty of power, wide tires, great brakes and sports suspension will obviously leave an impression, but it was the little things that we really noticed. For example, it was the ...

The Problem:Normally, there is a clip that locks the gear shift cable to the transmission. But on certain Ford trucks and SUVs, this clip may not be fully seated. Over time, this problem can cause the ...

It’s often unwise to mess with perfection. It’s usually even more unwise to start modifying cars without really understanding what it is you’re doing, but here I am, tinkering in all sorts of ...