Are you facing automatic transmission vehicle troubles?

Jul 29, 2020

There are some functions in automatic transmission cars which, when faulty are more pronounced than in manual transmission cars. Always ensure that the battery, charging system and starter system are in good condition.

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Automatic transmission vehicles are now commonplace unlike in the past when manual transmission cars ruled the road.

It is no secret that the majority of people who drive today, are clueless when it comes to driving manual transmission vehicles.

Yet, if you are considering driving as a profession, you have choice but learn how to drive manual transmission vehicles and ensure that you  acquire different classes of driving permits. That however is a discussion for another day.

There are some functions in automatic transmission cars which, when faulty are more pronounced than in manual transmission cars. Always ensure that the battery, charging system and starter system are in good condition.

Any slight malfunction demands immediate action unlike the manual car. With a manual car one can use rudimentary methods to drive off despite these challenges.

With an automatic vehicle once these systems fail, there is nothing that one can do to drive off to the nearest service station.

This means that you do not need the car to break down first; this is something that you can ask your mechanic to look at once in a while though the car might be working perfectly well.

It is better to spend on replacing some of these parts when they are still working than suffer the frustration of failure in the night or in a remote area where help might not come quickly.

Of course cars break down quite often but these particular parts like the alternator, starter motor and battery with time weaken.

 If the vehicle fails because of an electrical short circuit, that is different from having a failed part though the system itself might be working.

The starter motor wears out the brushes with time causing the motor to fail also the starter wears out the solenoid switch most of the time so these particular segments can be looked at and replaced even before the starter fails.

The alternator unit also in most cases wears out the brushes and these brushes can be replaced once in a while.

Although the alternator can fail the diode plate, and rectifier assembly and also the alternator belt and fuses sometimes it might be better to carry these spare parts along with you in case you are a long distance driver person.

This can be a very big relief in case the system fails in a place where spares are hard to get; you simply supply to the available technician and then have the car worked on immediately.

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