A gearbox is an important component of the vehicle that transfers power from the engine to the wheels. The gearbox is also known as the transmission. It is made up of a series of gears that transmit ...

Consumer Reports recently cited issues with the PowerShift dual-clutch transmission in the Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta as one of the primary reasons behind the automaker’s fall from grace in its annual ...

The MV-22B Osprey crash that killed five Marines in California last June was caused by a gear problem the service has known about for years, according to a 436-page redacted command investigation ...

An Air Force CV-22 was forced to land in Norway, prompting a grounding of the service’s Ospreys to investigate ongoing transmission problems. Credit: Tech. Sgt. Westin Warburton/U.S. Air Force For ...

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, ...

Gearbox problems are a nightmare for a racing driver. A car that does not shift when you want is a disaster on track, one that forces a driver to slowly limp back into the pit lane in a single gear ...

A USMC MV-22 of the VMM-365 Purple Foxes. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps The U.S. Marine Corps has since 2010 known of a critical safety issue on its V-22 Osprey fleet—a gearbox flaw that can cause the ...

Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She'd ...