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Don’t neglect transmission service for you Ringwood car, truck or SUV

Ringwood transmission service
When you pull out of your Ringwood driveway,
you want to know that your car, truck or SUV
will take you reliably down the road. One
maintenance procedure many forget is to have
If your car, truck or SUV didn’t have a transmission, every time you pulled out of your Ringwood driveway, the car would struggle to get you going.

A transmission provides the engine with a series of gears to turn while you drive. Yes, it helps you to go in reverse when you want to backup. You can put it in park so it shouldn’t roll out of your Ringwood driveway when you shut the car off. And you can put it in neutral so the wheels aren’t engaged while the engine is running. But the hard work the transmission performs is when you driving forward.

The gears are progressively larger. It’s easier for the engine to move the car when it engages a small gear to get you going. But that small gear won’t spin the wheels on the pavement fast enough for you to keep up on a highway. And, while the engine is trying, that small gear will make the engine wind up to a faster and faster RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) until the engine is racing like crazy.

That’s how the transmission works. As you reach a certain speed, your automatic transmission automatically switches to a slightly larger gear, and then another gear and another gear. Assuming you have an 8-speed automatic transmission in your car, truck or SUV, if you stopped with the transmission in 8th speed, the engine would be slowed down so much it would probably die (stop running).

The wear and tear on the engine without a transmission that is operating properly could be significant, not to mention the wear and tear on the transmission. But you don’t just want the transmission to shift to the next proper gear.

You want your transmission to shift gears smoothly. If you’re getting loud thunks that you can feel when the transmission shifts, that’s a sign that something is not right. The smoothness of modern automatic transmissions is amazing. But it has to operate at peak performance to offer you the best of its capacity. 

To keep your transmission operating at its best, your transmission should be serviced at prescribed intervals. Depending on the car, truck or SUV, that could be between 30,000 and 100,000 miles; the transmission does not need to have its oil changed as often as the engine but it’s just as critical.

Repairing a damaged transmission is a costly affair that will usually have your car, truck or SUV laid up for a while. It’s a problem you really want to avoid. The best way to avoid it is to treat your transmission well and have it serviced on schedule. 

Treating your transmission well means avoiding rapid acceleration and deceleration. Avoiding potholes and rough roads can also extend the life of your vehicle’s transmission. Take care of your transmission, have it serviced on schedule and you should come and go from your Ringwood driveway without transmission problems for years of happy driving. 


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