An automatic car's torque converter, like any other vehicle component, can fail. Here's what happens when a torque converter reaches the end of its life.

A bad torque converter could be problematic for your car, but how can you tell whether your torque converter is healthy or on its way out?

Welcome to the dark world of torque converters. When it comes to automatic-equipped street machines and drag-race cars, the torque converter is a welded-up magic box that few enthusiasts know much ...

What is a torque converter besides a big round thing used with automatic transmissions that holds a lot of tranny fluid and makes a mess if you spill it? I wasn't sure either; maybe this is due to the ...

Just like the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, it's only natural to think that a car's engine is connected to its rear wheels. This seemingly reasonable assumption would be wrong—at least in ...

For straight line guys, spending hundreds of dollars on something that doesn't give you any extra horsepower doesn't exactly seem like a good deal. Even a federal bean counter could figure that one ...

A pile of old and used torque converters on the shop floor - Cat Us/Shutterstock The torque converter is an integral part of a vehicle's automatic transmission. Manual cars have no torque converters, ...