Transmission Models & Technologies
CVT, DCT, Tiptronic, Powershift and Other Transmission Technologies
Technical information on automatic transmission models, gearbox families, design features, control systems, hydraulic layouts, electronic technologies, and transmission-specific engineering solutions. This section helps rebuilders, transmission specialists, repair shops, and parts professionals understand how different transmission units are designed, identified, serviced, and supported with the right components.
Tiptronic is a trade name of the manual gear
shifting function (mode), which is implemented in the automatic transmissions.
In the world of the automobile industry the name Tiptronic is used to define automatic
transmissions of a specific design and control method regardless of the actual
developer and producer of the transmission.
Nowadays
Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working
surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a
torus. Extroid
CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.
This article contains the information about the most
popular automatic transmissions. We will review the most common problems
encountered in automatic transmissions, present the most reliable gearboxes and
warn about troublesome transmission solutions. Moreover, descriptions of
transmissions are supplemented by images and different videos containing some general
information on transmissions and their components, typical problems and repair
tips.